For the first time ever, support for gay marriage (and the rights that come with it) is in the majority. According to Gallup: Andrew Sullivan puts this in context: To go from 41 points behind to 8 points ahead in a decade and a half must count as one of the most successful political and social campaigns in history. I also see this as a rebuke to those Evangelical Christians and other religious groups who have done everything in their… Read more
Actor Paul Giamatti made a statement affirming his atheism in an interview with the Metro (UK) Are you a religious man? I consider myself an atheist. My wife is Jewish and I’m fine with my son being raised as a Jew. He’s learning Hebrew and is really into it. I will talk to my son about my atheism when the time is right. But there’s a great tradition of Jewish atheism, there are no better atheists in the world than… Read more
***Update***: The band is now returning the loan and the album is being taken off the shelves: “The product will be withdrawn from the domestic market immediately, and we requested our international partners to withdraw product internationally as well,” Black Box Music’s Ian Stanger said in a statement on Tuesday. … “We understand the band’s desire to maintain their creative integrity,” Stanger’s statement continues. “Therefore the album will be re-released as a non-FACTOR supported project in the coming weeks. “The… Read more
Remember last summer when I sent a couple people to sit in on an anti-gay conference…? Well, another opportunity has come up. And I need a couple volunteers. It’s a chance to see the conservative Christian world from the inside. I’ll pay for your registration costs. I’ll even take the volunteers out to dinner 🙂 In return, you’re promising to do a writeup for this site. Here are the things you need to know: The event takes place in the… Read more
First, it was Madison, Wisconsin. Then Raleigh, North Carolina. Now, the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Out of the Closet” billboard campaign is debuting in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Foundation Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor said she picked Tulsa as the third city for her “atheists out of the closet” campaign because of the support from the Tulsa atheist community. … “Tulsa is a perfect place for our ‘out of the closet’ campaign,” Gaylor said. “When I visited Tulsa for the first time last… Read more
