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Immediately after every Republican gay sex scandal, we have an opportunity to inventory the irony, which usually involves an excited tromp through Lexis. Most Republicans vote against gay marriage bills, so that’s often the first thing uncovered. Some publicly rail against the evils of gay marriage. Some were apoplectic over Clinton’s indiscretions in the [...]
A familiar pattern arises in every atheism v. religion debate (which arises in a host of contexts, but I’m generalizing a great deal here so I’ll not restrict myself to one); reduced to its essentials, the argument looks like this: Christian: Because atheists believe don’t believe in God, they believe in nothing. They owe no [...]
Via Brent Rasmussen comes word that one of my favorite bloggers, PZ Myers is being sued for defamation over a pair of scathing book reviews written by Myers only a month or so ago.
I managed to get my hands on the full complaint. Pivar’s claim hinges entirely on Myers referring to Pivar as a [...]
The American Family News Network (AFN) is reporting: A conservative Idaho lawmaker [Bill Sali (R)] believes America’s founding fathers would not have wanted a Muslim elected to Congress or a Hindu prayer delivered in the U.S. Senate.
Bill Sali is probably correct in one sense — the framers would have flinched at Hindu prayers and [...]
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