Archive for March 2010

Federal Funds Being Used To Discriminate Based on Religion

Mar 31st, 2010 | By Main Contributor | Category: Around The Web

The Chicago Tribune discusses how Christian agencies are still receiving federal funds and use those funds to hire or fire based on religion or lack of religion.
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Obama Directive Requires Government Agencies to Release Data Online

Mar 30th, 2010 | By Main Contributor | Category: President Obama

The Obama administration is requiring all top government agencies to release information that has never been available to the public before.  Each government department is required to post three major collections of “high-value” information to the public.  The information will be available for easy access online.  Open government organizations are encouraged by the initiative.
One major piece of [...]



Health Care Bill: What Was Passed?

Mar 23rd, 2010 | By Main Contributor | Category: Health Care

Is this a government takeover of health care?
No, there is no government run health care plan in the bill.  The health care bill does not change how hospitals are run and does not take over any part of the health care industry.
What about the national insurance exchange?  Isn’t that government run?
No, the federal government is [...]



44,000 People To Gain Health Care in Bart Stupak’s District Under Health Care Bill

Mar 17th, 2010 | By Main Contributor | Category: Health Care

Bart Stupak (D-MI) has been working to kill the Democrat’s health care bill because he believes it does not go far enough banning abortion coverage under private insurance plans.  In practice, the more people have access to health care, the lower the abortion rates are.  Bart Stupak is not only working against his pro-life arguments, [...]



Democrats Welcome Tea Party Protesters Into Their Offices To Discuss Health Care

Mar 16th, 2010 | By Main Contributor | Category: Health Care

Tea Party protesters are headed to Washington today to voice what many in the group consider their last chance to protest against sweeping changes in the health care system.  Democrats in the House and Senate were encouraged by their leadership to have meetings with the protesters to answer any questions that they might have about [...]



Oklahoma Law Violating Women’s Privacy Rights With Abortion Struck Down

Mar 15th, 2010 | By Main Contributor | Category: Abortion Rights

An Oklahoma law passed in 2009 by the state legislature was struck down as unconstitutional by the District Court in Oklahoma.  The law violated the Oklahoma constitution’s “single-subject” rule, which states that a law passed by the Oklahoma legislature can not address too many different topics in one bill.
The law would have created a web site to track [...]



Most Americans Dont Want Sarah Palin To Run For President

Mar 10th, 2010 | By Main Contributor | Category: Republicans

A CBS poll shows that a large portion of Americans do not have a favorable view of Sarah Palin and a large percentage of Americans do not want her to run for President in the next election.
The poll shows that 71% of Americans do not want Sarah Palin to run for President and 41% have [...]



Obama Sets Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Target for Federal Operations

Mar 8th, 2010 | By Main Contributor | Category: President Obama

The Obama administration set its target for reducing the energy used by the federal government by “28 percent by 2020.”  The U.S. government is the largest energy consumer in the United States and this reductions will not only help to reduce the countries contribution to climate change, but will also result in “$8 to $11 [...]



Washington Post: Virginia Attorney General Tells Colleges to Start Gay Discrimination

Mar 6th, 2010 | By Main Contributor | Category: Around The Web

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Obama Administration Meets With Atheists and Other Non-Believers

Mar 4th, 2010 | By Main Contributor | Category: President Obama

The Obama administration met with the Secular Coalition for America in Washington, DC on Friday February 26.  The Secular Coalition for America represents a broad coalition of Atheist, Freethought, and Humanist organizations such as the American Atheists.
Dr. Ed Buckner, President of American Atheists, said “We are delighted that we will get the chance to speak [...]