U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann said on “Hot Tea” radio yesterday that she is sick of “radical leftist organizations” that “intimidate Christians” from speaking about politics from the pulpit.
Bachmann called for Congress to repeal the federal law that prevents all 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, including houses of worship, from endorsing or opposing candidates.
“We need to repeal that,” she said, […] Read More
The “Wall Of Separation” is taking a break. We’ll be back on Jan. 4, so come see us then.
Happy New Year!
Four years ago, the situation regarding religious freedom at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs could only be described as grim.
An air of evangelical Christianity permeated the facility. Cadets were encouraged to see films like “The Passion of the Christ.” During a training session for cadets, an Aca demy chaplain urged evangelicals to convert their classmates to […] Read More
A team of international surveyors grab their clipboards and decide to travel around the world to study the state of religious freedom.
They arrive in Saudi Arabia and are told that they must comply with the strictest interpretation of Islamic law, so they continue to Bangladesh where they are threatened with physical violence when some of them declare a personal […] Read More
Here’s some news you might have missed in the holiday shuffle last week: Wiley Drake, pastor of the First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., and former vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention, has issued a press release calling for the end to an “imprecatory prayer” for President Barack Obama’s death.
No, Drake was not overcome with […] Read More
Tomorrow, Election Day will be here again! And in Brooklyn, voters will decide between Maritza Davila and incumbent Diana Reyna for New York City council member in District 34 — just another example of our democracy hard at work.
That is, if you discount what seems to be quite the sneaky political scheme by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. […] Read More
The Wall of Separation is off today for the holiday. We’ll be back tomorrow. See you then.
Right-wing Web sites have been all atwitter about the Alliance Defense Fund’s “Pulpit Freedom Sunday” that took place Sept. 27, hailing it as a bold exercise in nose-thumbing at the Internal Revenue Service.
According to an ADF press release issued before the event, more than 80 pastors planned to take part in the event. “Some the pastors preaching Sunday […] Read More
As you may recall, earlier this month, Americans United and allied groups urged Attorney General Eric Holder to revoke a Bush-era rule regarding “faith-based” funding for religious groups.
In 2007, the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued a legal memo providing a blanket right for religious organizations to discriminate in hiring staff, even if they receive federal funds.
Americans […] Read More
Bobby Jindal continues to “jet set” across Louisiana.
By jet, I of course mean helicopter – one funded entirely by taxpayers.
As the Wall of Separation noted last fall, the Louisiana governor spent $180,000 in taxpayer funds during his first eight months in office to travel by a State Police helicopter to many of the same churches he visited […] Read More