Fredericksburg City Counsilman Fights For Right To Pray In Jesus Name

Posted on January 11, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, News, PETITIONS | 37 Comments

It is happening all across the nation. The ACLU sue city counsil after city counsil over praying in Jesus name. They don’t sue to stop all prayer, but in every case the target has been Christian prayer. They even fought for the right of a Wiccan to pray at a counsil meeting. [...]

California high school sued over class discussing ‘intelligent design’

Posted on January 11, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Church And State, News | 27 Comments

From an article in SFGate:
A rural high school teaching a religion-based alternative to evolution was sued Tuesday by a group of parents who said the class should be stopped because it violates the U.S. Constitution.
Frazier Mountain High School in Lebec violated the separation of church and state while attempting to legitimize the theory of “intelligent [...]

Alito’s Wife Leaves Hearing In Tears

Posted on January 11, 2006 - Filed Under News, Supreme Court | 30 Comments

It got ugly today at the hearings! At one point, Senator Arlen Specter slapped down Senator Kennedy.
The excitement of the day came when Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said he wants the committee vote on issuing a subpoena to the Library of Congress for papers written by the founder of the Conservative Alumni of Princeton, [...]

GA Girl Cries “I’m sorry” for Flag Display

Posted on January 11, 2006 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, News, PETITIONS | 13 Comments

Reprinted On Request from Ms Underestimated
Okay, I know that this is not the proper way to display the flag, and it may not BE the most patriotic way to be, but DANG it! Why make a little girl cry and apologize for her patriotism? And from a vet???

According to the Al-Jazeera Constitution ~ahem~.. I [...]