Blog Against Theocracy

Welcome to Blog Against Theocracy 2011

This is a blogswarm dedicated to the separation of church and state.

It is not a blogswarm against religion. Bloggers who believe in religion, and those who don't, are equally welcome here. What we share is a common commitment to the First Amendment to the Constitution and its guarantee of church-state separation.

This is also not a blogswarm against a particular candidate or party. But the rhetoric coming from the Republican side, particularly in courting Iowa evangelicals, gives us all pause. Nearly every "social issue" can be seen as a battle on the grounds of religious liberty. It is the position of this blogswarm that separation of church and state protects both, and that freedom of, or freedom from, religion is a choice every American has the right to pursue.

Blog Against Theocracy is doing something a little different this year; we're just using the hashtag #AgainstTheocracy on Twitter and Facebook to promote our posts. I look forward to reading your stuff! Thanks very much.

Fran / BG

Blog Against Theocracy - 2010 Participants

Blog Against Theocracy - Info for participants

(a big thank you to Tengrain at Mock, Paper, Scissors for this year's header)

Actually, South Park Jesus, it's April 2-4.

Tengrain of also wrote the best concise description of this blogswarm, that I quote every year:

The theme [of the blogswarm], like always, is the Separation of Church and State — we are for it. But the variations on the theme are many...This is not a bashing of religion - peeps can believe what they choose, however they choose — but it is a reminder that the Government should keep out of religion, and Religion should keep out of the government.

We invite you to create a logo for the blogswarm. If you want me to include your logo on this site, email me; my addy is on the sidebar to the right. I will be posting logos I've already received later this week.

Here is how to participate in the blogswarm.

1. Write a post in support of our United States Constitution, specifically regarding the separation of Church and State. You can write your post anytime, but the blogswarm takes place Easter Weekend, April 2-4, 2010. Your post will be linked at the Blog Against Theocracy website during and just after that weekend. No submissions will be accepted after April 5.

If you have any writer's block on this, here are some great websites to get you started:

Americans United for the Separation of Church and State

The ACLU's religion page

And I also love the blog Talk2Action.

2. Send the URL of your post via this online form, and add any comments you would like to appear with your link. Make sure you provide the permalink to your post and not just your blog. I will receive your link and over Easter Weekend (and just after I'm sure) I will post these to the BAT website.

3. Sit back and enjoy the hits, and know that Thomas Jefferson, Buddha, Mohammed, and Jesus his own self would be proud of you. (Yes, personally? I really believe that.)

Thank you!

Love,

Blue Gal

Getting ready.

3/10/2010

I'm updating this blog this week. Thanks much to Tengrain of Mock, Paper, Scissors for our new header.

Watch this space.

Participants in Blog Against Theocracy 2009

Welcome to the 2009 edition of Blog against Theocracy. Please leave comments at the individual posts. Thanks to all who are participating!

Tengrain presents About the 2009 Blog Against Theocracy Logo posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors, saying, "Why I "perversed" raising the flag on Iwo Jima."

Lisa Golden presents Blog Against Theocracy: Leaving it all behind posted at That's Why.

John O'Connor presents The US is *not* a christian nation posted at blahgblog, saying, "this is super cool. This is only my sixth post on this new blog, but more will follow."

Don Davis presents Is THIS What Gay Marriage Threatens the Sanctity Of? posted at The Satirical Political Report.

BAC at Yikes! presents Sunday Funnies posted at Yikes!, saying, "The Blog Against Theocracy Edition."

Spartacus presents While My Family Celebrated Easter Mass... posted at My Saturday Evening Post.

AC presents Why theology doesn't belong in politics posted at Open Source Judaism.

Wee Mousie presents Blog Against Theocracy Day Three posted at Wee Mousie's Cinema Burlesque.

Luther Mckinnon presents Blogroll Against Theocracy 2009 posted at Chamblee54 including a video of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who are another convincing argument against religion in government."

Shard presents UN takes aim at free speech, where does Australia stand? posted at OzSoapbox, saying, "Hi there, I'd like to submit a piece I wrote surrounding the recent call by the UN for governments to make blasphemy illegal worldwide."

schmook presents schmoo on the run: religion is danger to the soul posted at schmoo on the run, saying, "good idea"

Jacob Duchaine presents The Big Bang Theory posted at The Blog of Jacob Duchaine.

