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Atheist group linked to Ronald Reagan's son sues to block Oklahoma Catholic charter school

A coalition of public school advocates and prominent national atheist groups sued Oklahoma on Monday, seeking to block the creation of a public charter school affiliated with the Catholic Church.

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Oklahoma Catholic charter school faces swift atheist backlash and lawsuit threats

Oklahoma is facing backlash from atheists and other groups that are vowing to sue the state for approving the nation's first religiously affiliated public charter school.

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washington state, they are arguing here that it improperly pressured students to join him in what they say was a very public display of prayer while that coach was representing the school district. interestingly here, the two lower courts they found in favor of the school saying they could restrict this speech. but it's possible now with this argument going before this increasingly conservative supreme court that has vigorously defend religious rights, it's possible it could go the other way and the coach could win. they begin hearing arguments at 10:00 this morning. i was just outside the supreme court where the group was there. americans united for the separation of church and state. they held a press conference. they argued that if the supreme court allows this activity, not only for this coach, but other coaches around the country or other educators, it could improperly impede the religious rights of students who don't have the same beliefs but might feel pressured to pray with their coach or other teacher. we have repeatedly seen the supreme court rule in recent

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At This Hour With Kate Bolduan

religion clause, but the school district argues that he really improperly pressured students to join him in what they say was a very public display of prayer while the coach was representing the school district in his capacity as a coach. the two lower courts here have found in favor of the school saying they could restrict the coach's words and actions right after the football games. but it's really possible with this argument before it increasingly conservative supreme court that we've seen vigorously defend religious rights in all arenas. it's possible they could go the other way here and the football coach could potentially win. just before the arguments began at 10:00, i was outside the supreme court. a group there called americans united for the separation of church and state, they were holding a rally outside a press conference. they are saying that if the supreme court allows this activity, it could improperly impede the religious rights of students who don't have the same beliefs but might feel pressured to pray with their coach. and kate, we've seen the supreme

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130920:21:10:00

a conversation. and i think you might be surprised. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question. are you sick of republicans wrapping themselves up in religion? text a for yes, b for no to 67622. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring you results later on in the show. for me, liberal commentator john fugelsang and reverend barry lynn of americans united for the separation of church and state. gentlemen, great to have you with us tonight. john, you first. what do you think about republicans using the bible to justify food stamp cuts? >> well, ed, i spent the day at a soup kitchen here in hartford, connecticut, where i'm shooting a film with lots of people, men and women of different races and backgrounds, who would love to be working right now and paying taxes and contributing to society. but where are the jobs? and we hear this refrain all of the time from the republicans. they want to equate poor with lazy. that is the crown jewel in their

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20101008:08:46:00

>> oh that doesn't sound very healthy. homosexuals die decades earlier than heterosexuals. that doesn't sound healthy. you go through all of this stuff it sounds to me like that's not very healthy. why don't we regulate sexuality. >> i was going to say --. >> all part of a clear pattern of hate coming from the right wing. senator jim demint of south carolina is saying that gay people in sexually active single women shouldn't teach in public schools. now, this beck deciple who is giving this kind of courage. he campaigned with mark rubio down in florida. he worked with the newtster on sharron angle's campaign in nevada. he even stumped for john mccain in 2008, the republicans cannot pass this guy off as just some regular dude. he's a fringe right. for more bring in reverend barry lynn executive director of americans united for the separation of church and state. well, reverend, we've got a lot of material on the table to show exactly who the republican party represents. what do you make of this?

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20101007:22:47:00

pass this guy off as just some regular dude. he's a fringe right. for more bring in reverend barry lynn executive director of americans united for the separation of church and state. well, reverend, we've got a lot of material on the table to show exactly who the republican party represents. what do you make of this? >> absolutely, the only thing that david bartman said that said that continued a lot of misinformation is gay and lesbian people, yes they do have a higher suicide rate than straight people and one of the reasons that that is sadly the case and we've just seen recent examples of that including with tyler clementi who jumped off of the george washington bridge, after his roommate taped him in a sexual event with a male friend is that these are the people is ew the seeds of this kind of bigotry, they say, to be gay is sinful. they say, to be gay is to be evil. and then they try to convince young people in particular that they can change that you can go through this pseudo scientific repatorive therapy and change

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100917:22:06:00

i want to know what you think. tonight's text survey question is, do you think the tea party shares your values? text, a, for yes. text, b, for no. 622639. bring the results later on in the show. joining me now is someone who went nose to nose with folks at the psycho summit today, the reverend barry lynn, president of the americans united for the separation of church and state. well, you just came from hell, reverend, didn't you? >> all that i can say is if i'm going to hell i would hope that it's at least better from what i just came from. i almost felt like i had to take a shower. you're on a lot of things. a marriage of convenience between the religious right and many elements of the tea party movement, and if people watching this show didn't like the old days of the religious right and jerry fallwell, pat robertson and if they don't like tea party movement they're really going to hate what comes when those two

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100910:22:19:00

york. >> i'll tell you what, we're at a point where newt gingrich doesn't even make sense anymore. for him to parallel those two is absolutely outlandish. gingrich has clearly defined himself in my opinion as nothing more than a hate merchant but he's still in a position to be a serious contender for the republican presidential nomination. bring it on, newt. we got to remember who this guy really is. his unethical and hypocritical behavior in congress is clearly stated in history books and will never be forgotten. joining me now is reverend barry lind, executive director of americans united for the separation of church and state. reverend lind attended gingrich's speech at the faith and freedom conference today in washington, d.c. reverend, good to have you with us. what mission is newt gingrich on? he's the one -- he has been you know, flaming, fuming the flames, fueling the flames for a long time on this. and it's a firestorm that i think he loves. >> no, he does love it. by the way the name of his book

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - FOXNEWS - 20100828:10:02:00

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