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Topinka discusses tax dollars for religious organizations

Republican candidate for Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka said, at her news conference on October 25, 2009, that she would make payments on unconstitutional grants to religious organizations if the Illinois Attorney General didn't block her from doing so, but the job of the Attorney General is to defend such payments, not stop them.

Would Comptroller Topinka pay on grants to religious organizations?

Judy Baar Topinka will announce, today, that she is a candidate for Illinois Comptroller. At issue is whether or not Topinka would pay on unconstitutional grants to religious organizations.

Christian theater group asks Itasca for $450,000 grant

A Christian theater company has asked the Village of Itasca, a Chicago suburb, for a grant of $450,000 to assist the Christian ministry with the cost of purchasing a permanent home in the village. The requested hotel tax money, however, is intended to be used to promote tourism, not Christianity, in Itasca. This raises the question of state/church separation and the constitutionality of the grant request.

Atheist debates Christian space alien

A debate supposedly took place, earlier today, between a prominent Chicago-area atheist and a space alien who is a Christian. The story of the debate was published in today's Bolingbrook Babbler, a tabloid newpaper that deals in fictitious news.

Keep free transit rides for Illinois senior citizens

The Chicago RTA wants to eliminate free rides for seniors. Those free rides should be kept, and paid for with the money that the Illinois General Assembly has unconstitutionally granted to religious organizations.

Moment of Silence Appeals Brief filed by Illinois Attorney General

The Illinois Attorney General has filed her Appeals Brief in the Moment of Silence case. Illinois' most prominent atheist, Rob Sherman, filed the lawsuit in behalf of his daughter, Dawn Sherman, a student at Buffalo Grove High School, challenging the constitutionality of Illinois' Student Prayer Act.

Illinois cancels $1 million grant to Pilgrim Baptist Church

The State of Illinois has cancelled the Grant Agreement to donate $1 million to Pilgrim Baptist Church. The decision was in response to a lawsuit filed by Illinois' most prominent atheist, Rob Sherman.

Buffalo Grove trustees blink, defer Recall ordinance

Buffalo Grove Village President (Mayor) Elliott Hartstein, the most popular man in Buffalo Grove...

Recall and Term Limits war resumes Monday in Buffalo Grove

The ugly, destructive campaign to be able to screw your political enemies before your political enemies...

Buffalo Grove removes 4-year ban from proposed Recall ordinance

Buffalo Grove Village Attorney William Raysa. Photo from the web site of Mr. Raysa's...

Green Party candidates draw huge crowd to campaign stop in Chicago

Green Party candidate for Illinois Governor Richard Whitney. Photo by Rob Sherman. Over one...

Americans are fleeing religion as atheism surges

America's First Family of Atheism, Madalyn Murray O'Hair (seated), Jon Garth Murray and Robin...

Name change for my twitter account

For those of you who have been following me on twitter, my new twitter account...

Buffalo Grove Recall Ordinance violates US Constitution, IL Constitution, IL Election Code

The Buffalo Grove Village Board of Trustees is engaged in a nasty, all-out battle to enact a...

Meet candidates for Governor, Lt. Gov., this week

Richard Whitney, Green Party candidate for Governor. Photo by Rob Sherman. Concerned about where candidates...

IL Sup. Court got it right in "Jews only" inheritance case

The Illinois Supreme Court got it right, yesterday, when they ruled that a person has a...

Buffalo Grove Village Board to consider re-call ordinance tonight

Leave it up to those Republican lawyers to find new ways to try to undo...

Dawn Sherman got God banned from homecoming

News, today, that three teens got ejected from a minor league baseball game in New Jersey...

Dan Hynes gets it right at Buffalo Grove Days Parade

Dan Hynes. Photo courtesy of Richard Luchette, Press Assistant to Dan Hynes for Governor...

Judge says, "You should have sued the General Assembly"

Judge Peter Flynn, of the Chancery Division of the Circuit Court of Cook County, has...

Hynes dodges specifics regarding cutting grants to religious organizations

Dan Hynes refused to be specific, at his news conference, this morning (Wednesday, September 2, 2009),...

