Category: religious intolerance

Harry Reid Worried about November Election, Opposing the Mosque

~ Pharmer ~ 1 Comment

The primary evidence to show the democrat desperation to be reelected is their break with Obama on the Mosque construction at ground zero..

Reid publicly announced his opposition to the leftist + muslim effort to declare victory over America by building a mosque where Islamic terrorists killed over 3000 people at the World trade center.   Please note that the above link is to a UK newspaper 😉

Interestingly the leftists have not yet figured out that a mosque does not represent victory for them, as their social agenda will not but supported there.

Fun facts:

The lefties have denied rebuilding of  St. Nicholas, a  Greek Orthodox church which had already existed in the same area.

Plans to build  a gay bar next to the proposed mosque also exist, and the prospective owner, Greg Gutfeld plans to cater to muslim men.

The ACLU favors the building of the mosque…….

yet it is famous for opposing public displays of Christian beliefs.

The ACLU also opposes the professional position not to purposely kill humans in health care practice.  Interestingly Muslims are also gaining media attention for the same pro-life position.

One may peruse massive literature  on the ACLU pro-killing position at www.aclu.org  oddly catagorized as  “reproductive rights”.

Religious Tolerance of the lefties is very selective.

Home Depot Fires Cashier for Wearing Patriotic Button

~ Pharmer

Trevor Keezor, a cashier at Home Depot was fired for wearing an “One Nation under God” button. This occurred after wearing it at work for a year, and shortly after he took up reading a bible at lunch break.
By contrast, Home Depot has shown itself to be much more friendly towards the display of accessories showing pro-gay sentiment, and this has inspired the AFA to initiate a boycott of the company.

Teaching Catholic Beliefs is Considered Hate Speech in Illinois – Same as Canada

~ Pharmer

FOXNews.com – University of Illinois Instructor Fired Over Catholic Beliefs.

Professor Ken Howell was fired from the University of Illinois at Urbana for teaching Catholic beliefs in his class on Catholicism.  Specifically he explained the Catholic teaching on homosexual sex, in an email,  based on the religious interpretation of natural law.  This caused him to lose his teaching position, and also to lose his job  as head of the Newman Center at the University.

The Newman Center job is said to be funded by the Diocese,  so explanations concerning that dismissal will be interesting. The current claim, attributed to Chancellor Patricia Gibson,  is that  the Diocese fired Howell because he can no longer teach at the university.

The Alliance Defense fund,  a Christian legal group which has also  given aid to conscientiously objecting health care professionals,  is considering assistance to Dr. Howell.

At first blush, we see a general group of Christians  offering to defend  a Catholic professor who has been abandoned by his own Diocese.

This is a religious and academic  freedom case worth watching.

Florida school district bans Bibles

~ Pharmer

Florida school district bans Bibles on Religious Freedom Day – The Religion World – Orlando Sentinel.

The above headline appears somewhat inaccurate.  It instead seems that Liberty Counsel  is suing the Collier County School district over their refusal to allow World Changers to distribute Bibles to public school students.

The distribution included a disclaimer that the Bibles were not from the school,  and that acceptance by the students was voluntary.

The school district allows literature from non profits to be distributed there, but forbade the Bibles, giving the reason that they do not provide any educational benefit.

The lawsuit is well deserved.

Coakley obtains Obama aid

~ Pharmer

Martha Coakley, that Massachusetts Senate candidate who thinks Catholics shouldn’t be permitted to work in hospital emergency rooms, has obtained the full backing and support of Obama, immediately after her expression of this sentiment. Obama intends to travel to Coakley’s state on Sunday in order to bolster her effort against Republican Scott Brown.

Pharmer is happy to have assisted others in learning of Coakley’s religious intolerance via submissions of this Washington times story and Ken Pittman to a number of well known venues of news and commentary.

This story also appeared on the Drudge Report, Jill Stanek’s page, and was echoed by Rush Limbaugh on his Friday 1/15 radio show, among others. It is hoped that enough people heard of Coakley’s views that Obama might need to address a question about it when he travels to Massachusetts in her support.
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