In an interview with the “Freedom From Atheism Foundation,” Mike Dobbins spoke with two of the administrators of the Christian Facebook page for “victims of militant atheism.” Check out how Dr. Jim Ryan complains about the Freedom From Religion Foundation: Read more
Lorain County, Ohio, is one of those places that will be re-instituting prayers at their commission meetings in the wake of the recent Supreme Court decision. Commissioner Tom Williams (below), in explaining why they’re doing this, shows us exactly why the Court made the wrong decision: Read more
No matter the volumes of evidence to the contrary, theists still believe that other theists — especially those in their own tribe — are automatically trustworthy. I was reminded of that when I read the story of Vincent Ciccone and his wife Karen, Canadians who, on Wednesday, in Kitchener, Ontario, were arrested for large-scale financial fraud. Read more
After the Supreme Court’s awful decision to allow sectarian prayers at government meetings, there’s finally a bright spot that I hope will shine elsewhere, too: Amanda Novotny, President of the Siouxland Freethinkers in South Dakota, will be giving the invocation at a Sioux Falls City Council meeting this coming August: Read more
It’s no surprise that a conservative Christian like Bryan Fischer doesn’t accept basic science, but his Bible-based explanation of why evolution is a hoax is downright hilarious because of how seriously he believes it. It begins at the 5:04 mark below: Read more
I found much to enjoy, even relish, in the friendly conversation between Ayaan Hirsi and Sam Harris that you can read in its entirety here. Hemant quoted some great highlights from it earlier, but there are a couple of other passages that stood out for me, including those about liberalism. Read more
This morning, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court finally issued its decision in Doe v. Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, the case that would decide the fate of the Pledge of Allegiance in the state. Unfortunately, they ruled against the American Humanist Association, saying “the recitation of the pledge, which is entirely voluntary, violates neither the Constitution nor the statute.” So the Pledge will remain in place for the foreseeable future. … It might help to have some background about the case: On September 4, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard a case regarding the daily ritual of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in the state’s public schools. Read more
You may remember that, back in March, a Cedar Rapids (Iowa) fire station was in the news after someone inquired about a fire truck featuring religious imagery and the words of Psalm 23: At the time, the fire department was leaning towards allowing more religious imagery in order to avoid any possible lawsuits — opening the door to a fire truck with paintings of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Shiva. (I’m sure no one would have had a problem with that…) Thankfully, they’ve since decided to go in the other direction: Read more
Yesterday, Focus on the Family’s CitizenLink posted a video about the recent Supreme Court decision allowing government prayer. They want to show that while the vote went their way, it was only a 5-4 decision… and they describe the horrors of what would’ve happened if it went 5-4 in the other direction with mock invocation and all: Read more
