In 1909, Oklahoma enacted a law prohibiting blasphemy, and it stands to this day. But if a new bill from Republican State Representative Randy Grau is passed and signed, that law will be thrown into the dustbin of history. Read more
Shane L. Windmeyer, a 40-year-old gay man and an advocate for marriage equality, recently authored an article for the Huffington Post, Gay Voices: “Dan and Me: My Coming Out as a Friend of Dan Cathy and Chick-fil-A.” It describes his budding relationship with Chick-fil-A’s Chief Operations Officer (and the man who made some infamous anti-gay comments over the summer) Dan Cathy. Read more
After the San Diego Coalition of Reason put up their latest billboard, a local news channel did a story on it. As usual, they tried to get an opposing viewpoint to provide “balance” to the story and they got Pastor Chris Clark of the East Clairemont Southern Baptist Church. While Clark sounded just fine initially, he said something completely inane toward the end of his sound bite: Read more
We know there are pastors who preach for living… but don’t really believe everything they say. So why keep doing it? Because admitting that God doesn’t exist is only half the battle. You also have to figure out what you’re going to do for a living when all your professional training has led to a job in the ministry. Now, the Clergy Project is announcing a huge step forward in making the transition from pastor-to-damn-near-anything-else a little easier: Read more
Irish bookmaker Paddy Power has already set the odds on who will become the next Pope. While the favorites are Cardinal Peter Turkson of Ghana (3/1 odds), Cardinal Marc Ouellet of Canada (7/2 odds), and Cardinal Francis Arinze of Nigeria (9/2 odds), there’s an interesting name in the mix… Read more
At the meeting of the Asheville, North Carolina city council meeting later tonight, non-theistic council member (and recent Congressional candidate) Cecil Bothwell will introduce a Darwin Day resolution: Read more
Born in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, where only 1% of the population are “nones,” Emelyne Museaux was raised in the Catholic religious tradition, just like the majority of her friends and neighbors. She elaborated on this fact: Read more
Phil Bronstein, in the latest issue of Esquire, has the incredible story of the man (“The Shooter”) who killed Osama bin Laden. I read the whole thing in one sitting — couldn’t look away — but this quotation by the subject was the part most relevant to this blog: Read more
