There are several atheists groups that hold a “National Day of Reason” or a “National Day of Service” in response to the “National Day of Prayer.” The point being: Sitting around praying accomplishes nothing. Standing up and helping other people makes a real difference. The Secular Student Alliance affiliate at the University of Northern Iowa decided to do some volunteering early. In response to their campus’ “second annual 24/7 Prayer Week” (a Christian effort to encourage “seven days of continuous… Read more
Let’s say you’re a high school administrator who wants to make sure a Gay Straight Alliance group can’t form. (How *dare* those students act like homosexuality is acceptable?!) At a public school, it’s illegal to ban that one group alone. So what can you legally do? Ban every single club at the school, of course. That’s what a superintendent and school board in Clovis, New Mexico planned to vote on last night: The chess and key clubs, Future Farmers of… Read more
The New York Times has a great article on the front page of Tuesday’s paper about how atheist groups are trying to get a non-theist into the chaplain corps: Joining the chaplain corps is part of a broader campaign by atheists to win official acceptance in the military. Such recognition would make it easier for them to raise money and meet on military bases. It would help ensure that chaplains, religious or atheist, would distribute their literature, advertise their events… Read more
A lot of readers have loved the recent atheist billboards from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. This is just one example of the ones currently up in Raleigh, North Carolina: Now, the FFRf is giving you a chance to make your own with any phrase you’d like to use: All you have to do is submit your photo and enter your quotation. (You can see what other people have done here.) Although we can’t put everyone on a real billboard,… Read more
