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 […]
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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, Hobby Lobby, Lucien Graves, Mary Fallin, Megyn Kelly, Oklahoma, Rick Scott, Satanic Temple, Satanism, separation of church and state, Ten Commandments, Thomas Jefferson 26 Comments
A federal push for transit-oriented development
Incredibly, it looks as though there are some folks in DC who want to incentivize development that encourages density (as well as energy efficiency) in the vicinity of transit stations. Here’s a clip from the DC Streets Blog: New construction projects that are within a half-mile of transit stations and exceeding national energy-efficiency standards would […]
Posted in Rail Also tagged DC Streets Blog, development, DOT, energy-efficiency standards, EPA, green buildings, HUD, Reconnecting America, Richard Murphy, Robert Menendez, Senate Banking Committee, sustainable communities, T4America, tax credits, TIGER transportation grants, trains, transportation, transportation funding 3 Comments