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Score one for the FSM. In New Jersey: Motor vehicle workers in Dayton called police on a man who insisted on wearing a pasta strainer on his head during the taking of his driver’s license photo, according to a police report. South Brunswick police officers responded to the MVC facility on Route 130 on a call that a man renewing …

Back in December, West Point cadet Blake Page resigned, saying he could no longer stomach the incessant proselytizing by Christian commanders.  Now the Army wants Page to pay them as much as $250,000 in tuition reimbursements. The notification this week that he would be hit up for the fees blindsided Blake Page, 24, who says that top leadership at West …

The top billboard went up recently on San Diego’s bus system. Wingnut Atlas Shrugs blogger Pam Geller, who has posted inflammatory anti-Islam ads on the NYC subway and elsewhere, wants to post her own version of the ad on the bus system in Detroit, which has a substantial Muslim population.  But her ad has been rejected by CBS Outdoors. “The …

This is latest from Seattle’s Pastor Mark Driscoll, whom you may recall recently declared that male masturbation is totally gay because it’s sex with a man. Source.

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Notice that Fox News couldn’t find a single atheist on the streets of New York City.

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“For our troops in the Middle East, it’s not away in a manger — it’s away goes the manger! After years of celebrating Christmas with a live nativity, the U.S. Navy is ordering military families to tear down its display on a Bahrain base. Service members were stunned. The news was most upsetting for the kids, who look forward to …

God’s Gentle People in Chico, California didn’t like the “Don’t Believe In God?” message of the above billboard. Also vandalized was the website for the local atheists group.

Now seen in Times Square and Bill Donohue is super pissed. The Catholic League has battled it out with Silverman’s group in the past, even posting opposing signs on each end of the Lincoln Tunnel in 2010. But Catholic League spokesman Bill Donohue said Silverman went too far this year. “This year it’s different,” he said. “This is vile. When …

“Metaphorically speaking, of course.”

Saying he can no longer stomach incessant proselytizing by his Christian commanders, an atheist cadet at West Point has resigned. “Countless officers here and throughout the military are guilty of blatantly violating the oaths they swore to defend the Constitution,” wrote Blake Page, who was slated to graduate in May. “These men and women are criminals, complicit in light of …

The American Humanists Association has launched a new website to support young atheists. They write: This engaging resource offers a welcoming home for humanist, atheist and other non-traditionally religious kids where they can find information untainted by supernaturalism on a wide range of topics, including religion in public schools, science, discrimination, sexuality, and reading suggestions. “Whether they already made up …

Last July the American Family Association screeched when an atheist group complained about a Pennsylvania restaurant that offered a discount to patrons who brought in that Sunday’s church bulletin. AFA founder Don Wildmon sent out this message to his followers: After reading this story, I urge you to join with other Christian leaders in opposing efforts to take away our …

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has written a letter to the president asking him to omit “so help me God” during his second inauguration oath. Via the Christian Post: “When you stand to reaffirm your oath, do so using the language of the Founders. Eliminate the religious verbiage. While you’re at it, why not place your hand on the Constitution …

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed an IRS complaint against Billy Graham’s organization after the elderly evangelical published several full-page newspaper ads urging followers to vote for “Biblical values.” “BGEA, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has run full-page ads publicizing Billy Graham’s call for the electorate to ‘vote biblical values,'” said FFRF in a statement last week. “The ads have appeared …

According to Pew Research, the number of Americans who say they have “no religion” in their lives is soaring. The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released an analytic study today titled, Nones on the Rise, now that one in five Americans (19.6%) claim no religious identity. This group, called “Nones,” is now the nation’s second-largest category only to …