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“Heh-heh. Waitaminnit! Ag gets where ta light it, but where do Ah suck?” photo credit: AFP/Pool/Alessandra Tarantino Technorati Tags: blog against theocracy anti-theocracy religious hegemony separation of church and state

Before we get started today, let’s review: While pointedly about the infestation, for lack of a better word, of Christianity into our political and legal cultures, I believe that this post does adhere to the standards set forth in the Blog Against Theocracy. I am specifically addressing Christianity today because of its pervasiveness in American [...]

One of the main things I see at the root of these attempts for a theocratic state is sciolism. Last year for this blogswarm, I wrote two posts on this subject. To get things started off this year, please allow me to draw your attention to those two posts again. I think they’re worth [...]

Look, this is a real simple thing. The country was founded by mostly-Christian individuals who were possessed of the foresight, maturity, and wherewithal to understand that the edicts of the religions and religious denominations had no place with an operable role in government. In fact, they made incredible sacrifices to distance themselves from their European [...]

The premier liberal/progressive blogging event of the year is just EIGHT SHORT DAYS AWAY! If you’re interested in participating, catch the details over at BlueGal’s site or at the blogswarm’s blog. And if you haven’t already, make sure you bookmark the Blog Against Theocracy website so you can easily stay in tune with the swarm [...]

“…for the Kingdom of Bush belongs to such as these!” photo credit: AP Photo/Mark Humphrey

“…so long as it’s them non-Christian churches that git the separatin’!” photo credit: AP Photo/Charles Dharapak