Politics
Religion and Politics Report Card For the 2008 Election
Religion and politics butted heads several times in the 2008 election season, impacting the presidential vote, Senate races and of course ballot measures. So what was the final score of the religion in politics season?
Electing Representatives
Secularism Defeated Religion
Starting at the presidential level, the only religious issue was that many non-religious folks, and many non-Republicans [...]
Arkansas Adoption Act Show How Far America Has Not Come
The fine people of Arkansas approved a measure that prevents any cohabiting sexual couple from adopting children or becoming foster parents. The bill was made to stop the “gay agenda”, but really the bill was passed to stop the advancement of American families.
The backers of the bill cited study after study that shows that [...]
Why I Voted For John McCain
I’ll admit, I fell into the category of undecided for far too long in this election. In most years, I would agree with the idea that if you didn’t know who you were voting for a month before the election, then you likely weren’t informed enough to be casting a quality vote.
This election changed [...]
We’ve Seen Our Last Great President
We may all disagree on who the last great President of the United States was, but I can say now that whoever it was, was the last great president we’ll ever have.
The presidential process has made it nearly impossible for the right person to win the presidency, and even harder for them to have an [...]
Atheists Apparently Still OK to Discriminate Against
If we’ve learned anything in this election, it’s that atheists may be the final group of people in the United States that it is okay to discriminate against. Muslims are apparently still in the running, but atheists are fair game to all, and supported by none.
Take for instance the Senatorial race in North Carolina, [...]
The Religion Guide to the Presidential Election
To many people, religion is a key ingredient in what makes a good president or government. In the United States, many mistakenly feel that this is a Christian nation, and should be governed as such. Since that’s not the case, and the Constitution is clear about a separation between church and state, each [...]
On Positive Secularism, the Pope and France
Secularism is defined as “indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious considerations.”
By definition, it is pretty clear what it is. Yet, there is an emergence of “positive secularism” in France, a nation where secularism is central to the French identity. French President Nicolas Sarkozy told the Pope recently that he [...]
Conservapedia Scares Me
The conservative answer to Wikipedia, Conservapedia, scares the living daylights out of me. I’ll be honest — I’d never even known that Conservapedia existed, and right now I wish I could go back in time to when I didn’t know about it. Despite being an atheist, I actually tend to lean to the [...]
Third-Party President Runs Through Congress First
As the presidential debates grow closer, the calls grow louder to include Bob Barr and Ralph Nader in the process. While the rules state that a candidate must be polling at an average of at least 15% in five national polls, there are many reasons as to why this is a flawed gauge for [...]
Sarah Palin on Religion
Continuing where I left off examining the religion of major party candidates for president, there are now two Vice-Presidential candidates whose religion needs to be examined. As with the presidential candidates, I am not looking to analyze what people think about these candidate’s religious beliefs, only analyze what the candidates themselves have actually said.
The [...]
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