Shot presents The Looming Afghanistan Disaster posted at Conunderground.com, saying, "We are making a classic mistake in the war in Afghanistan"

Wren Caulfield presents Darwin Award Nomination: the blogger that advocates overturning Roe v. Wade to save the economy posted at True Adventures in Money Hacking.

schmook presents schmoo on the run: diy certificate of debaptism posted at schmoo on the run, saying, "i think this is on topic"

larryniven presents Rust Belt Philosophy: Bad idea, worse idea posted at Rust Belt Philosophy, saying, "This is a post I write a little while back about a few attempts to increase religious influence in politics through a philosophical view called justificatory liberalism. It's a long piece, but I think it's a pretty solid refutation of the idea."

metalhead39 presents GSR posted at tin, steel and rust.

Wendy Neal presents Keep Theocracy out of Our Democracy posted at MouthyGirl.com.

Christopher di Spirito presents This Weekend is Blog Against Theocracy 2009 posted at From the Left.

karen marie presents Living In A Theocracy. « From Laurel Street posted at From Laurel Street.

Michael J. Petro presents Flail Against Theocracy posted at Deconstructing the Manifest, saying, ""We have to clean up our own house before we can credibly criticize Theocracy.""

Shy Ann presents Adam Vs Atom.....The Separation of Church and State in The United States and Texas Textbooks posted at Cheyanne's Campsite.

Rehctaw presents Comprehensive Americans -OR- So Long & Thanks For All The Fish posted at Rawrahs.

Max Pearson presents The Sarah Palin Elementary School (Redux) posted at The Progressive Puppy, saying, "In the future, Christian fundamentalists have taken control of all aspects of American life, including public education..."

mark hoback presents Blog against Theocracy? Kish mir en toches! posted at Fried Green al-Qaedas.

Mike/ presents Blogswarm: Blog Against Theocracy 2009... posted at no matter what... eschew obfuscation.

Dave Hornstein presents Detroit National Politics Examiner: For the good of humanity, let's keep religion and state separate posted at Examiner.com/Detroit, saying, "Focus is on the First Amendment, the un-American nature of the Christian Right, and some of the negative aspects of religion."

Michael Stone presents Portland Progressive Examiner: Post Christian America posted at Portland Progressive Examiner.

two crows presents Blog Against Theocracy Swarm posted at Preserve, Protect and Defend.

two crows presents Blog Against Theocracy Swarm posted at All that Is.

deletedsoul presents There is No War Against Christianity! posted at DeletedItems Blog, saying, ""Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof...""

Jolly Roger presents It Isn't About Religion; It's About Bigotry posted at Reconstitution 2.0, saying, "Tax-exemption is fine for good works. Way too many of these "religious" groups are engaged in anything BUT good works."

Dan (Fitness) presents Fighting Religious Tyranny posted at Fitness for the Occasion, saying, "We have every right to be optimistic, but now is the time to fight! Here are some strategies and rhetorical recipes for how to fight religious tyranny effectively."

C Woods presents IS AMERICA A CHRISTIAN NATION? posted at My Thoughts Are Free, saying, "This post presents excerpts from the first two chapters of "Our Godless Constitution: The Case Against Religious Correctness" by Isaac Kramnick and R. Laurence Moore to support the contention that our founding fathers had no intention of making the U.S. a Christian nation."

Thomas Stough presents Religion Delusion « (Worst)Writer posted at (Worst)Writer, saying, "Some thoughts motivated after reading Richard Dawkins' great book some time ago. I only wish he'd be a bit harder on religious nutjobs and thereby pin US conservatism up like a piñata - so that rational people can finally start having fun again. (Shame that conservative piñata innards don't taste great.)"

coffee messiah presents blog against theocracy posted at coffee messiah.

Airon Later presents 43-Ideas-Per-Minute: The Politics Of Therocratic Rule And The Evolution Of Abomination posted at 43-Ideas-Per-Minute.

Skeptigator presents Separation of Church and State: A Parable posted at Freethought Fort Wayne, saying, "Probably not the kind of thing you are looking for but I think stories can say things more eloquently than simply saying it outright."

Dugan presents Blog Against Theocracy Blogswarm posted at Zen Comix.

Mike Tidmus presents Free speech is sacred posted at Mike Tidmus : Blog, saying, "Excellent idea!"

Tengrain presents Great Expectations posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors.

Bubs presents Blog against theocracy posted at Sprawling Ramshackle Compound.

Michael Tiffany presents Can we have fish tonight? posted at Discreet Sheep.

Sinfonian presents Blog Against Theocracy 2009: An introduction posted at Blast Off!, saying, "It's wonderful to be a part of this important effort once again this year. Special thanks to Blue Gal, Tengrain, and all the participants and organizers."

