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They still can’t change Republican minds.

Death penalty remains.

When the Church claims that marriage exists between “one man” and “one woman,” which kind of man or woman do they mean?

Why am I not surpised?

The tea partiers disparage liberalism while anti-abortion activists claim to follow the civil rights movement.

Another scalp for Islamophobes.

Now where have we heard that before…

From Anne Hutchinson to the HHS contraception mandate.

Billboards, rallies, biting commentary—all this is meant to deconstruct the cultural worlds framing sacred texts and ideas, and to do deep damage to the stronghold religion has on life in the United States. I’m in favor of billboards, as well as other organized efforts to advance progressive values and life-affirming ethics. Why should theists alone be allowed to present their ideas in grand ways? The anger coming from theists when confronted with the absurdity behind some of their own faith commitments shouldn’t silence non-theists, and it doesn’t require special handling by public figures.

Two of the three judges who upheld the ruling were GOP appointees.