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Gawker recaps: When Wolf Blitzer asked Moore tornado survivor Rebecca Vitsmun if she thanked the lord, many expected her to answer “yes.” Instead she replied “I’m actually an atheist.” “Saying ‘I’m an atheist’ in Oklahoma is like screaming ‘Jihad’ at airport security,” says Doug Stanhope in a clip from Charlie Brooker’s 2013 Wipe. “That took some nuts.” The blue comedy …

“Planes are leaving every hour on the hour. Get on one.” RELATED: This is the guy who says that God killed all those people with Hurricane Katrina in order to send a warning about homosexuality. This is the guy who says that Sodom and Gomorrah was only a test run for what God will do to America because of gay …

This happened in Chicago last week. A secular group set up a giant red A in Chicago’s Daley Plaza to make a statement about the separation of church and state, and a group of activists decided to retort by doing the Christian thing: placing a giant banner right in front of it. This led to quite the confrontation between the …

This is the same guy that’s trying to get Staten Island to secede from New York City. Details.

Mediaite recaps: On Tuesday afternoon, the Fox News-led War on Christmas™ made its way into the studios of Fox News itself, with Gretchen Carlson, Catholic League president Bill Donohue, and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach tag-teaming American Atheists president David Silverman over some rather unique displays being put up in state capitals across the country; one a Satanist display, the other a …

The Los Angeles Times reports: A New Jersey-based atheist organization is castigating the work of Pope Francis and others who respond to natural disasters with prayer, Bibles and rosaries. The billboards then encourage people to go to Atheists.org for more information, including a list of secular agencies that American Atheists endorse for disaster relief efforts. The organization accuses religion in …

This is the guy who says that God killed all those people with Hurricane Katrina in order to send a warning about homosexuality. This is the guy who says that Sodom and Gomorrah was only a test run for what God will do to America because of gay marriage. This is the guy who has called for a preemptive nuclear …

Via press release from the Secular Coalition For America: The Secular Coalition for America today applauded the passing of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the U.S. Senate, but expressed disappointment that discrimination by religious organizations will continue to be permitted, leaving millions of Americans unprotected. “This is a step in the right direction, but it certainly doesn’t go far enough,” …

The Air Force Times reports: The Air Force Academy on Friday announced that it will now be optional for cadets to recite “so help me God” at the end of its honor oath. The academy made the change in response to a complaint from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which advocates for the separation of church and state in the …

Mediaite reports: Responding to a Times Square digital billboard taunting atheists over the existence of God, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is blaring a message of its own. Earlier this week, the evangelical group Answers in Genesis bought ad space in New York City’s tourist-congested Times Square, as well as San Francisco and Los Angeles, proclaiming, “To all of our …

Pennsylvania’s Lackawanna County has passed an ordinance banning all religious advertising on public transit in order stop a local atheist group from running the above message. The wording from the County of Lakawanna Transit System (COLTS) reads: COLTS will not accept advertising that promote the existence or non-existence of a supreme deity, deities, being or beings; that address, promote, criticize …

Via press release: Free weddings services for same-sex couples are now being offered by humanist celebrants for active duty military personnel. This national endeavor is in support of the Jan. 2014 implementation of full spousal rights for same-sex couples in the military. Scores of humanist celebrants certified by the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Society are waiving their ceremony fee as …

“I’m tired of them. I remember working at the Justice Department years ago when I first started right after 9/11 and a lawsuit like this came through, and before the day had finished, the United States Senate and the House of Representatives had both passed resolutions saying that they were for keeping ‘under God’ in the pledge. If these people …

On September 4th the Massachusetts Supreme Court will hear arguments in a suit that seeks to remove the phrase “under God” from the Pledge Of Allegiance. The case was brought on behalf of a Massachusetts family with children enrolled in public schools. The Christian Post reports: Brought by the American Humanist Association, the suit alleges that the pledge’s “Under God” …

The above billboard has gone up in seven locations across South Dakota. The Friendly Atheist links to the story: “The point of our national awareness campaign is to reach out to the millions of humanists, atheists and agnostics living in the United States,” explained Fred Edwords, national director of UnitedCoR. “Non-theists sometimes don’t realize there’s a community for them because …

Eight followers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster were arrested for marching without a permit in Moscow yesterday after members of the Russian Orthodox Church attacked them during a mock religious rally. Followers of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster planned to hold a “pasta procession” in Moscow and St. Petersburg to honor the birthday of Robert De Niro, who …

Raw Story reports: The audience at a town hall event held by Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) on Thursday was none too responsive to a young atheist blogger’s questions for Burgess regarding atheist military chaplains. Video posted by Daniel Moran, who goes by the name The Barking Atheist online, shows that when he pushed Burgess on his vote for a ban …