The Minstrel Boy presents Blog Against Theocracy posted at Group News Blog.

Thorne presents Once Upon a Time… posted at Thorne's World, saying, "Don't be frightened... it's only love!"

Bing McGhandi presents Drop and give me 20 Hail Marys! posted at Happy Jihad's House of Pancakes.

Evan Kutner presents Bait and Switch posted at distributorcap NY.

Don Davis presents The Satirical Political Report - An Offbeat Look at the Hot-Button Issues of the Day » Citing ‘Change’ Over ‘Experience,’ Angry Electorate Also Seeks to Replace God posted at The Satirical Political Report.

Don Davis presents Forget Adam Sandler's Hanukkah Song, Here's the Atheism Song posted at The Satirical Political Report.

Leo Lincourt presents Open forum Friday: Separate but equal? | FreeThought Fort Wayne posted at Freethought Fort Wayne, saying, "While not a blog post per se, this discussion that a few of the members of FreeThought Fort Wayne are having with a right-wing religious believer on same-sex marriage and church-state separation is so keeping with the spirit of Blog Against Theocracy that I can't help but include it."

NG presents BAT 2009 posted at NGblog.

BAC at Yikes! presents The Man and Woman from D.U.N.G. posted at Yikes!, saying, "The Man and Woman from D.U.N.G.-- a parody of the National Organization for Marriage ad."

Nicki Scheid presents Mind-O-Nicki: It Wasn't Supposed To Be This Way posted at Mind-O-Nicki.

TJNichols presents Separation Of Church And State posted at Persnickety Serendipitous Asymmetry.

Mike Tidmus presents Theocracy slimed posted at Mike Tidmus : Blog, saying, "Slime magazine will not stand for the slimey theocrats"

cognitive dissident presents still not a Christian nation posted at cognitive dissident, saying, "a few remarks on Obama’s statement that “we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation""

Wee Mousie presents Render Unto Caesar posted at Wee Mousie's Stuff + Nonsense, saying, "Under the banner of separation of church and state I have chosen not to show why religion harms politics, but rather why politics goes against religion, specifically the Christian religion, based upon text from the Bible."

Tawnithan presents God damn it! posted at What is this heathenry?.

Jezebel of the Evil Slut Clique presents Gay Marriage Makes Adam And Eve Cry posted at Evil Slutopia.

Jennifer Paviglianiti presents Whose god, anyway? posted at Strangely Blogged, saying, "Belief is varied and it's history is rich and complicated. It's a cunning trap for human minds--but since we invented it, we are just a bit ahead of it, too. I like to think we'll find something better, but for now, it is what it is."

Jolly Roger presents Taking Over the Government, One Precinct At a Time posted at Reconstitution 2.0, saying, "A VERY brief history of Dominionism in the Republican Party and the United States Government."

C Woods presents CHURCH STATE SEPARATION QUIZ posted at My Thoughts Are Free, saying, "How much do you know about church/state separation? Answer three sample questions, then link to the Freedom from Religion Foundation for the 21 question quiz."

Ruckus presents Rule by Human Law posted at Left Leaning Brain.

Silver Adept presents The Blog Against Theocracy, Or Why You Shouldn't Believe The Hype About Sharia posted at Nonsensical Ravings of Finely Tuned Insanity, saying, "A short post on why fears that radical Muslims will take over the country and institute repressive laws are unfounded."

Shaun presents Not just because… posted at Upper Left, saying, "Religious fundamentalism - and every religion has a fundie wing = is fundamentally anti-American. Has been from day one."

Don Davis presents Huckabee the Huckster: Promised to Replace The Cabinet With The Twelve Apostles posted at The Satirical Political Report.

Jill presents Yes, we still need to be concerned about the theocrats posted at Brilliant at Breakfast, saying, "They're not dead yet."

Jay Cole Simser presents Blog Against Theocracy posted at Bailey's Buddy.

Tengrain presents Arguing with the theocrats? posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors.

Freida Bee presents Tha Florence Joe Diaries: Blog Against Tha Crock a Sh#@! posted at My Blog's Against Theocracy!.

Brady Bonk presents Freedom Is The Distance Between Church and State posted at Ketchup Is A Vegetable, saying, "The only way to guarantee that Uncle Sam doesn't march Leah and Rekem off to Catholic mass by gunpoint is to vigorously defend the secular commons. This is as intuitively correct a notion as is "what goes up must come down" and "regulating business is probably a good idea.""

John Pieret presents Theocratic Marriage posted at Thoughts in a Haystack, saying, "Gay marriage and religious conscience."

