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City in Michigan Being Sued by ACLU and Two Other Groups for Violating First Amendment Rights of an Atheist
By Elaine Magliaro In July, the American Civil Liberties Union in Michigan and two other groups filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction against the Detroit suburb of Warren because it banned an atheist booth from being set up in … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Constitutional Law, Courts, Free Speech, Local Government, Religion, United States
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Are Religious Discrimination Lawsuits the Religious Right’s “New Front” in the Birth Control War?
By Elaine Magliaro Earlier this week, I published a post about Sara Hellwege, the pro-life nurse-midwife who is suing Tampa Family Health Centers (TFHC). TFHC refused to hire Hellwege because she said that she would not prescribe hormonal contraceptives to … Continue reading
Heads Up, Louisiana Voters—The “Sarah Palin of the South” Is Running for Congress in the Sixth District
By Elaine Magliaro Meet Lenar Whitney. A Republican from Houma, Louisiana, Whitney is currently serving as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 53. She is also the Republican National Committee Woman from her state. On May … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change Deniers, Climatology, Conservatives, Louisiana, Politics, United States
Tagged House of Representatives, Lenar Whitney
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The NRA, School Advancement, and the Four Rs: Reading, Writing, Arithmetic…and Rifles???
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro Recently, the NRA posted a video titled Everyone Gets a Gun on YouTube. In the video, Billy Johnson, one of the gun organization’s commentators, said that “competency with a gun should be a ‘necessary skill’ for children … Continue reading
Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Sues Tampa Family Health Centers for Not Hiring Her after She Said She Wouldn’t Prescribe “Hormonal” Contraception
By Elaine Magliaro In an article that she wrote for Slate titled Pro-Life Nurse-Midwife Who Won’t Prescribe the Pill Sues Family Planning Center for Not Hiring Her, Andrea Marcotte poses the following question: Is “religious freedom” about being free to … Continue reading
Posted in Conservatives, Courts, Health Care, Pharmaceuticals, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, SCOTUS, United States
Tagged Birth Control, Contraception, Hobby Lobby
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Of Winters Court, Milhous, And Me
by James Knauer Overture “For everything, there is a first time, Mr. Saavik.” – Captain Spock. These matters concern my real life experiences as a television addict during the years 1973 to 1977. The location of these events took place at … Continue reading
Evangelical Group’s Plan to Proselytize Children at Portland’s Parks and Pools This Summer Comes under Fire
By Elaine Magliaro Stateside Oregon: The Child Evangelism Fellowship’s Good News Club plans to “try to convert children as young as 5 at Portland apartment pools, public parks and dozens of other gathering spots this summer…” Some residents have been … Continue reading
The Devil Is in the Details: Satanists, Religion, and the Hobby Lobby Ruling
By Elaine Magliaro In her “blistering” dissent in the Hobby Lobby ruling, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote, “The court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield.” In addition to venturing into a minefield, SCOTUS may have also cracked open the … Continue reading
Science, Conception, SCOTUS, Corporate Personhood, and Some Facts about the Four Contraceptives at the Center of the Hobby Lobby Case…with a Mark Fiore Video
By Elaine Magliaro Hobby Lobby’s Corporate Commandments Back in March of this year—during oral arguments in the Hobby Lobby case—Sahil Kapur (Talking Points Memo) said he thought that the conservative Supreme Court Justices “appeared broadly ready to rule against the … Continue reading
SCOTUS, The Hobby Lobby Case, and The Three Amigos of TV Comedy News Programs
Submitted by Elaine Magliaro I have been enjoying Last Week Tonight, John Oliver’s new comedy show, which airs on HBO on Sunday evenings. Last week, Oliver did a funny segment on the Hobby Lobby case prior to the Supreme Court’s … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, Courts, Government, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Jurisprudence, Politics, Religion, Reproductive Rights, SCOTUS, United States
Tagged ACA, Hobby Lobby, Obamacare
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