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Belfast church wins right to advertise that gay people are perverts, abominations

By D. Beeksma • March 22, 2011

religious zealots trying to convert people

The Sandown Free Presbyterian Church in Belfast is claiming a free speech victory in a case involving advertisements quoting the bible, Europe's Pink News

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Commentary: Priests and Judge in Abuse Case Spar Over Legal Fees

By Mriana • March 17, 2011

abstract justice

I read with interest a news story titled Priests and Judge in Abuse Case Spar Over Legal Fees which reported, PHILADELPHIA — Four Roman

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2011 Miss America Would Vote for an Atheist

By D. Beeksma • January 28, 2011

Teresa Scanlan

17-year-old Miss Nebraska, Teresa Scanlan, won the 2011 Miss America Crown on Jan. 15, becoming the youngest winner since the pageant created age limit

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Federal Injunction Issued Against Oklahoma Shariah Law Ban

By D. Beeksma • December 1, 2010

On November 30, Chief Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange, of the U.S. District Court in Oklahoma City blocked Oklahoma officials from implementing a voter-approved referendum that

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Injustice in America: The Untold Story of John McTiernan, Director of Predator, Die Hard

By D. Beeksma • November 11, 2010

If you are a celebrity, a separation of church and state activist,  or anyone else for that matter — high profile or not – 

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Oklahoma's Sharia Law Ban On Hold, Amendment May Also Ban Ten Commandments – Conservapedia Declares That 'Liberal Judge' Ignores Will of the People

By D. Beeksma • November 9, 2010

SQ 755, the "Save Our State Amendment," passed with 70% of Oklahoma's vote on November 2.  The amendment was supposedly to ban "liberal judges"

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Judge Finds that 'Christian Runaway' Cannot Reunite With Her Parents

By D. Beeksma • August 6, 2010

A juvenile court judge in Columbus, Ohio, has granted a runaway Christian convert's request to declare reunion with her Muslim parents impossible, paving the

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Judge Wants Ten Commandments Displayed at Tennessee Courthouse

By D. Beeksma • July 30, 2010

Despite a Hawkins County judge's claim that a display of the Ten Commandments, along with various other documents such as the Declaration of Independence,

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Reactions to Federal Ruling on DOMA

By D. Beeksma • July 11, 2010

As we reported on the God Discussion show last Thursday, July 8, a federal judge in Massachusetts held that portions of DOMA (the federal

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Pennsylvania Blasphemy Law Declared Unconstitutional

By D. Beeksma • July 7, 2010

In 2007, a filmmaker in Pennsylvania was denied his corporate name, I Choose Hell Productions, based on Pennsylvania's blasphemy law.   George Kalman chose

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NY Student Wearing Rosary Beads Can Be Reinstated to School

By D. Beeksma • June 2, 2010

Yesterday, a federal judge ordered a school to reinstate a 13-year-old boy who was suspended for wearing rosary beads, pending a hearing into whether

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Pastor Who Helped the Religious Runaway Speaks Out

By D. Beeksma • March 3, 2010

An Ohio judge says that counseling is needed to heal the rift between Rifqa Barry, the "religious runaway" who converted from Islam to Christianity,

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Missionary Trusts in God's Verdict

By D. Beeksma • February 10, 2010

A Haitian judge made no decision Monday about whether the ten Idaho missionaries accused of kidnapping 33 children will be released or prosecuted.  The

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