Tengrain presents It’s Not Over posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors, saying, "Submitted by Tengrain for Travelling Man"

Omnipotent Poobah presents The Sermon on the Mount (of Capitol Hill) posted at The Omnipotent Poobah Speaks!, saying, "Religion has an important role in nearly all societies. For the most part, it does a good job at providing a moral national compass. But sometimes, the arguments of the societal fringe push and pull the nation’s religious purpose toward a destination that often favors their views at the expense of others."

David 2 presents Blog Against Theocracy 2009 posted at David 2's Brutally Honest Random Thoughts, saying, "I'm also promoting the Blog Against Theocracy Weekend on my radio show at www.shocknetradio.com tonight (4/11) at 7pm Eastern."

Sinfonian presents Getting back at the gay-bashing, fear-mongering bigots at NOM posted at Blast Off!, saying, "Upon further review, this post from Friday morning really does belong in BAT, if only to expose more broadly these new Christianist hate groups."

Don Davis presents Prominent Atheist Deified by Followers posted at The Satirical Political Report.

Fran presents FranIam: Blog Against Theocracy 2009 - The Toxic Mix of Church and State, 2000 years of It posted at FranIAm.

Saitia presents Apocalypse ~~Now~~ Never posted at Urantian Sojourn, saying, "A doctrinal fetish will lead people to betray themselves into the clutches of bigotry, fanaticism, superstition, intolerance, and the most atrocious of barbarous cruelties. . ."

Darwin's Dagger presents Enemies of the Republic posted at Darwin's Dagger.

JudiPhilly presents Freedom From Thought posted at Truth, Justice & Peace, saying, "on the need for Separation of Church & State with the rise of the conservative "Pay, Pray & Obey" contingent of the Catholic Church."

jaberwocky presents Blog Against Theocracy posted at Emotional Beings.

Oraia the Sphinx presents Blog Against Theocracy posted at Sphinx Words.

Thorne presents Blog Against Theocracy - Day 2 posted at Thorne's World, saying, "It's only love..."

Sasha Undercover presents Benjamin Franklin on Hypocritical Pretenders to Religion posted at Sasha Undercover.

Astrid Lydia Johannsen presents Blog Against Theocracy posted at ellejohara, saying, "We have the capacity for rational, scientific inquiry. Why don’t we use it? This is my quest."

driftglass presents When They Were Kings posted at d r i f t g l a s s, saying, "An honor to participate"

Don Davis presents Bill O'Reilly's Twelve Days of the War on Xmas posted at The Satirical Political Report.

driftglass presents Schrodinger's Mo’s Redux posted at d r i f t g l a s s, saying, "Science!"

Tengrain presents Blog Against Theocracy 2009 - The Toxic Mix of Church and State, 2000 years of It posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors, saying, "Submitted for FranIAm by Tengrain, cross-posted."

Brady Bonk presents A Curse For The Rest Of Us posted at Ketchup Is A Vegetable.

Don Davis presents The Top Ten Activities of Jesus Camp posted at The Satirical Political Report.

Sven Heinicke presents Twitter / Sven Heinicke: How do I Blog against Theo ... posted at failedVegan.

Dr. Zaius presents What Easter is Really About... posted at Zaius Nation, saying, "think that mankind made a fundamental error when he created a differentiation between the words "god" and "universe". all of man's confusion on the subject of religion could be cleared up if we removed the bias that the usage of two different words for the same subject has caused."

jimmy presents Blog Against Theocracy: The Dominionists posted at My Big Fat Lazy Blog, saying, "Know the faces of the enemy."

Sleestak presents Iron Age II posted at Lady, That's My Skull.

Alison presents Chocolate Theology 2009 posted at Creekside.

Tengrain presents Finally tonight! posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors, saying, "This might be a little light-hearted, but there is a very important issue here: what about the media?"

Frozen Summers presents God is not a valid reason posted at drchaotica + blog.

PB Goodfriend presents Pewing the POTUS - believers battle to bench Obama posted at Prose and Thorn.

BAC at Yikes! presents Blog Against Theocracy: Obama Expands Faith-Based Initiatives posted at Yikes!, saying, "The office might have a new name, but the implications are just the same. Taxpayer funded discrimination."

vastleft presents The Sorry News: Sorry About Religion posted at Corrente, saying, "Sorry, someone has to tell you the truth about religion. Odds are pretty good, though, that it won't be anyone in elected office...."

the littlest gator presents Pat Buchanan Demonstrating Why Religion and Politics Don't Mix posted at Fighting Liberals.

