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Category Archives: Church & State
The Devil Rides Out
Could some Satanic kitsch be about to descend upon Oklahoma City? The Daily News reports: A satanic group unveiled designs Monday for a 7-foot-tall statue of Satan it wants to put at the Oklahoma state Capitol, where a Ten Commandments … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged church-state separation, First Amendment, Multiculturalism, Oklahoma, Satanism
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Church and States
Cross-posted on the Corner: Russia’s first modern ‘official’ ideology was developed in the early 19th Century, primarily as a response to the potential liberal challenge from both home and abroad, and was summed up in the words Orthodoxy, autocracy and … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, politics
Tagged Russia, Russian Orthodoxy, Ukraine
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Religious Freedom!
I’ll admit it. This made me laugh. The Guardian reports: In their zeal to tout their faith in the public square, conservatives in Oklahoma may have unwittingly opened the door to a wide range of religious groups, including Satanists who … Continue reading
For Thee, But Not For Me (Again)
Fox News: Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said Sunday the Catholic church remains opposed to ObamaCare in large part because it requires businesses to offer health-insurance plans that include no-cost contraception. Dolan, the former president of the … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State, politics
Tagged Cardinal Dolan, contraception, First Amendment, Obamacare, Religious Privilege
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Religious Freedom!
It’s not just the HHS contraception mandate. Another front opens up in the ‘religious freedom’ debate. The Daily Telegraph reports: As beads of sweat slithered down his temples, Andrew Hamblin stared in wide-eyed wonder at the three-foot timber rattlesnake he … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged Christian fundamentalism, First Amendment, snake-handling, superstition, Tennessee
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No, Obama isnt downgrading our Vatican embassy — but he should
Contrary to some breathless reports in the conservative press, the Obama administration isn’t downgrading U.S. diplomatic relations with the Vatican. As the State Department’s explanation notes, 1) there’s no downgrade of representation or staff reduction; 2) the ambassador’s residence isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
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Vladimir & Kirill
There were some here in the US, particularly a few on the Religious Right, who failed to appreciate the extent to which the Pussy Rioters’ decision to stage their brief event in a cathedral was not just some childish blasphemy, … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged Patriarch Kirill, Pussy Riot, Russia, Russian Orthodoxy, Vladimir Putin
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‘Religious Freedom’ (Again)
The Daily Mail: Two teenage Muslim pupils have been put into ‘isolation’ and banned from lessons after refusing to shave off their beards for religious reasons. Mount Carmel Roman Catholic High School, in Accrington, Lancashire, has said the two 14-year-olds … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged religious accommodation law, Religious Freedom
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Russia Takes on the Pastafarians
I’ve always thought that the joke about the Great Spaghetti Monster was a touch on the leaden side, but compared with Russia’s response to the “Pastafarians”… NBC reports: MOSCOW, Russia — The march of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti … Continue reading
Posted in Church & State
Tagged blasphemy and defamation of religion, Russia, Russian Orthodoxy
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Nice One, Kirill (Not)
Pope Francis thinks that same-sex marriage is the work of the “father of lies”. The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, dodgy Putin crony Patriarch Kirill may be even more uneasy. Russia Today reported this (my emphasis added) back in … Continue reading