US court rules Pastafarianism not a real religion (Flying Spaghetti Monster)

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/separationofchurchandstate US court rules Pastafarianism not a real religion (Flying Spaghetti Monster) A Nebraska inmate who has professed his allegiance to the divine Flying Spaghetti Monster lost his bid demanding that prison officials accommodate his Pastafarianism faith. A federal judge dismissed the suit (PDF) Tuesday brought by Stephen Cavanaugh, who is serving […]

For first time in Indonesia, non-Muslim punished under Islamic law.

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/separationofchurchandstate For first time in Indonesia, non-Muslim punished under Islamic law. 60-year-old Christian woman convicted of selling alcohol was given a choice for her punishment: jail time or caning. She chose caning, and in doing so last week became the first non-Muslim in Indonesia to receive the punishment under sharia law. Remita […]

Thousands quit Church of Denmark after atheist campaign.

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/separationofchurchandstate Thousands quit Church of Denmark after atheist campaign. Thousands of people have cancelled their membership of Denmark’s state Church following a campaign by atheists. Nearly 3,000 baptised cancelled their membership last month after Denmark’s Atheist Society, Ateistisk Selskab, launched a nationwide campaign advising people they could save money by opting […]

13 countries where being an atheist is punishable by death.

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/separationofchurchandstate 13 countries where being an atheist is punishable by death. It’s often said that the world is becoming an increasingly secular place. Just last week David Cameron sparked backlash when he used his Easter message to describe the UK as “a Christian country”. Critics pointed out that just 30 per […]

Taxpayers in U.S give religion $83.5 Billion in taxes (not the $71 billion previously reported)

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/separationofchurchandstate Taxpayers in U.S give religion $83.5 Billion in taxes (not the $71 billion previously reported) Matt Yglesias thinks we ought to start taxing churches. “Whichever faith you think is the one true faith, it’s undeniable that the majority of this church-spending is going to support false doctrines,” he notes. Even […]

The time has come for an atheist on the U.S Supreme Court.

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/separationofchurchandstate The time has come for an atheist on the U.S Supreme Court. Who should replace Antonin Scalia? On Monday, the Times reported that the Justice himself had weighed in on the question: last June, in his dissenting opinion in the same-sex marriage case Obergefell v. Hodges, Scalia wrote that the […]

U.S. churches are now costing taxpayers $71 billion a year.

Join us on Facebook: http://www.fb.com/separationofchurchandstate U.S. churches are now costing taxpayers $71 billion a year. A new study says that tax exempt churches in the United States are costing its citizens $71 billion each year in tax breaks. According to the Secular Policy Institute, religious groups receive $35.3 billions in federal income tax subsidies and […]

Separation of Church and State

Separation of Church and State – Protecting the distance in the relationship between organized religion & nation states.