Daily Links Aug 1: July, we hardly knew ye

To eat or not to eat Chick-Fil-A? That is the moral question. Or is it? Scott Alessi asks [1], while American Jesus says [2] that participating in Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day isn’t the Christian thing to do, but not because of the boycott. The important thing is that there are recipe going around the internets for homemade Chick-Fil-A [3] if you are abstaining or don’t live near a location or just want to make it at home.

Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Mike Kelly thinks [4] that August 1, 2012 should be added to the dates commemorated for foreign attacks on American soil, December 7 and September 11. “I want you to remember August the 1st, 2012, the attack on our religious freedom. That is a day that will live in infamy, along with those other dates.” Even if you do buy into the notion that the healthcare law is a an attack on religious freedom, on December 7 and September 11 commemorate foreign attacks. So, this really only works if you’re a birther. [5]

Real religious persecution is on the rise globally, [6] the State Department reports.

The more we cut federal budgets, the more we hurt women [7], argues a contributor to the Nation.

Bryan Cones mourns destruction of the oldest city on earth, Aleppo [8], but even more, the devastating toll on the lives of Syrians whose interests mean nothing to the big players in the civil war.

A federal judge upholds Arizona's new law banning late-term abortions. [9]