Category Archives: Church & State

There is no religious liberty, only religious VIPs

Posted on February 12, 2012 by David Hume

While I have been busy with my newborn daughter there has been a lot of brouhaha over the Obama administration and their infringement of religious liberty due to their position on contraception and health care. I don’t have a strong … Continue reading →

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Oh Please

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

As a reminder that the enviros, the New York Times and the other usual suspects on the left do not have a monopoly on the politics of panic, here’s Santorum: They are taking faith and crushing it. Why? Why? When … Continue reading →

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Twisting Thomas Jefferson

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Andrew Stuttaford

Occasions such as the National Prayer Breakfast are not the sort of thing that I spend a lot of (or any) time worrying about. If that’s what politicians want to show up to a harmless, by now somewhat traditional, civic … Continue reading →

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Well?

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

We’ve heard a lot recently from the Vatican on the “social justice” front, most of it the usual leftish sanctimony garnished with the distaste for the free market that has long been an important strand of Roman Catholic thought. Well, … Continue reading →

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Lame Ad, Worse Response

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the LA Times: The Benetton clothing company is known for shock ads that have stirred controversy around the globe with images of death row inmates and people dying of AIDS. Its latest campaign, unveiled Wednesday, so offended the Vatican … Continue reading →

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The Rise of Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox (Again)

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Gershom Gorenberg writes in Slate: Rather than being a diorama of traditional Jewish life in Eastern Europe before the Holocaust, as many Israelis and visitors believe, Israel’s present-day version of ultra-Orthodoxy is a creation of the Jewish state. Policies with … Continue reading →

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Oh, If You Must

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via MSNBC: The House will vote tonight on a bill that would solidify the phrase “In God We Trust” as the nation’s motto, and would support and encourage “the public display of the national motto in all public buildings, public … Continue reading →

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If You Don’t Martyr Me, I’ll Kill Ya

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Bradlaugh

At The Corner, our National Review group blog, David French offers a cute thought experiment:  What if present-day Christianity were as addled with terrorist impulses as present-day Islam? It isn’t, of course, but terrorism is not completely alien to Christianity.  … Continue reading →

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“I do not believe in the Divinity of Christ”

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

So said Unitarian William Howard Taft some time before he was elected President. Would he have been electable now? H/t Andrew Sullivan

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Perry’s Pastor Problem

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Posted on the Corner yesterday. Kathryn, I agree with you that Rick Perry would be well-advised to put some distance between himself and Rev. Jeffress, but William Donohue, a man who once said that “radical atheists” should “apologize” for Hitler … Continue reading →

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