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Number of Free Schools rises – almost half are ‘faith’ schools

The Department for Education has today released updated statistics on Free Schools approved to open in September, with four more schools approved. This latest tranche brings the number of approved ‘faith’ Free Schools up to six out of the thirteen.

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Liberty Counsel: Gay Rights Advocates Are The Real Bullies

July 29, 2011 No Comment

Liberty Counsel has stringently opposed anti-bullying programs, with LC’s Director of Cultural Affairs Matt Barber even claiming that the reason gay and lesbian youth have a higher rate of suicide is because they “often look inward and know…

LaBarbera Calls Gay Rights "Satan’s Point Of Attack On The United States Of America"

July 29, 2011 No Comment

Peter LaBarbera of Americans For Truth About Homosexuality appeared on the Janet Mefferd Show yesterday to discuss what Mefferd called “the invasion of the gay agenda” throughout society. LaBarbera said that he still couldn’t believe …

WND Blames Progressives For Norway Attacks

July 29, 2011 No Comment

WorldNetDaily columnist David Solway believes that progressives are the ones that really should be held responsible for the terrorist attacks in Norway…which targeted progressives. Like the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer, who …

No Amen from us: Perry prayer rally gets judge’s approval, but not ours

July 29, 2011 10 Comments

Judge Gray H. Miller has dismissed the FFRF lawsuit against Texas Governor Rick Perry’s use of his Governorship to promote an evangelical Christian prayer rally.

Barton: Only Small Minority Supports Marriage Equality

July 29, 2011 No Comment

Selective reading of material to support presupposed right-wing views is David Barton’s forte, so it comes as no surprise that the pseudo-historian is using a shoddy poll on same-sex marriage by an ultraconservative organization to claim that ver…

Tea Party Nation’s latest Birther rant regurgitates 51 lies and half-truths

July 29, 2011 No Comment

Yesterday, Tea Party Nation president Judson Phillips alerted TPN members to Kevin Lehmann’s article, “51 Bullet-Pointed Facts That Dispute Barack Obama’s Identity & Eligibility to be President”, a long-winded rant that regurgitates long-debunked myths, lies, and half-truths. No sign of the Reptilian theory, though.

Ballots and belief: Is there room for God in the voting booth?

July 29, 2011 No Comment

Kurt Ostrow, intern at Americans United, asks whether consideration of a candidate’s religious faith is appropriate.

Secular Coalition to White House: Stop ignoring faith-based employment discrimination

July 29, 2011 No Comment

Responding to recent comments by President Barack Obama and a top White House official, the Secular Coalition for America urged the Obama administration to stop ignoring faith-based and taxpayer-funded employment discrimination.