The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled a week ago that the state must remove a 6-foot tall granite monument of the Ten Commandments from its capitol saying that it violated Oklahoma’s constitutional ban against the use of either public funds or property to benefit a single religion. Wile I suspect this case could have made it […]
Tag Archives: Hobby Lobby
The vision of our founding fathers, threatened by Christians, defended by Satanists
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized Also tagged a wall of separation, Baphomet, Christians under attack, freedom of religion, guerilla theater, Lucien Graves, Mary Fallin, Megyn Kelly, Oklahoma, Rick Scott, Satanic Temple, Satanism, separation of church and state, Ten Commandments, Thomas Jefferson, Yes Men 26 Comments
The campaign to get Eden Foods products off our local co-op shelves
Presently there are movements afoot, both in Ann Arbor and in Ypsilanti, to pull products by Eden Foods off the shelves of our respective food co-ops. Following is a conversation with Georgina Hickey, who is leading the charge in Ypsilanti, and Ann Rogers, who is doing the same in Ann Arbor, explaining why, in their […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, Ypsilanti Also tagged ACA, Affordable Care Act, Ann Rogers, boycotts, Cheryl Farmer, co-ops, contraception, Dan Gillotte, Eden Foods, Georgina Hickey, GMO, Michael Potter, National Organization for Women, NOW, old white men making decisions on women's health, People's Food Co-op, petitions, religious extremism, reproductive justice, soy, soymilk, Supreme Court, Wheatsville, women's health, Ypsi Food Co-op 70 Comments
The lesson of today’s Hobby Lobby decision: A corporation’s right to religious freedom trumps your right to reproductive health care
“The court, I fear, has ventured into a minefield,” Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote today in her vociferous dissent following the high court’s 5-4 decision to allow certain employers the right not to provide coverage for medical procedures and medications that run contrary to their stated religious beliefs. The case in question was […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime, Health, Uncategorized Also tagged ACA, Al McWilliams, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, AstraZeneca, Christians under attack, Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation, corporate personhood, corporations are not people, David Green, evangelical, hypocrisy, Obamacare, Plan B, pulling out, religious freedom, Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Scientology, separation of church and state, Supreme Court, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, war on women 24 Comments