A year ago, the Metroplex Atheists in Texas sent their members a quarterly newsletter that looked like this: Not long after that, they enlisted the help of the professional designers at Juicy Creative. They just released their latest newsletter (PDF) and you can see what a difference a redesign makes: Read more
Justin Weinstein & Tyler Measom have been working on a documentary film about James “The Amazing” Randi for a while now and they still have some work to do, but they’re hoping to get their movie out by the end of the year. You need to check out the trailer below. It’s *fantastic*. