Stephen Colbert has featured the marijuana lobby and the gay rights lobby on the “Better Know a Lobbyist” segment of his show. But he hasn’t yet spoken to Lori Lipman Brown, lobbyist for the Secular Coalition for America. Lori writes this at Rant & Reason: It’s time for the Secular Coalition Nation to rise up [...]
Religious Earmarks Take Away Nearly $30,000,000 of Federal Money
April 3, 2008 By 24 Comments
Earmarks are “congressional provisions directing approved funds to be spent on specific projects.” In other words, legislators can direct federal money to pet projects (usually in their cities or states). The Secular Coalition for America reviewed 24 Congressional appropriations committee reports from the fiscal year 2008. They found over 140 earmarks that are “constitutionally suspect.” [...]
Pat Robertson: End of an Era?
April 2, 2008 By 8 Comments
Bill Sizemore has a lengthy piece on Pat Robertson in the Virginia Quarterly Review. It’s a really fascinating look at the televangelist’s disturbing, scandal-ridden, influential life. Prepare to be upset. Here’s a little something from the beginning of the piece and a little something from the end: Over forty-six years of electronic ministry, this icon [...]
Boy Scouts Get Federal Money for Their Discrimination
March 25, 2008 By 22 Comments
Ben points out that a Boy Scout group in Alaska is about to get nearly $1,000,000 worth of federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Both HUD and White House websites have rules that say no grant-receiving group can discriminate against anyone who wants to use the service. If our organization [...]
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