Few things as repugnant as Westboro Baptist’s “God Hates Fags” screeds at military funerals. The Supreme Court will soon hear the question of whether free speech protections cover Westboro’s lunatic fringing. It’ll be interesting to see how it goes.

Tags: Civil Rights, Crapweasels, fred phelps, Freedom of speech, gay rights, God, Law, Politics, Religion, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, United States Constitution, Westboro Baptist Church

The Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs says US foreign policy is weakened by focusing on, “uncompromising western secularism”. A religion-neutral foreign policy is a tough sell in a secular America, but it’s essential so we can deal with countries that are, or near, total theocracies. And even as an atheist, I can see they’re right.

Tags: Christianity, Foreign policy, Islam, Religion, Separation of church and state, Westboro Baptist Church

The Air Force Academy recently provided a worship area for Pagans, Wiccans, Druids, and other Earth-centered religions and the event passed surprisingly quietly given the religious culture wars of our times. Still, there’s always one in the crowd.

Tags: Air Force Academy, Bible, Bill O'Reilly, christians, druids, pagans, Pat Robertson, Politics, Religion, Religion and Spirituality, Robert Jeffress, United States Air Force Academy, wicans, worship