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July 25 — A new South Dakota law mandates displaying an “In God We Trust” logo in all public schools. The law — insultingly confusing patriotism with piety — is part of the nationwide legislative push by Project Blitz, which is a stealth campaign to inject religious bills into state legislatures across the country.
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July 16 — The city of Mount Vernon, Ill., has issued a proclamation establishing a day to “recognize God in our City.” Further, Mount Vernon took the step of officially recognizing “the biblical five-fold ministry of apostles, prophets, teachers, pastors, and evangelists.” By so doing, the city unilaterally decided to discard the Constitutionally mandated separation of church and state in favor of the mayor’s preferred vision of a Christian theocracy.
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July 16 — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs recently announced a change to its directive on “Religious Symbols in VA Facilities.” Instead of protecting religious freedom, the new guidelines will embolden misguided government employees to promote religion with government-endorsed displays on
federal property.
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 July 12 — The U.S. House of Representatives approved two amendments to the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would expand contraception and reproductive health care access for service members. Most service members receive health insurance coverage through TRICARE, which currently does not offer comprehensive contraception coverage and reproductive health care resources for service members and their families. [read more] |
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July 8 — The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today unanimously ruled that the Brevard County, Fla., Commissioners’ policy of using religious beliefs to determine who can offer invocations at public meetings is unconstitutional, discriminatory and a violation of religious freedom. Judge Stanley Marcus
opined: “In selecting invocation speakers, the commissioners may not categorically exclude from consideration speakers from a religion simply because they do not like the nature of its beliefs.”
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 June 28 — A new study by European researchers has found one in 10 people have undergone a “near-death experience.” The findings were presented at the fifth European Academy of Neurology Congress. The study analyzed 1,034 people from 35 countries and found that 289 people reported a near-death experience with varying spiritual and physical symptoms. [see details] |
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June 27 — Arkansas legislators have passed a law that bans abortion based on a person’s motivation for seeking one. This would turn patients into suspects, health providers into investigators, and clinics into interrogation rooms. [read more] |
Lie of the Month
The physical is inferior to the spiritual. This is one of “The Most Insidious Lies” because it introduced priests and polticians to the idea of shame, a weapon they have wielded for millennia with catastrophic results for the minds and institutions of man. The text below explains some of the dangers of thinking that our physical bodies are intrinsically corrupt. This is followed by a rather alarming look at the way women have been held responsible for this supposed corruption. . . . . [read more] Worth Repeating This Month
"There is no rational reason why a general acceptance of the fact of survival should be delayed any longer."— Jerome Ellison "You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic. It doesn’t have to be a prejudice about an important matter either." —Robert A. Heinlein “When you have found yourself, you have found God, the universal principle. ... God is expressing Himself through every form of life.” —Agasha This Month's Reading List
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