C Woods presents AMERICAN LEADERS' THOUGHTS ON RELIGION posted at My Thoughts Are Free, saying, "Quotations on religion from America's founding fathers and other leaders up to and including President Obama."

Jolly Roger presents How Many Times Must One LIE Be Put to Rest? posted at Reconstitution 2.0, saying, "Let's talk about the oft-repeated LIE that this country was founded on "Judeo-Christian" principles. It was founded on anything BUT, as you will see."

Tengrain presents The MPS Magic Quadrant Guide to Theocracy vs. Democracy posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors, saying, "A handy guide to help you identify democratic vs. theocratic concepts and groups."

Douglas Gogerty presents "The Trespassers Are No More" posted at Around the Campfire.

Tengrain presents THE LITTLE ENGINE WHO SAID “I THINK I KANT, I THINK, I KANT?? posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors, saying, "Submitted for JD's Etc. by Tengrain"

Sinfonian presents Blog Against Theocracy 2009: Tangled up in faith posted at Blast Off!, saying, "An Easter tradition at Blast Off!, this essay first appeared in 2005."

teacherninja presents Blog Against Theocracy--What's Next? - Atheist Nexus posted at Teacherninja's Posts - Atheist Nexus.

Ceabaird presents E pur si muove! posted at Fighting Liberals.

Chris Rodda presents Daily Kos: Don't Mess With Me, David Barton (re-posted for the Blog Against Theocracy) posted at Daily Kos, saying, "On January 16, 2009, I became the subject of a segment on Barton's WallBuilders LIVE! radio show, in which he lied about me, my book, and our encounter at his presentation. So, I made a little video about his lies."

Michael Hart presents Strange Bedfellows posted at Urantian Sojourn, saying, "Violence is the law of nature, and war is the natural heritage of evolving humanity. Peace, then, could serve as the social yardstick measuring the advancement of civilization. And one of the great peace moves of the ages has been the ongoing attempt to separate church and state."

libhomo presents Rick Warren Is Still a Dangerous Theocrat posted at Godless Liberal Homo, saying, "The facts should serve as a caution to anyone who doesn't see the threat posed by Rick Warren's theocratic ambitions."

Quaker Dave presents Blogging Against Theocracy... sorta. posted at The Quaker Agitator.

Bing McGhandi presents What legitimate purpose does the chaplaincy serve? posted at Happy Jihad's House of Pancakes.

the national gadfly presents Blog Against Theocracy Edition posted at The National Gadfly.

Brady Bonk presents Freedom? IS the Distance posted at Ketchup Is A Vegetable.

Ron Chusid presents Blog Against Theocracy 2009 posted at Liberal Values.

Thomas Ware presents Blogswarm Against Theocracy … « Homeless on the High Desert posted at Homeless on the High Desert, saying, "IMHO"

Michael Tiffany presents Why Blog Against Theocracy? posted at Discreet Sheep.

Don Davis presents Atheist Banished From 'Thank GOD It's Friday's' posted at The Satirical Political Report.

Cujo359 presents How We View Religion And Politics posted at Slobber And Spittle, saying, "I tried to answer the question of whether we as a society actually believe in separation between church and state. While I didn't reach a definitive answer, there's reason to be concerned."

TexBetsy presents Blogging Against Theocracy posted at Relaxed Politics, saying, "This is our post telling people to go read other blogs against theogracy"

TexBetsy presents Persi Blogs Against Theocracy posted at Relaxed Politics, saying, "Our Australian author blogs against theocracy"

Batocchio presents Bring Your Own God (or None) posted at Vagabond Scholar, saying, "A hippie love song fest featuring Arlo Guthrie and "Amazing Grace.""

TexBetsy presents Relaxed Politics » Released Time Christian Education posted at Relaxed Politics, saying, "A California Teacher's Post on Religious Instruction during School Hours, right outside the door of the school."

Mike Tidmus presents The Iraq nightmare continues posted at Mike Tidmus : Blog, saying, "We've "liberated" Iraq, but we've allowed a theocracy to flourish, and GLBT Iraqis are being hunted down and murdered. And now the government is condemning and executing gay Iraqis for the crime of being who they are."

Tengrain presents Liberal Dem Dave's Top Ten List and then some? posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors, saying, "Submitting on behalf of LDD."

BuelahMan presents BMans Sabbath Watch: Easter Special posted at BuelahMan's Redstate Revolt.

SDR presents The Establishment Clause: It Applies to the Nonreligious Too! posted at Secular Discrimination Report, saying, "Comments on the claim some bigots make that atheists are not protected under the Establishment Clause – that there is no "freedom from religion"."

