Author Archives: Hugh Skinnerian

Yet another double standard in the name of religion

Now I’m all in favor of living under the law of the land. In particular, I emphatically support the First Amendment of the Constitution, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion and religious expression. But what I don’t condone is repeated erosion of the equal protections in favor of religious expression [...]

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I see the [Catholic] light

I now understand why Catholics are anti-abortion and anti-condom: they’d rather see the fetuses born and raised-up in their cult so their clergy can rape them with impunity. That’s sick. There would be blood in the streets if a secular organization such as ACORN were doing the molesting.

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A solution to last week’s SCOTUS decision

A rather simple solution to last week’s decision by the Supreme Court of the United States is one in which “we the people” still hold the power, the ultimate decision, and the last word in the nomination of our elected leaders.  This solution would eliminate the need for term limits and campaign finance reform.  In [...]

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Food for thought

If corporations are people, and corporations cannot be incarcerated, is it a fair legal argument to object to incarceration on the grounds of the equal protections clause? If the Constitution mandates that there be three, co-equal branches of government, is it a fair legal argument to claim the filibuster illegal on the grounds that it [...]

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