Scrolling around...August 9. 2013

Marines Corps Threatened With Lawsuit for Citing ‘Lack or Loss of Spiritual Faith’ as Suicide Risk
The United States Marines Corps may soon be leveled with a lawsuit over language in one of its training documents, which cites “lack or loss of spiritual faith” as being a risk factor for suicide among soldiers.

According to reports, an anonymous soldier reported the clause found in a Marines Corps’ Force Preservation Program document to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF). In a section outlining “potential risk factors,” a number of negative life circumstances are listed, including loss of a loved one, divorce, financial hardship, drug use and “lack or loss of spiritual faith.”...

IRS caressed liberals, harassed conservatives
According to Team Obama's "phony scandal" narrative, when the Internal Revenue Service processed 501(c)(3) tax-exemption applications, it equally tormented liberals and conservatives. No big deal, the argument goes. The IRS suffers from even-handed inefficiency rather than an un-American habit of slamming critics of the president of the United States.

Unfortunately for the Obamites, actual facts annihilate their institutional-incompetence defense. New data deepen the suspicion that the IRS is the latest and most worrisome weapon in the left's arsenal...

Vicar claims her rude bumper sticker is a 'vulgarity' not blasphemy
A vicar, who claims the former Archbishop of Canterbury has been in her car, is unrepentant about a rude bumper sticker with the letters WTFWJD - which stand for What The ---- Would Jesus Do...

Committee Head Covers Up “In Christ Alone” Controversy
...Mary Louise Bringle, chair of the committee that chose to exclude “In Christ Alone” from the Presbyterian Church USA’s hymnal is now claiming the word “satisfied” not the word “wrath” was the real reason for the decision...
Presbyterians' decision to drop song from hymnal stirs debate

Swiss asked to ditch God from national anthem
Switzerland is holding a competition to rewrite its national anthem because it currently focuses on God.

Over £7,000 is being offered as a prize for rewriting the song, which is called the Swiss Psalm.

The man in charge of the competition claims Swiss society is “religiously neutral”, but in a 2010 census two thirds identified themselves as belonging to a church...