by Wordsmith | Sep 3, 2015 | 1st Amendment, 2016 Election, ACLU, Christianity, Gay Marriage, Law, Social Studies
WaPo: Since June, when the Supreme Court ruled that gay couples have a constitutional right to wed, Davis has asked to be excused from issuing marriage licenses to anyone on the grounds that licensing a same-sex marriage would violate her religious beliefs. In doing...
by Wordsmith | Dec 25, 2014 | American Exceptionalism, Christianity, Culture, Islam, Judaism, Religion, War on Christmas
Christmas. It’s not just for Christians, anymore. I recognize that Christmas is a Christian, religious holiday- I love that it is! That the “Christ” in “Christmas” belongs there, unmolested. But as a non-Christian who has grown up...
by Wordsmith | Dec 15, 2014 | ACLU, Anti-Americanism, CIA interrogation program, Military
Nope. Not their war against Christmas; but their war against our military: The Obama administration is withholding hundreds, perhaps even thousands of photographs showing the U.S. government’s brutal treatment of detainees, meaning that revelations about detainee...
by Wordsmith | Dec 25, 2013 | ACLU, Holidays, Sunday Funnies, War on Christmas
WordsmithA former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class),...
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by Larry Weisenthal | Dec 4, 2012 | Holidays, Religion, War on Christmas
‘Tis the time of year for the annual “war on Christmas” complaints. The idea is that there is a secular plot to undermine Christmas through the use of terms like “Happy Holidays,” “Holiday Tree,” “holiday cards,”...
by CJ | Nov 27, 2012 | ACLU, Military
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