Christopher di Spirito presents Is Pope RatNAZI?s Vatican Running U.S. Foreign Policy? posted at From the Left.

Katie Schwartz presents ABORTION, THE BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS posted at All The Way From Oy To Vey, saying, "Abortion, The Breakfast of Champions is a post about the Red Envelope Project spearheaded by the evangelical movement to ban abortion and completley overturn Roe v. Wade. Oh, and it's a funny post, I think."

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Blog Against Theocracy - Call for Logos

It looks like for Blog Against Theocracy we might be up against the current administration. From Americans United, which is an excellent resource as we all start thinking about this year's blogswarm:

President Obama has failed to deliver on his campaign statements. When creating his Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Obama failed to adequately prevent harmful discrimination on the basis of religion by government grantees. Although President Obama had originally proposed a new take on the Faith-Based Initiative, one that will not maintain the constitutional and civil rights pitfalls of the Bush Administration, the executive order he signed last week leaves the entire architecture of the Bush Faith-Based Initiative intact - every rule, every regulation, every executive order. And thanks to an aggressive anti-civil rights push from the Department of Justice near the end of the Bush Administration, nearly every social service tax dollar distributed by the government can be used for discriminatory hiring. In a time of unprecedented need, this is even more unacceptable than ever.

We have some lovely submissions for Blog Against Theocracy logos. Please keep them coming! Email me at bluegalsblog gmail.

From Mark Hoback at the revived and reviving Fried Green Al Quedas:

And here at long last is Tengrain's, which is available in different sizes on his Flickr page (suitable for sidebars and such):

And then here's a little thang I crayoned this afternoon:

Frederick at Guys from Area 51 submits this lovely, and as with all of them, you can click the image for larger:

And Max at Progressive Puppy had fun with animals. (Ha. I hope everybody knows I'm a Christian, but also a Commie Quaker, so my understanding is I taste bad to large felines.)

Darkblack adds these as a contribution to the ongoing struggle:

Here's one from Wee Mousie:

2008 Blog Against Theocracy - Monday Links and Thanks!!!

Thanks to everyone who participated in this Spring's Blogswarm! It's not too late...latecomers will be added to the bottom of this post.

You can still participate. I will be posting links for the rest of this week. See this post for instructions.

Also, there is a free event called

"Everything you always wanted to know about the separation of Church and State but were afraid to ask"

at 35 theatres (but the list keeps growing) around the country this Wednesday night, March 26. Michael J. Fox and Air America's Marc Maron are participating in a simulcast that evening (again it's free).

Details are at First Freedom First. They have free downloadable blog banners and the youtube below, which you feel free to post to your own blog.

Again, thanks for all the help and participation. The blogosphere is an awesome place. Thomas Jefferson would not only be proud, he would be one of us.

Love,

BG

Rahne Everson presents When Boredom Strikes - Oklahoma, the First Amendment, and That Battle for America's Soul Everyone Keeps Referring To posted at When Boredom Strikes.

Matthew Armstrong presents Why the Constitution is Pretty Damn Cool posted at Anthroslug the Much Put-Upon.

jonwil presents Left In Alabama:: Blog Against Theocracy posted at Left In Alabama - Front Page.

Mauigirl presents Bush's Faith-Based Initiative: Insidious Path to Theocracy posted at Mauigirl's Meanderings, saying, "Finally, I am submitting my Blog Against Theocracy post!"

Don Davis presents Good News/Bad News for the Evangelicals posted at The Satirical Political Report.

libhomo presents Iraq Offers Lessons for American Queers on Theocracy At Home posted at Godless Liberal Homo, saying, "It seems like a good idea to start connecting dots."

Dan (Fitness) presents Theocracy and Sacrifice: Are Atheists Crunchy? posted at Fitness for the Occasion, saying, "Sacrifice in religion and in politics."

commander other presents Because Theocracy Leads to Permissible Extremism, THAT?s Why! posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors.

commander other presents Because Theocracy Leads to Permissible Extremism, THAT’s Why! posted at the otherwhirled.

commander other presents Imaging Against Theocracy (1) posted at the otherwhirled.

commander other presents Imaging Against Theocracy (2) posted at the otherwhirled.

commander other presents Imaging Against Theocracy (3) posted at the otherwhirled.

Batocchio presents The Truth By Any Other Name posted at Vagabond Scholar.

cognitive dissident presents blog against theocracy posted at cognitive dissident.

