Blog Archives for April 2010
Supreme Court Embraces Congressional Scheme to Maintain Cross Inside Federal Park
Reasonable Doubt with Derek C. Araujo
April 29, 2010
A 5-4 conservative majority blessed a legislative scheme to maintain an eight-foot Christian cross in a federal park.
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Council for Secular Humanism Celebrates Another Court Victory in Florida
Reasonable Doubt with Derek C. Araujo
April 29, 2010
The Florida Supreme Court could hear the Council's case challenging government funding of sectarian social service providers.
Physicist Stephen Hawking Warns of Hostile Space Invaders
Reasonable Doubt with Derek C. Araujo
April 26, 2010
Stephen Hawking says that humans should avoid, rather than seek extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Supreme Court Splits in Argument over Religious Group’s Violation of Non-Discrimination Policy
Reasonable Doubt with Derek C. Araujo
April 19, 2010
The Court is split on whether a religious student group has a right to public funds while excluding gays, non-Christians
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Federal Court Rules National Day of Prayer Unconstitutional
Reasonable Doubt with Derek C. Araujo
April 15, 2010
US District Judge Judge Barbara B. Crabb ruled that the "National Day of Prayer" violates the Establishment Clause.
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Dawkins, Hitchens Call for Arrest and Trial of Pope Benedict
Reasonable Doubt with Derek C. Araujo
April 13, 2010
Lawyers for Dawkins and Hitchens are exploring the possibility of prosecuting the Pope for crimes against humanity.
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Vatican Compares Criticism of Church’s Handling of Child Rape to Persecution of Jews
Reasonable Doubt with Derek C. Araujo
April 02, 2010
In Good Friday remarks, a senior priest compared the uproar over sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church to anti-Semitism.
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