Religion

The Supreme Court today will hear arguments in the case of the demented or evil (take your pick) Fred Phelps and his merry band of pranksters, who have graced Indiana among their visits to picket military funerals with their "God hates fags" and "Thank God for dead soldiers" signs. It is almost universally agreed among followers of all religious doctrines and across the political spectrum that the Westboro Baptist Church's actions are vile and despicable.

Maybe I'll become a member of the Druids, who, after thousands of years, are going to finally be recognized by Britain as a religion. I could get in on all that good tax-deduction stuff without having to do any heavy metaphysical lifting:

Druids worship nature and that they also believe in the spirits of places such as mountains and rivers, as well as in

It seems like just yesterday (oh, wait, it was) when I did a post about the Pew study showing how little people know about their own religions, noting that people who come late to something usually know more about it than those born to it. Well, oops. This is President Obama:

Atheists and agnostics know more about various religions than many who actually follow those religions, a Pew study has found, and that has set the world of skeptics on fire:

Justice Emily Litella Sthephen Breyer clarifies his remarks on the First Amendment:

CNN's Larry King: There's no doubt that Pastor Jones, little church in Florida, had the right, he has the right to burn the Quran, doesn't he?

President Obama says the intended Quran burning by that freak and his nutjob followers in Florida would be a recruitment bonanza for al-Qaida:

"This could increase the recruitment of individuals who'd be willing to blow themselves up in American cities or European cities."

Today's quiz. "It's clear that his intent was to be divisive" refers to:

A. Conservatives' reaction to Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf's Ground Zero mosque plans.

B. Civil rights leaders' reaction to the Glenn Beck rally in Washington on Saturday.

If you wanted to answer C, "Most of the stuff I read on this blog," w

Those lovable goofballs of the Westboro Baptist Church, who have graced Indiana with their presence a few times, have been set free to again roam the land in search of military families to counsel. A federal judge has ruled that church members have a First Amendment right to picket military funerals with signs and chants railing against homosexuals.

"It's a strange old world" department:

Golllleee, Ange, them Mormons ain't strange a'tall. Why, they're just as normal as us regular folks!