It’s been said that with faith, all things are possible. But here, in the real world, basing policy decisions on faith leads to real problems. Indiana’s new Religious Faith Restoration Act (RFRA) is garnering a lot of media attention—social and traditional.…
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Mike Huckabee and the “Secular Theocracy”
Mike Huckabee is worried that the United States has become a “secular theocracy.” But what could that even mean? Consider the definitions of those words: secular (adjective): denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis theocracy…
Marriage Licenses: Straight Christians & Jews Only
Mike Huckabee 2016? It has quietly started.
Ready for a Mike Huckabee 2016 run for the White House? I suspect one is in the works, at least the preliminarily groundwork. Each week, the software running this blog site automatically checks all the links in every post, looking for broken…
Welcome to the Theocratic States of America
If you like the idea of living in the “Theocratic States of America,” you may be pleased with today’s Supreme Court decision. Today, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the Christian-owned Hobby Lobby chain store is exempt from certain provisions of the…
DOMA Ruling Brings Out Theocrats in Droves
The Wall Street Journal called the Supreme Court’s DOMA ruling a “historic win for gay marriage”. The ruling sparked celebrations all over the country. Here in Ann Arbor, there were cars driving down Main Street waving flags and honking horns.…
Separation of church and state?
No; not here in Jesusland. On Wednesday, lawmakers in Washington turned the capitol into a house of prayer. Speakers included Newt Gingrich, Christian author Eric Metaxas, and one of our favorite crazy ladies, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota). Here’s some of…