Whatever, Just Please Don’t Kill Us Responding to a petition against her latest music video by Muslims, Katy Perry has censored her latest hit music video “Dark Horse.” The video featured her destroying a man wearing a pendant which featured the name of “Allah” which outraged members of the Muslim community and caused them to…
Christian Businesses are not Bigoted by Ian Huyett Last year, the country began to have a conversation about whether it should be illegal for a Christian business not to participate in same-sex marriages. Earlier this month, the tone of the debate changed. Suddenly, the debate seemed to be about whether businesses should be allowed…
Secularism & Christianity Working Together For Limited Government Not So Strange Bedfellows The big news in Washington this week was the story about the American Atheists being uninvited from doing outreach at the Conservative Political Action Conference. “American Atheists misrepresented itself about their willingness to engage in positive dialogue and work together to promote limited government,”…
Neglecting your children is incompatible with both Christianity and libertarianism We’ve all heard the old joke about the religious believer who steadfastly remains in his home as it slowly floods. A truck, a boat, and finally a helicopter offer to take the man to safety, but he turns down each one in turn, insisting that…
“He did not recognize unjust human laws, but resisted them as he was bid.” By Ian Huyett Follow TLR on Google+ Many Americans are familiar with Julia Ward Howe’s patriotic anthem “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” – also known as “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory.” Relatively few, however, know that Howe’s righteous chorale…
Free people should be allowed free expression and free association by Donna Rachel Edmunds Yesterday the editor of The Libertarian Republic Austin Petersen wrote about Julie Borowski, the ‘Token Libertarian girl’ and her video about businesses who discriminate against gay couples. Borowski has come to the conclusion that businesses should be allowed to refuse service on the…
Festivus! It’s a holiday for the rest of us! The state of Florida may have made a terrible mistake when it violated the First Amendment’s establishment of religion clause. Since they decided to display a Christian icon on public property, it’s opened the door for some local atheists to erect a monument of their own….
The debate over the motto IN GOD WE TRUST has been waged ever since it was first requested that it be placed on U.S. currency in 1861. But what are the real origins of the motto? And should it be on our shared national currency? It is believed that the first citizen to appeal…
Paramount Pictures has debuted a trailer for the upcoming film “Noah” starring Russell Crow, Jennifer Connelly and Emma Watson. The movie from Darren Aronofsky depicts the Bible story about a man instructed by God to save his family and all the world’s creatures from the Creator’s impending destruction. Anthony Hopkins makes an appearance as the…
No, this isn’t a hoax. Yes, she’s for real. Stephanie Banister is a 27-year-old candidate for office as a member of the One Nation party. She’s running on a platform of banning Halal food and believes that kosher Jewish food is fine because “Jews follow Jesus Christ”. She was interviewed about her interesting political platform…