Larry Wilmore Takes Apart Jeb(!) Over His Remarks About Black People And 'Free Stuff'

The Nightly Show's Larry Wilmore started his show off this Monday by first thanking the "metaphor gods" for the story about Carly Fiorina and the stag...  Read more

The Next Religious Freedom Fight?

A court battle in the Pacific Northwest has opened another front in the fight over religious liberty, raising questions over whether pharmacies are legally obligated to provide patients with emergency contraception despite moral objections.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/09/30/washington-state-pharmacies-the-next-frontier-for-religious-freedom

Kentucky clerk Kim Davis met privately with Pope Francis, Vatican confirms

...The pope thanked Davis for her “courage,” according to the press release, and told her to “stay strong.”...
Do you think he should have? I don't.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/30/the-murky-details-of-kim-daviss-alleged-secret-meeting-with-pope-francis/

Church Tax Exemption: Swatting Away Lame Defenses

When you challenge religious privilege in America, it doesn’t take long for the defenders of the faith to take up arms. My recent Washington Post piece, arguing that it’s time to consider making churches pay their fair share of taxes, has resulted in just such a backlash...
http://davidniose.com/church-tax-exemption-swatting-away-lame-defenses/

Action Alert: Urge Your Representative to Co-Sponsor H.Res. 290

In Honor of International Blasphemy Rights Day, Tell Congress that Blasphemy is Not a Crime.
http://action.secular.org/secular/app/onestep-write-a-letter?0&engagementId=134233

Marco Rubio Questioned By Republican College Student On Climate And Energy Policy

Among young Republicans like this one, the climate tide seems to be changing.  ... Read more

Why Is Spending On The Elderly Protected, But Spending On Children Always On The Chopping Block?

Children are in for a shrinking slice of the American pie unless lawmakers reverse course.  ... Read more

A Family Fights For The Inconceivable: Convicting A Police Officer For Murder

It's been almost six month since Scott was shot and killed during a routine traffic stop. ... Read more

Banned In Boston (And Elsewhere): The American Tragedy Of Censorship

For many years, conservative religious leaders in Boston had the power to determine what people in that city could read. If a book offended the clerics' religious sensibilities, people had to go to another town to buy a copy.
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Anti-abortion radicals from Operation Rescue are secretly directing those bogus attacks on Planned Parenthood

The central claim made by CMP in the videos — that Planned Parenthood was illegally selling fetal tissue for profit — was based on a previous “sting” launched in 1999 by Mark Crutcher of Life Dynamics and promoted by Sullenger before she was sentenced to three years in federal prison for her role in the clinic bombing plot.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/09/anti-abortion-radicals-from-operation-rescue-are-secretly-directing-those-bogus-attacks-on-planned-parenthood/

Taxpayers fund Christian-focused Congressional prayer caucus

“We do what we can to make sure that legislation emerges with what we believe to be American, Christian values,” said caucus member John Fleming, R-La. “We believe that a democracy is only functional if there is a certain level of virtuousness among the nation. Freedom also requires a certain responsibility and that requires a certain moral code. The moral code that we as Americans have lived by for over 200 years is based on what? The Ten Commandments.”
http://www.religionnews.com/2015/09/29/taxpayers-fund-christian-focused-congressional-prayer-caucus/

Qatar offers to host Arab dialogue with Iran

Emir of Qatar offers to host "meaningful dialogue" to help solve political differences between Gulf states and Iran.  Read more

Elon Musk Says Climate Change Refugees Will Dwarf Current Crisis.

Tesla's CEO says the Volkswagen scandal is minor compared with carbon dioxide emissions.Read more

Fact Check: How Does Planned Parenthood Spend That Government Money?

...Defunding the group might cut some spending and accomplish one Republican anti-abortion goal, but it could also backfire, as Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall wrote this week in a letter addressing S. 1881...
http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/08/05/429641062/fact-check-how-does-planned-parenthood-spend-that-government-money

6 Clips Of Audio You Should Hear From The Planned Parenthood Hearing

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/09/29/444528541/6-clips-of-audio-you-should-hear-from-the-planned-parenthood-hearing

False Motives behind “In God We Trust” Police Cruiser Campaigns

...Having launched a campaign to plaster the phrase everywhere possible, conservative Christians now insist they aren’t trying to promote their theistic views. This fraud is playing out across the country, manifesting itself lately in campaigns to place the words on police cruisers, almost always under a false pretext that hides a religious motive...
http://thehumanist.com/commentary/false-motives-behind-in-god-we-trust-police-cruiser-campaigns

Think You’re A Christian? Better Check With Mike Huckabee First...

“Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee this week asserted that President Barack Obama had no right to “pretend” he’s a Christian after the White House invited LGBT and climate change activists to the White House to hear Pope Francis speak.

“I’m also concerned about a guy who believes he’s a Christian and then pretends to be and says he is but then does things that makes it very difficult for people to practice their Christian faith,” Huckabee told Newsmax on Tuesday. “If a person says, ‘I’m a Christian’ but you invite the pope into your home and then you invite a whole bunch of people who are at odds with the Catholic church policy, I think there’s something very unseemly about that.”
http://youtu.be/1JQQwHhemdw

RWW News: Theodore Shoebat Calls For A Global Inquisition To Put Gays To Death

Theodore Shoebat calls for a global law criminalizing homosexuality that will be enforced by a modern-day Inquisition with the power to put gays to death.
https://youtu.be/Pp4UDasTM1Q

OBAMA: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM NO EXCUSE TO DENY RIGHTS TO OTHERS

"We affirm that we cherish our religious freedom and are profoundly respectful of religious traditions," Obama said during remarks that were interrupted by repeated applause and cheers. "But we also have to say clearly that our religious freedom doesn't grant us the freedom to deny our fellow Americans their constitutional rights."

"And that even as we are respectful and accommodating genuine concerns and interests of religious institutions, we need to reject politicians who are supporting new forms of discrimination as a way to scare up votes. That's not how we move America forward," he added. That was an apparent reference to some of the Republican presidential candidates...
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_OBAMA_FUNDRAISER

Responsible Gun Owner Rushes To Carjacking Victim's Rescue, Shoots Him In The Head

Your Responsible Gun Owner was spotted in Houston, posing as The Good Guy With A Gun. Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned. Or promised, when we...  Read more