Atheist’s Lawyer: Devil Worshippers May Be OK with Prayers to ‘Almighty’ If They Believe It Applies to Satan (He missed this one line ‘After all, only God knows your intentions.’)

The lawyer representing an atheist and another woman who sued to stop the practice of opening city hall meetings with sectarian prayers told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that devil worshippers might not be offended by prayers that include “the Almighty’ if those worshippers believe that term applies to Satan. LINK

The United States Has More People In Jail Than High School Teachers And Engineers (‘Where have all the young men gone, long time passing?’)

America has become a gigantic gulag over the past few decades and most of its citizens don’t know, or just don’t care. One of the primary causes of the over incarceration in the U.S. is the absurd, tragic failure that is the “war on drugs”, and indeed nearly half of the folks in prison are there for drug related offenses. LINK

Upcoming Conference of Catholic Bishops

If you’re a Catholic bishop boarding a plane for Baltimore for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting next week, our pal Tom Reese has some reading from Pope Francis he’d like you to do. As in: “By losing women, the church risks becoming sterile.” Speaking of bishops, their outgoing president, Gotham’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan, has a parting shot message for the Catholic Speaker of the House: Enough already. Pass immigration reform.