Tag Archives: Sharia law

Protecting us from the nonexistent threat of Sharia Law, putting guns in classrooms, restricting reproductive health care access for women, and resurrecting an Emergency Manager law that the people of Michigan have already said no to… these are the new priorities of our legislators in Lansing

By Mark | December 13, 2012

Do you remember, a week or so ago, when we were discussing the anti-abortion omnibus bill (HB 5711), often referred to in the national press as “the country’s most restrictive anti-abortion bill“? Well, it passed the Michigan Senate today, and, after a quick trip back to the House, where a few edits need to be [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged 5711, abortion, ALEC, Emergency Financial Manager Act, Emergency Manager, HB 5711, Islamophobia, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, personal property tax, Proposition 1, reproductive justice, Senate Bill 865, women's rights | 36 Comments

Syed Taj on the separation of church and state, going up against extremist conservative candidates, and running for the House of Representatives as a Muslim

By Mark | October 14, 2012

I’ve spent a great deal of time these past few weeks explaining why it is that I think that folks shouldn’t vote for either the Tea Party activist Kerry Bentivolio or the white supremacist Daniel Johnson in the race to represent Michigan’s 11th congressional district, but I haven’t really made the case as to why [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Affordable Care Act, Anybody but Thadeus, Canton, Canton Board of Trustees, charter schools, Dearborn Heights, Garden City, Grand Valley, Islam, Kerry Bentivolio, Libertarianism, Liberty for All, Lyndon LaRouche, Medicare, Muslim, Novi, Obamacare, outer space, Plymouth, political ads, public, Redford, redistricting, Republican lies, Romney, separation of church and state, social security, Syed Taj, Thaddeus McCotter | 72 Comments

The Humanists present their “sensible approach to Islam”

By Mark | September 24, 2012

A few times a year, inspired by my ever-growing admiration for Kurt Vonnegut, I get the urge to delve into Humanism. (For those of you who are unaware of what Humanism is, Vonnegut, a devout Humanist, described it thusly… “Being a Humanist means trying to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishment after you [...]

Posted in Religious Extremism, Uncategorized | Also tagged American Humanist Association, human rights, Humanism, jihad, jingoism, Kurt Vonnegut, Muslim, nativism, radical Islam, religions, religious extremism, religious fundamentalism, secularism, separation of church and state, terrorism, the secularist agenda, theocracy, women's rights, xenophobia | 7 Comments

Blogbaby episode four: Pete Larson on Graduate Student Research Assistant Unionization

By Mark | December 19, 2011

[While I'm busy scrubbing poop from diapers and other articles of clothing, several friends have been kind enough to provide content for this site, through a program we're calling Blogbaby. Today's contribution comes from my friend and former bandmate Pete Larson.] Mark has been on to me for several weeks to write something for his [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Education, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bill Schuette, Blogbaby, collective bargaining, GEO, grad students, Graduate Student Research Assistant Unionization, GSRA, higher education, Japanese porn, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, MERC, Michigan Employment Relations Commission, Pete Larson, public employee unions, Scott Walker, unions, University of Michigan | 14 Comments

Congressional support for cutting the military budget is beginning to come together

By Mark | October 13, 2010

Continuing our conversation of a few days ago about cutting the military budget, I just heard that Barney Frank and Ron Paul, along with 55 congressional co-signers sent a letter this evening to the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform calling for significant defense cuts. Here’s a clip from the letter: …The Department of [...]