Law Relying on God During National Emergencies Ruled Unconstitutional In Louisville, KY, Judge Thomas Wingate ruled on Wednesday that references to a dependence on "Almighty God" in the law that created the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security is akin to establishing a religion, which the government is prohibited from doing in the U.S. and Kentucky constitutions. Ten Kentucky residents and a national atheist group sued to have the reference stricken. Obviously, the religious community down there, which includes state officials, are up in arms. One of them is state Rep. Tom Riner (l.), a pastor and Democrat (!), who was responsible for inserting the God reference in 2006 and is now seeking a reconsideration of the court order. "They make the argument ... that it has to do with a religion and promoting a religion," Riner said, "God is not a religion. God is God." Yeah, sure. Whatever you say Pastor Riner of the Christ is King Baptist Church. But Riner wasn't done yet and went on to show off his complete lack of historical knowledge with this ditty: "This is no small matter, the understanding that God is real," he said. "There are real benefits to acknowledging Him. There was not a single founder or framer of the Constitution who didn't believe that."
Bishops Target Same-Sex Unions
In New Jersey, Catholic bishops have begun a campaign
against same-sex marriage in anticipation of a possible vote on the issue by state legislators sometime after the November election. The bishops directed Catholic priests throughout the state to distribute in parish bulletins last Sunday a 2,300-word letter opposing same-sex marriage. The priests are also expected to speak about the issue from the altar after Labor Day. "The Catholic Church teaches today and has always and everywhere taught for 2,000 years that marriage is the union of one man and one woman," the letter reads. "This great truth about marriage is not some obscure doctrinal fine point but a fact of human nature, recognized from time immemorial by people of virtually every faith and culture."God Told Me To: Man Nearly Drowns Daughter During Baptism
In Little Rock, AR, a 40-year-old man is out on a $50,000 bond after allegedly almost drowning his daughter while baptizing her because God asked him to do it. Kristy Merryman says her ex-husband, Samuel Merryman, is a very religious man and had baptized her daughter several times before, but she says he went too far on July 29th when he allegedly held the eight-year-old under water until she blacked out. "He has told me before about hearing voices and stuff, and that's what I kept telling him, 'How do you know that was God's voice?" said Kristy Merryman. "You've admitted to me to hearing voices before and God wouldn't tell you to do something like that anyway,' but he swears he knows God's voice."Muslim Woman Sues Judge Over Removal of Headscarf
In Dearborn Heights, MI, a 32-year-old Muslim woman filed a federal lawsuit today against a Wayne County judge, claiming he forced her to take off her hijab during a court appearance in June. “I felt very discriminated and humiliated,” Raneen Albaghdady (r.) said at a press conference in Southfield at the Michigan Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit. “I was hurt…I was really, really scared and terrified." Albaghdady's lawsuit comes after the Michigan Supreme Court adopted a new court rule on Tuesday that gives judges “reasonable control over parties’ and witnesses’ appearance.” That decision stems from a case involving a Hamtramck woman, Ginnah Muhammad, who went to court wearing a niqab, an Islamic veil that covers the entire face, except for eyes.
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