Deacon Pan Demonum presents Toppling Theocracy posted at Pan's Pipe Bomb.

Christopher O'Brien presents Blog Against Theocracy Easter Weekend 2008 posted at Northstate Science.

Freida Bee presents Forgive Me Father, For I Have... posted at My Blog's Against Theocracy!.

Jeremy Berg presents Keep 'em Separate posted at Where We Make Our Stand.

Sarah presents The First Amendment Protects Atheism and Theism Alike posted at Woman Without Superstition.

L.S./M.F.T presents Blog Against Theocracy-2008 posted at Lucky Strike Parade of Hits, saying, "A bit late but not for lack of care of the subject"

Sinfonian presents Blog Against Theocracy 2008: More assaults on church-state separation in Florida posted at Blast Off!.

Edith presents Obama, Clinton and Web 2.0 posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Blue Girl, Red State sent this terrific photo post.

Tantalus Prime presents "You got Jesus in my peanut butter ..." (1) posted at Tantalus Prime.

Dan (Fitness) presents Why Anti-Choicers Pretend Theocracy Does Not Exist posted at Fitness for the Occasion.

slag presents The Case for Dominocracy posted at Some of Nothing Blog.

Jeffrey Stingerstein presents atheists and Foxholes posted at Disillusioned Words.

Freida Bee presents Tha Lord Works in 'Sterious Ways posted at Freida Bee.

blogotomy presents More from the thought-intersection posted at blogotomy.

deletedsoul presents Blog Against Theocracy posted at DeletedItems Blog.

Skeptigator presents Promoting religious advocacy for secularism posted at Freethought Fort Wayne, saying, "hopefully I'm not too late."

Technorati tags: blog against theocracy, blog carnival.

Blog Against Theocracy - Sunday Links

Montag presents Blog Against Theocracy: Terror & Disaster posted at Stump Lane, saying, "Hiya! And, "Thanks!""

David presents The Church / State Wall: More Blatant Than Ever: Tyranny In The Religious Right's Own Words posted at The Church / State Wall.

Felix Culpa presents Theocracy. Been there. Done that. posted at Untestable Hypothesis, saying, "In Massachusetts we had an established state church for about 200 years. I don't want to revisit the past."

thepoetryman presents THE WORLD HARVEST (Blog Against Theocracy part 2) posted at A Poetic Justice.

MW presents ?The maxim of civil government being reversed in that of religion, where its true form is divided we stand, united we fall.? - Thomas Jefferson posted at Donklephant.

NG presents BATW posted at NGblog.

David Giacalone presents invoking the Big Kingmaker in the Sky posted at f/k/a, saying, "Claims that God planned to make David Paterson Governor of New York are a little misguided."

Chris Rodda presents It's All the Same F*cking Fight posted at Talk2Action.

Don Davis presents Prominent Atheist Deified by Followers posted at The Satirical Political Report.

Mike Clawson presents The Baptists Invented Separation posted at Emerging Pensees.

Ron Britton presents Christians Agree: America is a Muslim Country posted at Bay of Fundie.

Lenny presents This week's featured post: When Leaving Jesus Means Losing Your Family posted at The Atheist Spot - Blog.

Jolly Roger presents Theocracy in an Evolutionary Light posted at Reconstitution 2.0.

Michael Retondo presents Blog Against Theocracy Weekend posted at I blog, you read..

Akusai presents Right in my Own Backyard posted at Action Skeptics, saying, "This is a rather snarky post on a creationist/theocrat running for congress a couple of counties away from me."

The Wanderer presents Flaws in the Foundation posted at My Two Cents.

TomCat presents Theocracy: Errors and Jesus? View posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors.

vjack presents The Importance of Church-State Separation posted at Atheist Revolution.

John Pieret presents Thou Shalt ... posted at Thoughts in a Haystack, saying, "The 10 Commandments of the Establishment Clause."

Diane Tomlinson presents BLOG AGAINST THEOCRACY 2008: MARCHING ORDERS posted at Editorials from Hell's leading daily newspaper.

Douglas Gogerty presents "The Theocracy" posted at Around the Campfire.

Sinfonian presents Blog Against Theocracy 2008: Tangled up in faith, three years later posted at Blast Off!.

Donna Druchunas (writerdd) presents Holiday weekend posted at Memoirs of a Skepchick.

mathman6293 presents I Want To Believe My Way But Govern For All posted at When Will I Use This?.

@mmonyte presents It is official: Religion is Lunacy posted at Ravings from the Shell, saying, "Not strictly in line with your agenda, but, I thought, relevant in a tangential way"

Hunter presents Against Theocracy posted at Hunter At Random, saying, "I've blogged so much about church/state separation that this can only be a summary comment."

