Hecate

Via Twitter, Atrios highlights an interesting case concerning a jail in South Carolina that has (or perhaps the better term now might be ...

I adore my wonderful city of Washington, D.C. There isn't a morning that I drive over the TR Bridge and see the gleaming Lincoln and Wa...

This . So when Comstock and his fellow inspectors showed up at her cramped residence on West 23rd Street with a warrant for her arrest, Crad...

Let America be America, again.

Well, this is disturbing. Ed Brayton notes that: While I was on vacation, Chris Rodda reported here on a very disturbing new development i...

Although it starts off a bit oddly, here's a generally well-written article about the continuing struggle of a Pagan group known as th...

I'll say what I always say about this kind of nonsense . There is no role for religion on government property. And it's beyond pat...

So that makes twice this week that I've stolen from Dependable Renegade, which I check a few times a day, but this shit is fucked up, ...

Somewhere in America, maybe even in your town, there is Earth that I consider even-more-sacred-than-normal-sacred-ground. It is where women...

Course, (1) I haven't been to Target since DiL told me they let pharmacists refuse to fill birth control prescriptions and, (2) I also l...

PZ Meyers is asking some good questions . I admit I've hung around the world of spell-casting for a number of decades without ever learn...

Here's an interesting article about Leesburg, Virginia, struggling amidst the Summer heat over what to do about displays on government ...

Majority opinion, authored by Ginsberg: In a series of decisions, this Court has emphasized that the First Amendment generally precludes pub...

A scheduled pagan festival is under the scrutiny of the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s Office. “Obviously, we don’t like this type of activity,...

Here's a ruling that cries out for reversal : A federal judge in Delaware ruled Monday that it is constitutional for the Indian River Sc...

I'd still rather see the gov't leave religion alone, but, if it won't this is kind of nice.

Here's an interesting story about a fifteen-year-old Wiccan whose school choral class is singing xian holiday songs. The school's ...

The same scenario apparently needs to play out over and over again before people get the message . The latest battle in the "war on Ch...

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As the Supreme Court weighed a dispute over a religious symbol on public land Wednesday, Justice Antonin Scalia was having difficulty unders...