Tag Archives: atheism

Freedom From Religion Foundation Runs Full-Page Anti-RFRA Message In NYT

The above message ran in Sunday’s New York Times.

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Barney Frank To Atheist Politicians: Stay In The Closet About Your Atheism

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WISCONSIN: Madison Becomes Nation’s First City To Explicitly Protect Atheists

Via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: In what is believed to be a first in the nation, the Madison City Council has voted to amend the city’s equal opportunities ordinance to make “nonreligion” a protected class. The ordinance, which was approved Tuesday night, adds atheists to the official list of people who could face discrimination. It comes as Indiana is facing a …

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GREECE: Atheist Prime Minister “Politely” Rebuffs Clergy For Swearing-In Ceremony

Via the Economist: Greece’s new prime minister, Alexis Tsipras, made history within hours of his victory by informing the Archbishop of Athens, very politely, that clerical services would not be required for his swearing-in ceremony. An avowed atheist who has nonetheless made a point of dealing courteously with senior clergy, Mr Tsipras lost no time in making known that his …

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Richard Dawkins Reads Anti-Gay Hate Mail

Pure gold. Audio is definitely not work-friendly. (Via Towleroad)

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Headline Of The Day

Glenn Beck’s readers are ever so pissed. In case you don’t know, the Satanic Temple is actually an atheist pranking group.

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Have Yourself A Merry Little Mythmas

“Keep the yuletide gay. If your son is, keep him locked away.” (Tipped by JMG reader Doug)

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Atheist Kids’ Songs

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Tweet Of The Day – Sen. Cory Booker

Stand by for the outrage.

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An American Pastor In Scandinavia

Via Addicting Info: Pastor Marty McLain, who describes his religious belief as deriving from a literal interpretation of the Bible, was given the opportunity to see how secular Scandinavia is by a documentary series called The Norden. The concept is simple: find narrow-minded Americans and throw them into countries like Norway, Sweden and Denmark and watch them have panic attacks. …

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PENNSYLVANIA: Atheist Protest Of Jesus Statue Charges Meets Counter-Protesters

Remember the teenager in Pennsylvania who faces two years in juvenile detention for posing on a statue of Jesus? This happened this weekend: A successful protest, where several dozen people rallied in favor of free speech, was marred on Saturday, when a belligerent group of counter protesters, including two from what appeared to be a motorcycle gang, crashed the demonstration …

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Pat Robertson Has The Air Force Sadz

Pat Robertson is denouncing the Air Force for caving to “one little Jewish radical” and dropping its “so help me God” oath requirement. That Jewish radical, Mikey Weinstein, responds at Friendly Atheist: “Pat Robertson is to human dignity and sanity and integrity and character what dog shit is to a fine French restaurant on the menu.” Snork!

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Bryan Fischer Has The Air Force Sadz

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Air Force Drops “So Help Me God”

After an atheist airman complained that he was denied reenlistment because he refused to say the “so help me God” portion of the oath, the Air Force has dropped that requirement. Following a review of the policy by the Department of Defense General Counsel, the Air Force will now permit airmen to omit the phrase, should they so choose. That …

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Frothy Mix: Make Secularism A Religion So That It Can Be Banned In Public Schools

“The idea that if you take religion out of the public square, if you take the Bible out of the classroom, that that’s neutral – well, no it’s not neutral! It’s a different worldview. I think we should start calling secularism a religion. Because if we did, then we could ban that too, because that’s what they’ve done. They’ve hidden …

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American Family Association: Atheists Should Be Banned From US Military

“This is an absolutely foundational, non-negotiable, bed-rock American principle: there is a Creator – with a capital ‘C’ (you could look it up) – and he and he alone is the source of the very rights the military exists to protect and defend. An individual who does not understand and believe this has no right to serve in the U.S. …

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Air Force Rejects Airman For Refusing To Swear “So Help Me God” At Reenlistment

Via the Air Force Times: An atheist airman at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada has until November to change his mind and swear a reenlistment oath to God, the Air Force said. The unnamed airman was denied reenlistment Aug. 25 for refusing to take an oath that concludes with the phrase “so help me God,” the American Humanist Association …

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S.E. Cupp: Conservatives Are More Accepting Of Atheism Than Liberals

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Second Circuit Court Of Appeals Rules That WTC Cross Isn’t A Religious Symbol

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the public display of the so-called WTC Cross is a secular remembrance of the 9/11 attacks and not a religious symbol. “Thank God,” said Father Brian Jordan, the Franciscan priest who had the cross pulled from Ground Zero weeks after an excavator showed it to him. “In a way, we’ve been …

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Michigan Mayor: Atheists Are Like Nazis

Jim Fouts, the GOP mayor of Warren, Michigan is being sued by the ACLU after refusing to let an atheist group set up a booth in city hall next to the Christian outreach group that has been there for five years. “The city has certain values that I don’t believe are in general agreement with having an atheist station, nor …

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