DCup presents Blog Against Theocracy posted at PoliTits.

Traveling Man presents Blog Against Theocracy: There Are Two Pillars In My Lodge posted at Movable Jewel, saying, "Traveling Man's SUnday Contribution to Blogs Against Theocracycombining Masonic symbolism, Thomas Jefferson, and thoughtson Faith and Reason."

Tengrain presents Easter or Evolution? posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors.

Dorid presents Theocracy Now? posted at The Radula.

JudiPhilly presents The Easter Basket: Filled with Eggs, God & State posted at Truth, Justice & Peace.

Darwin's Dagger presents One God Under Nation posted at Darwin's Dagger.

Religious Right Watch presents Report: Richard Dawkins in NYC posted at Richard Dawkins' lecture in NYC, saying, "Prof Richard Dawkins' recent presentation at the Society of Ethical Culture continues his promotion of proper science education and brings in a focus the potential value of teaching comparative religion in public schools."

Tuckmac presents Blog Against Theocracy 2008! posted at The life and times of an ex²-pat Yank..

thepoetryman presents DOMI-NATION posted at A Poetic Justice.

Mark Hoback presents Just a Thought with Fred Thompson posted at The Aristocrats.

Brian Spears presents Blogging against Theocracy posted at Incertus.

Lenny presents Imagine a country where church and state are one posted at The Atheist Spot - Blog, saying, "Just posted a more pertinent story to the one I previously submitted."

vjack presents Christian Privilege and the Road to Theocracy posted at Mississippi Atheists.

Skeptico presents Evolution Not Responsible for Hitler posted at Skeptico.

Tengrain presents Faith? or lack thereof posted at Mock, Paper, Scissors.

Dugan presents Soul Kitchen posted at Zen Comix, saying, "Churches and taxes cartoon, crossposted at The American Street, The Aristocrats, and Pushing Rope"

Synthaetica presents What Really Gets My Goat… posted at perpetual dawnne.

Michael Hart presents Can You Say Apocalypse? posted at Urantian Sojourn, saying, "“Many. . . are even now packing their roller luggage for the Rapture, systematically pouring their liquid toiletries into 3 oz. containers for the long flight to Paradise.”"

Mark O'Leary presents Blog Against Theocracy 2008: 10 Commandments Unconstitutional! posted at 10 Commandments Unconstitutional.

Kat Liu presents Easter Sunday | wizdum.net posted at Confessions of an Evangelical UU, saying, "I don't know why but your program won't accept my blog url. Here it is below:http://www.wizdum.net/?q=confessions"

Jon presents Teach ALL Creation in Public Schools, or Teach NONE at all. posted at Jon.

The Ridger presents The Nation is the Sacred Concept posted at The Greenbelt, saying, "Religion and Science aren't the only "non-overlapping magisteria" and religion should think several times before intruding into politics."

Jon presents Resurrecting the Separation of Church and State posted at The Frankfurter School.

Suzy presents Blog Against Theocracy, Easter 2008 posted at Luminiferous Ether.

Michael Sanborn presents Theocracy is Opposed to Mutuality posted at Mutuality.net, saying, "We are a spiritual community, but I think that we all feel that the separation of church and state is of the utmost importance. Still, it's worth saying so."

Braxton Thomason presents Book Review: Faiths of the Founding Fathers posted at An Exercise in Sanity.

William Brinkman presents William Brinkman: Words in a journal - Blog Against Theocracy posted at Words in a Journal.

I Doubt It presents Enjoy life and tell your Congress posted at PA Nonbelievers.

becominginvisible presents Separate church and state posted at Becominginvisible's Weblog.

Scott H Greenfield presents No Role for Religion. None. (Update) posted at Simple Justice.

Walnut presents The original weapon of mass destruction posted at Balls and Walnuts.

Myrtle June presents "Christians" Of Mass Destruction posted at PLAY ON!, saying, ""Religious" Right extremism in this country are a threat to our Democracy with their subversion of the Constitution. We must restore the separation of church and state."

Melina presents Everything You've Always Wanted to Know About Separation of Church and State but Were Afraid to Ask. posted at Brilliant at Breakfast and RIP Coco.

Don Davis presents A BEHIND-THE-SCENES PEEK AT PAT ROBERTSON'S LAW SCHOOL posted at The Satirical Political Report.

deletedsoul presents Blog Against Theocracy posted at DeletedItems Blog.

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