Anderson is standing by his controversial sermon, entitled "Why I Hate Barack Obama." Video of the sermon has hit YouTube, and he's taped explaining why he hates the President and praying for his death.

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In an 18-page order, Judge Thomas Wingate said the General Assembly created an official government position when it passed a law requiring the office to acknowledge "the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth."

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Could it be divine intervention that's kept Florida safe from hurricanes since Gov. Charlie Crist took office? Crist told a group of real estate agents Friday that he's had prayer notes placed in the Western Wall in Jerusalem each year and no major storms have hit Florida.

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Mikey Weinstein asked me to pass along this statement from an Army office and West Point graduate about the constant problems he has faced in the military from aggressive Christian superiors who have badgered him relentlessly about his own religious views.

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Hot off the presses it's The American Patriot's Bible, a toxic mixture of fake history, fundamentalism and ignorant nationalism. The stupidity begins with the product description on Amazon:

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Poisoned, Persecuted, and Tortured: American History Through the 'Christian Nation' Lens

If you search Newsvine for the tag "Christian Nation," you'll find plenty of articles on the subject.

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In a memorandum distributed last month at the Air Force Academy in response to several recent complaints about religious bias, base leaders reminded faculty members that "the Air Force is 'officially neutral' when it comes to belief systems." The memorandum said cadets sh …

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And my reaction to young AIDS deaths is exactly as I react to the deaths of folks like Jeremy Lusk, Jim O'Brien, Steve Irwin, and Dale Earnhardt. It's tragic. Folks do well to know of the risks they take or otherwise to minimize those risks.

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The government-funded targeting of the children of our servicemen and servicewomen by Christian religious organizations is an issue that the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) has been gathering information on for some time now.

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Here we go again -- the new session of Congress has just begun and another bill about military chaplains praying in Jesus' name has already been introduced.

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Military Chaplain Endorses Creationism at Mandatory Event

I've seen so many truly insane, not to mention blatantly unconstitutional, ways that the military is playing with the mental well being of our troops since I began working for MRFF that I really didn't think it was possible for me to be surprised by anything anymore.

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Under state law, God is Kentucky's first line of defense against terrorism. The 2006 law organizing the state Office of Homeland Security lists its initial duty as "stressing the dependence on Almighty God as being vital to the security of the Commonwealth."

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A coalition of atheists and agnostics wants the new White House to protect young military members from what they see as rampant religious discrimination in the services.

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Religious Right activist Gary Bauer surveyed the crowd of more than 2,000 activists gathered at the Hilton Washington Sept. 13 for the annual "Values Voter Summit" and made a shocking announcement.

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Some members of the Jewish community are calling for the immediate removal of a retired Navy captain who represents the interests of Jewish soldiers at Fort Benning, Georgia Army base that they said made light of anti-Semitic attacks on a soldier.

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Americans United for Separation of Church and State today asked the U.S. Department of Defense to investigate an Army base's practice of coercing soldiers to attend church services during their training.

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Bush, Jefferson, and the Theocratization of America

On July 4th, 2008, George Bush made a speech at Monticello, former home of Thomas Jefferson, about America, its freedoms and history. Much has been made of protesters arrested, but few have seen fit to parse his words.

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Three years after a scandal at the Air Force Academy over the evangelizing of cadets by Christian staff and faculty members, students and staff at West Point and the Naval Academy are complaining that their schools, too, have pushed religion on cadets and midshipmen.

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Attorney Mikey Weinstein, who has had his windows shot at and feces thrown in his yard, found a swastika on the front of his house over the weekend.

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McCain's Veep Pick: Catering to the Religious Right?

With the election now less than six months away, both presidential hopefuls are busy looking for a vice-president who will bring that certain je ne sais quoi to their respective campaigns.

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Appeasement, Religious Radicals and John McCain's Tightrope Act

Back in March, I wrote about John McCain's courting of the radical religious conservative vote-- in particular, his courtship of the endorsements of pastors such as John Hagee and Rod Parsley.

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The United States of White America: A response

In my article on John McCain, Newsviner Nathan Alan opinedMcCain, right now, should be where Obama found himself when Farakhaun gave an endorsement. ...He isn't and there is a double standard.

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John McCain Courts the Radical Right Religious Vote

Yes, yes, I know. The airwaves have positively been sizzling over Barack Obama's "close association" with "racists" (in the form of a church which seeks to support "black culture").

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As many as 1/3 of Americans believe what? The Rapture is the name given to a future event in which Jesus descends from heaven and gathers up all Christian fundamentalists [a.k.a.

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The Department of Defense is supporting, in direct violation of Constitutional Church and State Separation, Operation Straight Up. A Christian Apocalyptic Evangelical group with a Dominionistic and Eliminationistic ideology.

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