After a day in the Supreme Court and a flurry of articles written about the case, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (whose membership has recently spiked to over an astounding 9,100+) isn’t done yet. On Saturday, you can listen to Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor talk about their experience in court on Freethought Radio (The Mic 92.1 in Madison, Wisconsin). For the rest of us, we can download the podcast shortly thereafter. Also, this Sunday on ABC’s World News… Read more
I was mean to Bligbi earlier, but she has a posting that makes for very worthwhile reading. She refers to Bill Maher’s editorial (also a must-read) in Salon regarding the Christian Right’s crusade against the HPV vaccine because it gives girls a “license to engage in premarital sex.” Bligbi says: Honestly, what do you think they’d do if a disease was discovered that only threatened married women, but was preventable with a simple shot? They’d demand all us married women… Read more
Four years ago, the town of Walnut Creek decided to drop the word Easter from community events and the “Spring Bunny” came to life and the city held “Spring egg hunts.” They did this based on a complaint from a Jewish resident. And no one cared. It’s all part of making holidays more accessible for everyone, not just one religion. Michael Runzler wrote a letter to the editor to the Contra Costa Times yesterday (in a timely fashion) to argue… Read more
Here’s a perfect example of how not to participate in the Blasphemy Challenge: That was David Mills, author of Atheist Universe. Picking up dog shit with Bible pages. (And is that a little girl laughing in the background?! What is up with that? Why is she being told to take part in this, even if she is offscreen? If the roles were reversed and a little girl laughed as a Christian picked up dog shit with a Biology textbook, we’d… Read more
I was interviewed a while back for a piece in the March issue of Pages Magazine, the “magazine for people who love books.” Today, I go to check out their website… and I see this: Dear Pages Subscriber: On December 29, 2006, Advanced Marketing Services, Inc., which publishes Pages magazine, filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. AMS is now conducting business as a debtor in possession under the supervision of the bankruptcy court…. Read more
