Sanford: Don't Prosecute Phelps

While appearing on FOX News Channel's "At Large" with Geraldo Rivera last night, Gov. Mark Sanford said he doesn't believe that Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott should prosecute Michael Phelps for the Olympic champion's marijuana-related escapades in South Carolina last November.

At the end of a segment about the Obama Administration's $827 billion economic spending plan, Rivera ambushed Sanford by asking, "What's going on with Phelps and the sheriff in your state capital saying that he's going to let loose his detectives to investigate whether or not to prosecute this fine young man?"

Full story and videohere.

Christmas Wars Starting Now

According to Fox News, the Christmas Wars are starting now as the American Humanist Association starts a $40,000 ad campaign on Washington, D.C., buses. The ads proclaim: "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake."

From the story

"We are trying to reach our audience, and sometimes in order to reach an audience, everybody has to hear you," said Fred Edwords, spokesman for the humanist group. "Our reason for doing it during the holidays is there arhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gife an awful lot of agnostics, atheists and other types of non-theists who feel a little alone during the holidays because of its association with traditional religion."
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In the past five years, groups such as the American Family Association and the Catholic League have criticized or threatened boycotts of retailers who use generic "holiday" greetings.
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In mid-October, the American Family Association started selling buttons that say "It's OK to say Merry Christmas." The humanists' entry into the marketplace of ideas did not impress AFA president Tim Wildmon.

More on the Christmas Wars can be found at the Pew Forum, at Alternet, at MediaMatters and at Christianity Today.