ID Roundup
Intelligent Design advocates’ tactic of painting their opponents’ pro-evolution arguments as another belief-set or religion — a tactic well-honed by conservative pundits over the past year — graduates from PR-stunt Continue Reading →
Tag: culture wars
USAID, Christ and Liberty
William Fisher, who has worked on economic programs in developing nations for the U.S. State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), wonders at the message being sent Continue Reading →
The War on Christmas is Always Now
The ACLU didn’t steal Christmas, but don’t think that’s about to stop Jerry Falwell in his remarkably unoriginal new drive, “Friend or Foe Christmas Campaign,” which will enlist 8,000 members Continue Reading →
Calvaryism
The New York Times’ Carolyn Marshall does an admirable job of refereeing in her latest story, about a pending lawsuit between parents from the Calvary Chapel Christian School, in Murrieta, Continue Reading →
Under Attack
According to a survey commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League, “American Attitudes Toward Religion in the Public Square,” nearly two-thirds of American citizens believe that religion is under siege, presumably threatened Continue Reading →
Assimilation Nation
“‘What’s happening now in the Islamic community is very similar to what was happening in the 1920s and ’30s…with the Jewish community.’” No, not persecution. Cultural assimilation, via the Boy Continue Reading →
Pagan Filters
The Wildhunt Blog reads between the lines of this Herald Tribune story describing a forum on religion in public schools held in Sarasota, Florida. Superintendent Gary Norris was a panelist Continue Reading →
Muzzle Men
A petition organized by Jay Sekulow, of the conservative action group American Center for Law and Justice, which is signed by more than 80,000 people and supported by dozens of Continue Reading →
The Unusual Plan B
A USA Today editorial makes the case that religion is the prime mover at the Food and Drug Administration, and is shocked (shocked…) to think of one group imposing its Continue Reading →
It’s a Celebration
“Finally, a day in which we can come together and celebrate God’s eternal moral law.” Mark your calendars for February 5, 2006 (or February 4th, for those Saturday-Sabbath observers), when Continue Reading →