Obama: The Next Best Thing To An Atheist President

There is no denying that Obama is a "man of faith", but as a responsible president intent on upholding the constitution - something which the religious right always claim to be in favour of - He is the next best thing to an atheist president regarding his position on the separation of church and state and his unwillingness to introduce public policy forcing people to abide by a particular religions rules.

America, despite being continuously and wrongly called a christian nation, is still the only nation on the planet to have it's secular status written into it's constitution, and Obama, thankfully, understands the implications of this and understands that a president, regardless of his personal beliefs, is responsible for an entire nation and their well being, not just the majority and their imagined rules.

In his short time in office i have been impressed with Obama regarding his attitude to those who don't ascribe to his beliefs.

I was impressed with his talk about why government needs to be secular, calling the sermon on the mount "a passage so radical, it's doubtful our own defence department would survive it's application".

I am impressed with his plans to rescind Bush's conscience clause, a law permitting medical practitioners to refuse treatment to people on religious grounds.

I'm impressed with him sending invitations to the white house Easter egg roll to families lead by homosexual couples.

I'm impressed that every time he talks about religious groups he acknowledges the fact that atheists exist and that he has to accommodate them too.

I'm impressed by his reversal of legislation prohibiting federal funding being used on stem cell research, legislation introduced because a bunch of radicals assume that every cell has a soul.

Do i agree with everything Obama has done? No. But as long as his motivation is not a religious one i can't help but respect the method he uses to make his decisions.

Is America Unofficially A Theocracy? Make Your Next President Answer It

If there is one thing politicians like to do it's dodge questions. well here is your chance to make them answer two very important questions regarding the role of religion in American politics.



The maker of the videos has received emails from religious groups telling him that they have been rallying the troops to collectively vote down his videos. Don't let him down people, he is doing this for you so spare him 2 minutes of your time and vote for his videos so that these important questions can be put to the presidential candidates.

PLEASE VOTE

Creation Nuts Get Government Funding

Louisiana Republican Sen. David Vitter earmarked $100,000 for a group, headed by former political associates, that opposes teaching evolution in schools.

The money is set aside for the Louisiana Family Forum in the labor, health and education financing bill for fiscal 2008, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported Sunday. The group is being paid “to develop a plan to promote better science education.”

The forum is slated to use the funds to write a report on ways to improve science education in Louisiana, but critics say support for the group -- which once produced a “battle plan” to fight the idea of evolution -- is really support for religious teaching in public schools.

I wonder how much money i can get to teach my pig-monkey theory

Religious Freedom In Iraq?

For the Iraqis there may be religious freedom. But certainly not for the American service men and women fighting over there.

According to the nogodblog a fundamental christian major had a complete meltdown when he found out that soldiers in his company where holding a meeting under the umbrella of Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers.

The Major threatened to punish the soldiers under the UCMJ, Accused them of being part of a conspiracy against christians and said they were disrespecting soldiers who have died protecting the Constitution.

After his ranting and raving was over he broke up the meeting and vowed to make sure no such meetings were allowed to take place in the future.

I thought the freedom of belief was one of the things we are supposed to be fighting for over there? I guess, Like always with christians, They don't mind what you believe, As long as it's the same thing that they believe. And if you believe otherwise they start shouting, Abusing thier power and threatening people.

Americas Top Doctor Cures Gays For God

George Bush has recently announced Dr. James Holsinger, A cardiologist and co-founder of Hope Springs Community Church, a congregation that believes homosexuality is a matter of choice and can be cured, As the new surgeon General.

Holsinger, In his wisdom, stated in a 1991 paper he wrote for the church that the male and femal reproductive organs are like "pipe fittings", And that because plumbers use the terms male and femal for pipes that fit together perfectly homosexuality is wrong.

But Holsinger goes one step further (as if his moronic analogies weren't enough), He also believes that homosexuality is something that can be cured.

"He has a pretty clear bias against gays and lesbians," said Christina Gilgor, director of the Kentucky Fairness Alliance, a gay rights group. "This ideology flies in the face of current scientific medical studies. That makes me uneasy that he rejects science and promotes ideology."

As president of the Methodist Church's national Judicial Council, Holsinger voted last year to support a pastor who blocked a gay man from joining a congregation. And in 2004, he voted to expel a lesbian from the clergy even though the majority of the panel voted to keep the lesbian associate pastor in place.

As this man has an obvious intollerance towards homosexuality, Should he even be considered a real doctor? let alone the most important doctor in america?