University Disses Christian Group
Posted on July 16, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, ACLU, Activist Judges, Church And State | 1 Comment
Crossposted at Church and State
Alliance Defense Fund and other groups filed suit in federal court last Tuesday against the University of Florida on behalf of a Christian fraternity, Beta Upsilon Chi, because the group limits membership to its club to Christian men only.
University officials have told Beta Upsilon Chi that it cannot be registered as [...]
Second Amendment Case Headed to Court
Posted on July 16, 2007 - Filed Under 2nd Amendment, News, Supreme Court | 3 Comments
Lyle Denniston
SCOTUSBLOG
Local government officials in Washington, D.C., announced Monday they will appeal to the Supreme Court in a major test case on the meaning of the Second Amendment. The key issue in the coming petition will be whether the Amendment protects an individual right to have guns in one’s home — an issue on which [...]
Interesting Thoughts On The Latest Osama Tape
Posted on July 16, 2007 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | Comments Off
Here is the quote to focus on:
Volume 4, Book 52, Number 54:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, “By Him in Whose Hands my life is! Were it not for some men amongst the believers who dislike to be left behind me and whom I cannot provide with means of conveyance, I would certainly never remain behind [...]
A Believer in Equality Gets into Trouble
Posted on July 16, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | 1 Comment
As many tribes do, an Indian tribe on Rhode Island enjoys special legal privileges. A lady (Charlestown Town Council President Katharine Waterman) who opposes their plans for a casino in a scenic area thought they had enough privileges already and wrote as follows (excerpt):
“And they have free health care. For life.
And they [...]
Sunday Funnies
Posted on July 15, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | Comments Off
faithmouse
Read More..>>The NYT has found the immigration boogeyman — and he is a Greenie!
Posted on July 15, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU, News | 1 Comment
The defeat of the U.S. Senate bill that would have given a huge amnesty to illegal immigrants was the result of a broad-based protest but Leftists like to find an evil boogeyman behind everything that thwarts them so the report from the NYT below focusing on just one group is the usual prescription. [...]
Read More..>>Robot Squadron Headed For Iraq
Posted on July 15, 2007 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 4 Comments
This is very cool! The future of war fighting is now!
The airplane is the size of a jet fighter, powered by a turboprop engine, able to fly at 300 mph and reach 50,000 feet. It’s outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting, and with a ton and a half of guided bombs and missiles.
The [...]
Is Scotland now run by racists?
Posted on July 15, 2007 - Filed Under ACLU | 2 Comments
In the recent elections for the Scottish parliament, the Scottish National Party (SNP) emerged as Scotland’s governing party. As I pointed out recently here however, “nationalism” is usually a snarl word these days. The National Socialist German Worker’s Party (Hitler’s party) is probably responsible for that. And SNP supporters do call [...]
Read More..>>Congressional Chaplains, Madison and Context
Posted on July 15, 2007 - Filed Under 1st Amendment, Activist Judges, Church And State, History, News, Supreme Court | Comments Off
Ed Brayton at Dispatches from the Culture Wars has responded to Nathan Bradfield’s post Hindu Prayer in the Senate
In response to an AFA statement; “…we took prayer and Bible-reading out of school” ,
Brayton stated, “One should also note the distortion of history in his statement. We did not, of course, take either prayer or [...]
Bin Laden Appears In New Video
Posted on July 14, 2007 - Filed Under News, War On Terror | 5 Comments
All the buzz lately has been about a possible summer attack and terrorist chatter. Everything from coded messages in the video from #2 to big time rumors in the intelligence community….now we have a 40 minute video from #1 himself.
Laura Mansfield has the vid.
He says that the Prophet Mohammed wanted to be a martyr, [...]
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