Court: No Ten Commandments in Courthouses

Court: No Ten Commandments in Courthouses
WASHINGTON - In a narrowly drawn ruling, the Supreme Court struck down Ten Commandments displays in courthouses Monday, holding that two exhibits in Kentucky crossed the line between separation of church and state because they promoted a religious message.

The 5-4 decision, first of two seeking to mediate the bitter culture war over religion's place in public life, took a case-by-case approach to this vexing issue. In the decision, the court declined to prohibit all displays in court buildings or on government property.
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Good. :) B/c someone would've had a fit if other faiths wanted to put theirs as well. And I seriously don't buy that argument that the founding fathers were Christian. I still think they were Deist or secular in some way. How many political figures have the time to be seriously religious anyway? And even if they attempt to show it to the public, most likely it's to sway votes and it seems to be the only way to advocate a specific religion if the majority is apart of that faith. Which would also be against the Constitution...

Skipping Cases of Missing Minorities? What?!

I know many of you have heard the story of Natalee Holloway ,the 18 year-old high school student who was abducted in Aruba. However, how many of you have heard about Tamika Huston's disappearance?

Spotlight skips cases of missing minorities
By Mark Memmott, USA TODAY
Tamika Huston's family reported her missing a year ago this week.

When police in Spartanburg, S.C., began investigating the 24-year-old woman's disappearance, her loved ones swung into action. They distributed fliers, held news conferences and set up a Web site. Huston's story became a cause célèbre in the local media. (Related story: Aruban police search home of Dutch teen)

Huston lived alone and obviously hadn't been home for days, if not a week or two. Her dog, Macy, had given birth to puppies.

Rebkah Howard, Huston's aunt and a public relations professional in Miami, tried to get the national media interested in the case. "I spent three weeks calling the cable networks, calling newspapers — even yours," Howard said this week.

Not much happened
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I cannot fully express how much it has angered me when I first learned of this case not getting enough publicity. To me, it's plain common sense that if someone goes missing, an alert or something must go out to the people. It's just so ridiculous that people have to go to extremes to get this sort of thing out there.

All I know is that eventually someone is going to have to explain all of this and make sense of it too. B/c none of this makes sense to me. How hard could it be? How can a country not care for all of it's fellow citizens, instead of just the majority? In order for this country to work and be able to eradicate any problems, they've got to care for all citizens. The whole thing is bull. And like I said before, nothing angered me more than hearing about how certain people aren't getting covereage. Clearly there is some sort of subliminal messaging going, whether it be intentional or not.

Just Blame PMS

Why is it that whenever a woman gets mad and is not afraid to show her anger that the blame immediately gets put on PMS? Is it because some men don't want to grow up and admit that they may have done something wrong to hurt her? Is it that some other woman just want to make herself look good and self-controlled? What is that all about? If someone is aggrivating you does it really make sense that you would wait until you are going through PMS to stand up for yourself? I mean, I'm not saying that bad things don't happen when the hormones are raging. But aren't we in an age and time where science has been able to at least figure out at least half of what's going on when a woman is nearing her monhtly cycle? Are some men and women really that immature and ignorant that they think the ice age is really the best time in history?

Whatever.
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Just Blame Christianity

There are times when we move from what we were in the past, to something we look to int the future. Many times, we may want to move so quickly and we want to assure ourselves so readily that we have moved on and become better. But just because we have moved on, it doesn't mean it is always for the better. It's natural to make mistakes.

What I don't like is whenever Pagans are discussing their faith, they seem to want to make such a distinction between themselves and Christians (or Satanists). Why can't they say what their beliefs are and cut it at that? Why is it that if someone believes in the Rede or if they believe bad things will happen to them if they do something bad to others that it's automatically asumed that it's because of the Christian view of damnation and karma (you reap what you sow). That concept is apparent in a lot of religions.

I can understand that in many Pagan books tthey act as guides for the newbies who may be coming from a Christian background. But still, I think it's childish. The word 'Christian' is bound to come up...at least in many Pagan books and essays I've read.

I'm not saying that this is true for every Pagan, but it's just a little trend I've been noticing and I'm sure others have as well. Almost like how it seems Wicca is the current trend. There are countles other Pagan traditions besides Wicca, but for some reason, that one gets the most publicity. It's almost as if it's automatically assumed that if you're Pagan you're Wiccan, but I honestly believe that that isn't always the case.

What's going on here?