05 Friday Feb 2010
Posted in Political Correctness, Politics
Tags
American Thinker, First Amendment, free speech, language, Political Correctness, retard, retarded
I think that the word retarded can be appropriate when describing people with mental handicaps, although I don’t use the term given the negative connotations it engenders with many people. That said, the appellation, retard, is particularly odious.
Here’s the article: American Thinker: What’s Wrong with ‘Retarded’?.
05 Friday Feb 2010
Posted in Constitutional Issues, Politics, Religion
Tags
athiesm, Christianity, First Amendment, Freedom From Religion Foundation, Haiti, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, Nation of Islam, Separation of church and state, Stamps
It’s fortunate we live in an age of such relative affluence and comfort that groups like the Freedom From Religion Foundation can devote some measure of their manufactured indignity in such ridiculous pursuits as the Mother Teresa Stamp Controversy.
Americans who understand their First Amendment rights know that the government has no place endorsing a particular religion. Largely, this is an issue which is not in debate. What is in debate is whether including Mother Teresa on a US stamp is tantamount to endorsing a religion.
