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The City of Lancaster, in California, is sued for offering sectarian prayers to Jesus before council meetings
Surprise, surprise. As fundamentalists so frequently do when obtaining power, the fundamentalists who dominate the Lancaster City Council (particularly the mayor, R. Rex Parris, and council persons Sherry Marquez and Ron Smith) have overplayed their hand, drawing a lawsuit against the city. … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, atheism, atheist, Christianity, church and state, fundamentalism, God, Jesus, prayer, r. rex parris, separation of church and state, sherry marquez
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Sherry Marquez Bait: a Man from Catholic Brazil Decapitates His Mother
This today from a Latin American news service: Police in the northeastern state of Bahia are looking for a 22-year-old man accused of decapitating his mother and fleeing with her head, the news Web site G1 said Tuesday. I await … Continue reading
Why Sherry Marquez, as a Christian, should treat Muslims in Lancaster, Ca. as her friends
Below is an excerpt from an 1842 speech made by Abraham Lincoln to the Washington Temperance Society. It’s why I think that Lancaster city councilwoman, Sherry Marquez, should make a real effort to befriend the Muslim members of her community, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Antelope Valley Press, Christians, friendship, God, Islam, Jesus, life, muhammad, Muslims, Politics, sherry marquez
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Mayor R. Rex Parris decides that Lancaster is not a Christian city afterall—but atheists and agnostics are not on his apology list
In a startling reversal, the mayor of Lancaster, California—R. Rex Parris—held an interfaith press conference to walk back this comment, which he made twelve days previous to a gathering of 160 people: We’re growing a Christian community, and don’t let anybody … Continue reading
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Tagged agnosticism, Antelope Valley Press, atheism, atheists, books, bookstores, Christianity, God, Islam, Jesus, r. rex parris, sherry marquez
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Why Abdul Nacer Benbrika Does Not Make R. Rex Parris and Sherry Marquez Right
According to Wikipedia, Abdul Nacer Benbrika is an Australian Muslim convicted, in 2008, of organizing a terror cell within Australia: The trial of Benbrika began in February 2008.[7] The charges against him included, “intentionally being members of a terrorist organisation involved in … Continue reading
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Tagged America, California, Christianity, fundamentalism, God, holy war, Islam, Jesus, jihad, Los Angeles, r. rex parris, sherry marquez
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Rick Schlosser and Lawrence Swaim on Sherry Marquez’s Inane Demonization of All Muslims
The true nature of Islam is on display in the murder trial of a Muslim man in New York who beheaded his wife? That’s the essentialist conclusion of an elected Republican official in Southern California: Lancaster councilwoman Sherry Marquez. Here’s how … Continue reading
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Tagged Antelope Valley Press, bigotry, California, Cat Stevens, Christianity, fundamentalism, God, Islam, James Dobson, Jesus, Muslims, sherry marquez
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Lancaster, California Mayor R. Rex Parris: “We’re growing a Christian community, and don’t let anybody shy away from that!”
R. Rex Parris, the mayor of Lancaster, California (where I live) to a recent gathering of 160 people (local clergy and their spouses): We’re growing a Christian community, and don’t let anybody shy away from that…I need (Lancaster community) standing up … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, Antelope Valley, atheist, fundamentalism, God, James Dobson, Jesus, mayor r. rex parris, r. rex parris, religion, sherry marquez, theocrats
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Finger to the Wind: Dennis Anderson, Editor of the Antelope Valley Press, Weighs in on the Sherry Marquez v. Islam Controversy (Sort of)
Dennis Anderson, the editor of the Antelope Valley Press—a paper that serves the northern Los Angeles County cities of Palmdale and Lancaster—is in the unenvious position of walking a fine line between the paper’s large Republican readership and the obvious fact that one of its local … Continue reading
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Tagged Antelope Valley, atheism, atheist, bigotry, Christianity, Dennis Anderson, God, Islam, James Dobson, Jesus, Muslims, sherry marquez
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Lancaster Councilwoman Sherry Marquez Finds a Vocal Local Ally: Audie Yancey, Pastor of First Baptist Church, Quartz Hill
Lancaster city councilwoman Sherry Marquez has dug in on her essentialist remarks on the true nature of Islam (it is a violent religion dominated by violent people who are properly exemplified by the recent beheading of a woman by her Muslim husband … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, audie yancey, California, Christianity, God, Islam, Jesus, Muslim, sherry marquez, the Bible
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Lancaster Councilwoman Sherry Marquez on a Muslim on Trial for Beheading His Wife: “We are told this is a small majority (sic) of Muslims in America, but it is truly what they are all about.”
The true nature of Islam is on display in the murder trial of a Muslim man in New York who beheaded his wife? That’s the essentialist conclusion of an elected Republican official in Southern California: Lancaster councilwoman Sherry Marquez. Here’s how … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, Christianity, church and state separation, God, Islam, James Dobson, Jesus, Muslims, religion, Richard Dawkins, sherry marquez
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Prometheus Unbound 