Jason Collins, a center for the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards, has just become the first athlete in a “major American team sport” to come out as gay: [Click headline for more…] Read more
The person President Obama has selected to be our country’s next Transportation Secretary, Charlotte (North Carolina) Mayor Anthony Foxx, did something last year that may raise some eyebrows in conservative circles: He signed a proclamation declaring May 3rd as “A Day of Reason” at the urging of the Charlotte Atheists and Agnostics: [Click headline for more…] Read more
Earlier this month, the British Columbia Humanist Association commissioned a poll to find out about the religious makeup of their province and how much support there is for secular values. What they found was remarkable: Only one in three British Columbians are religious. What’s more, nearly 30% of the population was atheist or agnostic. (Sample size was 600 and the poll has a margin of error of 4%) They’re going to be analyzing and releasing the results of their poll over the next several weeks, but they’ve created two infographics that display the biggest findings: [Click headline for more…] Read more
I can’t believe no one created this before: Chutes and Ladders: Religious Edition: [Click headline for more…] Read more
I became involved in secular activism over a decade ago when I started a Secular Student Alliance chapter at my college. I later ran for and got elected to their Board of Directors and ended up chairing that board for several years. If I hadn’t gotten involved with them, I don’t think I would ever have started this website (or written any books). The year I got involved with the SSA, we had under 50 college affiliates across the country. As I write this, there are around 400 chapters, including nearly 70 at the high school level. A number of campuses even run their own free conferences. It’s just a staggering amount of growth in such a short time and we have to keep it going while the momentum is on our side. Today marks the beginning of SSA Week 2013: [Click headline for more…] Read more
The Australian Christian Lobby, basically the equivalent of a Christian Right group in America, uses the domain www.acl.org.au to espouse their anti-gay, anti-choice rhetoric. Okay, fine, their right… but I guess nobody told them they should also snatch up australianchristianlobby.org while they’re at it. It was just sitting there for the longest time… So a group of awesome women from Melbourne have taken that domain and turned it into a site for Australian Cat Ladies: [Click headline for more…] Read more
Earlier today, Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss appeared on CNN to talk about their new movie The Unbelievers: [Click headline for more…] Read more
This is an article by Frank Zindler. It appears in the 2nd Quarter 2013 issue of American Atheist magazine. American Atheist magazine is sold in the U.S. and Canada at Barnes & Noble, Book World, and Chapters Indigo. To subscribe or join American Atheists (members receive a free subscription), go to Atheists.org. … As we approach the ninety-fourth anniversary of the birth of Madalyn Murray O’Hair, I am moved to try to total up the historical, intellectual, legal, and human significance of the woman who, for more than a decade, was virtually a mother to both my wife, Ann, and me. It is a daunting task. I confess I am still too close to be able to attempt a truly objective assessment of Madalyn the person, Madalyn the friend. Read more
Enjoy this episode of a BBC series called “Conspiracy Road Trip” focused on Creationism. The premise is that five Creationists are taken to America to be convinced of evolution by people who know something about it (including Jerry Coyne): [Click headline for more…] Read more
I don’t care if I am weeks late on this, this family sing-along of “Zombie Jesus Day” is too cute not to post: (Thanks to Ashley for the link!) Read more
