November 12 is celebrated by Baha'is as the birthday of Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i Faith.

Official holidays of the Baha'i Faith, including the birthday of Baha'u'llah, are expected to be marked with the suspension of work or school. Beyond that, however, celebrations widely vary. They might involve a communal meal and scripture readings, and they are generally open to the public.

A judge in South Carolina has ruled that legal license plates bearing a cross and the words "I believe" on them are unconstitutional. He also accused legislators, who unanimously approved the plates of "unnecessarily draw[ing] the state into an expensive lawsuit."

I can't even begin to comprehend how these people thought such a move would be legal, especially when some lawmakers were against offering similar plates for other faiths.

This shouldn't have needed to go to court. The problem with the plates should have been obvious. Separation of Church and State, folks. It's very cut and dry on this one.

And seriously, why push so hard for it? There's plenty of ways people express their faith on their cars. Why insist on including the license plate? What possible reason could have fueled this besides a hamfisted attempt to prove that this is a Christian nation?

For all of you tired of the 2012 hysteria, try pointing the next panicked individual in the direction of this National Geographic article, which addresses several of the common claims involved in this mad rumor.

The article doesn't address the issue of Nostradamus predicting 2012, nor does it touch upon claims of Biblical prophecy. For these, I challenge people to actually find a quote from either source that actually mentions 2012. (You can also read more on the ludicrousness of Nostradamus theories over at Paranormal Phenomena.)

Last week, a French court found this Church of Scientology guilty of organized fraud, CNN reports.

The Church responded by comparing the French court to the Inquisition, even though the French court ruled that the Church could continue to operate in France so long as it did so legally. The historic Inquisition was specifically to identify heretics, spiritual deviants who would be expected to conform to religious norms or face punishments up to and including death.