Recent Stories
Nonbelievers flex their political muscles
Kimberly Winston, Washington Post One of the biggest growth areas in political activism around religion is coming from an unlikely source: the nonreligious. And it's happening far from the marbled corridors of power in the nation's capital. (Read more)
Forbes
easily secures another term in U.S. House
Bill Sizemore, PilotOnline
U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes, R-Chesapeake, coasted
to re-election Tuesday over his Democratic challenger,
Wynne LeGrow.
Winning by nearly a 2-1 margin, Forbes declared
victory shortly after 8 p.m. to a joyful crowd
at the Chesapeake Conference Center celebrating
a victorious night for Republicans in Virginia
and across the country. (Read
more)
Openly
Atheist Candidate Runs Against Forbes
Ed Brayton, ScienceBlogs
Barrett Brown, author of Flock of Dodos, alerted
me to the fact that Rep. Randy Forbes of Virginia,
one of the most hardcore religious righters in
Congress, is being challenged in this year's election
by the rarest of American creatures -- an openly
atheist political candidate. (Read
more)
A call for an atheist on the Supreme Court
Marc Cooper, The
Modesto Bee
As President Barack Obama considers nominees to
replace retiring Supreme Court Justice John Paul
Stevens, a debate bubbles as to whether religion
should play a role in his choice. This is a no-brainer.
The religious views of the next justice of the
high court must absolutely be a decisive factor.
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Archives
Palin has blurred church-state line, review finds (Oct 2008)
Politics in pulpit loses some luster (Aug 2008)
Kenneth
Copeland's religious empire questioned (Jul
2008)
Compromising the Constitution (Jul 2008)
Survey Shows U.S. Religious Tolerance (Aug 2007)
In
Europe, Debate Over Islam and Virginity (Jun
2008)
Tax
Exemptions of Charities Face New Challenges
(May 2008)
School
Board to Pay in Jesus Prayer Suit (Feb 2008)
Ron Paul Loses 60% of Atheist Vote (Jan 2008)
Megachurches
Add Local Economy to Their Mission (Nov 2007)
The
Evangelical Crackup (Oct 2008)
The
Politics of God (Aug 2007)
Religion-Based
Tax Breaks: Housing to Paychecks to Books
(Oct 2006)
As
Religious Programs Expand, Disputes Rise Over
Tax Breaks (Oct 2006)
Where
Faith Abides, Employees Have Few Rights (Oct
2006)
As
Exemptions Grow, Religion Outweighs Regulation
(Oct 2006)
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