New taxes to support churches and parochial schools take effect today

A series of new State taxes to support houses of worship, parochial schools and religious ministries...

Appellate Court grants extension for filing Moment of Silence brief

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit today (Monday, August 31st) granted...

Parochial school parents are not unfairly paying twice

"Drew" left a comment, yesterday (Sunday, August 30th), in which he complained that it seemed unfair...

Legislative crime spree devastates Illinois public schools

Many people have asked me, "So, what's the big deal, if the General Assembly gives...

Lisa Madigan asks for another delay in Moment of Silence case

Assistant Illinois Attorney General Rachel Murphy has, in behalf of her boss, Lisa Madigan, asked the United States...

Lisa Madigan promises progress on Pilgrim Baptist litigation

Part Four of Four. Attorney General Lisa Madigan, my daugher Dawn Sherman and me, at...

Rob Sherman to talk about ChicagoNow on WJJG Wednesday morning

Note:  This story is about an event that has already taken place. Your favorite ChicagoNow...

Gov. Quinn discusses Pilgrim Baptist litigation and Capital Bill state/church separation controversy

Part Three of four. Governor Quinn, at his news conference on clean water at the...

IL House Speaker Madigan discusses religious organization grants in Capital Bill

Part Two of Four Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives Michael Madigan listens closely...

IL Gov, Atty Gen and House Speaker discuss Pilgrim Baptist and Capital Bill scandals with Godless in Chicago

First in a series of four reports. Pat Quinn (at the podium), and Mike and...

Quinn and Tollway: No decision, yet, on Route 53 extension

Representatives for Governor Quinn and for the Illinois Toll Highway Authority informed Godless in Chicago, yesterday, that...

Sherman asks Gov. Quinn about extending Route 53 through Lake County

Tomorrow (Thursday, August 13th), Governor Quinn will be holding a 2 p.m. news conference to...

Green Party candidate for Attorney General rejects Moment of Silence defense

David Black, the Green Party candidate for Illinois Attorney General, told Godless in Chicago, today,...

Appellate Court rejects Madigan request to delay Moment of Silence case

The United States Court of Appeals has ordered Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan to file...

Girls to get naked for Rob Sherman, again

Remember Naked Girls Reading?  Those fun-loving, gorgeous, happy, friendly girls are doing it, again, this Sunday,...

American Bar Association Journal features Sherman's successful challenge to Moment of Silence

The August issue of the American Bar Association Journal features an article that discusses my successful...

Madigan stalls again, deceives court on Moment of Silence

A lawyer working for Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed another status report with the...

Rodeo apologist attempts to smear Steve Hindi

A rodeo apologist web site, Back at the Ranch, today published excerpts from my previous post...

Madigan decision in Moment of Silence case due Monday 8/3/09

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan Tomorrow is the date that the US Court of...

Up to 94% of teens leave Church after high school

Great news! "Studies show between 64 and 94 percent of Christian teens leave the Church...

Quinn budget announcement cuts no money from religion grants

Pat Quinn on July 13, 2009, at the ceremony at Marshall High School at...

Jubilee Market owner refuses to talk about million dollar State grant

Jubilee Market used to be a Christian-themed convenience store, located at 1676 West Ogden Avenue in Chicago,...

Driver's Ed fee scam case litigation update for July 29th

One of the four constitutional rights cases that I am currently involved in involves Driver's...

Madigan spokesman bitterly complains: "Who made Rob Sherman king?"

The mainstream media has finally begun to pound away at the Capital Bill.  My efforts to...

Hundreds attend Bughouse Square Debates

Several hundred First Amendment admirers flocked to the Bughouse Square Debates at Washington Square Park...

Heckle Rob Sherman at Bughouse Square Debates this Saturday, July 25th

Attention, all you Rob Sherman haters out there, and admirers, too.  Heckle me or...

Conservatives agree with Sherman: Stop state funding of religion

The conservative Illinois Family Institute has come out in support of my efforts to stop the...

Freedom From Religion Foundation sues to stop religious engravings at Capitol Visitor Center

FFRF, based in Madison, Wisconsin, has filed a lawsuit to block the Architect of the Capitol...