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6th Circuit: No Need to Put Anti-Religion Sign with Nativity Scene

Feb 26, 2013JerryChristmas, Current EventsAtheism, Christmas, War on Christmas

A three-judge panel from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a unanimous ruling yesterday against a so-called “Winter Solstice” sign the Freedom From Religion Foundation recently tried to put alongside Christmas decorations in the city of Warren, Michigan. The sign read:

“At this season of THE WINTER SOLSTICE may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world, Religion is but Myth and superstition that hardens hearts And enslaves minds.”

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Photos from Pastors Prayer Breakfast

Feb 25, 2013JerryArkansas Pastors Network, LegislatureArkansas Pastors Network, Pastors, Prayer

Last Thursday ministers from across Arkansas met for breakfast and prayer at the Capitol Building in Little Rock. Afterward pastors toured the Capitol Building and met lawmakers. Below are photos from the day.

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Australian Court Dismisses Marriage Redefinition Suit

Feb 25, 2013JerryMarriageMarriage

From Alliance Defending Freedom:

Business Week: “A man cannot enter into the state of marriage as defined with another man just as a woman cannot enter into the state of marriage with another woman,” the judge wrote. “The redress for these circumstances lies in the political and not the legal arena.” . . . Sex discrimination depends on a comparison between the treatment of the person of one sex with the treatment of the opposite sex, Jagot wrote in her ruling. “There cannot be discrimination by reason of the sex of a person because in all cases the treatment of the person of the opposite sex is the same,” she wrote.| Margan v President, Australian Human Rights Commission [2013] FCA 109