In a meeting on Wednesday night, Orange Coast College student trustees voted to ban the Pledge of Allegiance from their meetings, citing an incompatibility between nationwide submission to God and justice for all.
Student trustee Jason Bell explained his position to Reuters:
"That [under God] part is sort of offensive to me. I am an atheist and a socialist, and if you know your history, you know that 'under God' was inserted during the McCarthy era and was directly designed to destroy my ideol
Orange County Christianity has more than its share of charlatans, but few are more offensive than the Reverand Robert Morey, the resume-stretching head of Faith Community Church in Irvine. Every time we discuss him, we get email from former or current members of his congregation alleging all kind of madness. Now, the fight has spilled over to the blogosphere: a former FCC member has slammed Morey, and he's getting grief from Morey's minions. Morey, for his part, is--as usual--bat-shit weird. Be
Two very different Easter takes arrived in Clockwork's inbox today, Good Friday, from Tim Leedom and Bobby Bible.Newport Beach filmmaker and author Leedom has written extensively about the true origins of religions and religious mythologies. He writes:THE JESUS PUZZLEAt least two times a year, Jesus is in the headlines--of course at Christmas and now again at Easter. Labeled a man, myth, metaphor, messiah, and manifestation--take your pick, he has commanded the attention and confusion in the per
Broward-Palm Beach New Times, one of our Village Voice Media sister papers on the opposite coast, has an exhaustive cover story this week on one of their most-famous residents, James Randi, who is also known as "The Amazing Randi."Near the end of reporter Michael J. Mooney's piece, "The God of the Skeptics: James Randi has been worshiped by nonbelievers and doubters. So what will free thinkers do when he's gone?" an Orange Countian gets a crack at that question.It's none other than Yaron Brook,
From Religulous: Bill Maher on the left, Jesus on the right.​Comedian, talk show host and atheist evangelical Bill Maher will perform at the Grove of Anaheim on Sunday, Sept. 13. We got a chance to chat with him on the phone last week, mainly to ask him for his thoughts on all things Orange County and right-wing. Maher hosts HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, and produced and starred in the 2008 anti-religion documentary Religulous. If you think he's a jerk for saying Saddleback Church pastor Ri
