I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
Hat tip to Fred Clarkson at Talk2Action, who caught a self-identified Christian reconstructionist praying for God to strike down John McCain so Sarah Palin can become president.
Jay Rogers, a militant anti-abortion type from Florida, waxes eloquent about Palin for a while then presents his plan:
So here is my three point plan:
1. Vote Constitution Party. (I vote my conscience and cannot support McCain even with Palin.)
2. Pray for Sarah Palin to win. (I am an idealist, but also a realist!)
3. Pray for John McCain’s salvation and speedy death. (Google The Forerunner’s articles on Impecatory Prayer if you think this is harsh.)
Rogers also bizarrely claims that there is “more untapped oil in Alaska than in Saudi Arabia.” Clearly Mr. Rogers is in his neighborhood playing with toys only he can see.
This is nothing new to the religious right, of course. Last year Wiley Drake, one of the leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention, urged his followers to pray for the demise of Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State. And Pat Robertson famously prayed a few years ago for God to strike down liberal Supreme Court justices so they could be replaced with ones more to his liking.
Perhaps someone needs to send these guys some of those “What Would Jesus Do” bracelets.
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