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Pulpit Perversion Sunday: The Religious Right’s Partisan Scheme To Politicize Churches

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The [Alliance Defense Fund] sponsored observance has one goal: to pave the way for Religious Right leaders to forge fundamentalist churches into a disciplined voting bloc . . .

American clergy are perfectly free to address any religious, moral and political issues they wish. The only limitation is that they cannot use their tax-exempt resources to endorse or oppose political candidates . . .

“For some religious conservatives, this policy isn’t just unwise; it’s unconstitutional,” the newspaper continued. “But tax exemption isn’t a constitutional right. It’s the creation of Congress, which has the right to attach conditions to that benefit. Put another way, churches may have a 1st Amendment right to comment on elections, but they don’t have the right to a tax exemption.”
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The Mass Media’s Disgraceful Coverage of Occupy Wall Street

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For those who believe we have a right/left divide in the mass media, coverage by FOX News and The New York Times must shatter all such delusions.  Let’s be clear on this.  Both conservative and “liberal” media outlets are playing for the same team . . . 

In fact, it is up to the intellectuals and educated class to stand up for the poor and fight power, because people working fifteen hours a day at minimum wage do not have the time and resources to stand up for themselves and speak out against a cruel system that has destroyed their lives . . .

Before I started following politics two years ago, I never imagined that FOX News could be as evil as critics say it is.  It’s worse.  It truly is Nazi-style propaganda. Their coverage of the mass arrests that occurred at Union Square Saturday illustrates this perfectly.
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Quote: Richard Dawkins

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Clinton Richard Dawkins, Ph.D., (born 26 March 1941)
Ethologist, Evolutionary Biologist, Author, and Outspoken Atheist

The mere fact that you can ask a question in the English language doesn’t make it a question that deserves an answer.

The Anti-Wall Street Protesters’ Best Friend: Ray Kelly

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Is Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly a closet supporter of Occupy Wall Street, the anti-establishment protest group that has been camped out in the financial district for the past week and a half? That’s what it’s looking like . . .

Over the past couple of days, the protesters, who are occupying Zuccotti Park, between Broadway and Trinity Place, have garnered headlines as far afield as London, Athens, and Jerusalem, as well the support of Michael Moore, Susan Sarandon, Cornel West, and Noam Chomsky . . .

On its regularly updated Web site, OccupyWallStreet.org, the group describes itself as “a leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions,” likens itself to anti-government protesters in Egypt, Spain, and other places, and adds, “We plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America.”
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The Occupy Wall Street Library

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A few days ago, Betsy, a trained librarian who lives in Brooklyn, came to the protest for the first time and found a short stack of books lying on the ground where everyone was camped out. She decided to go to one of the organizational meetings for the protests and ask if anyone else thought it would be a good idea to start a proper library. People did.
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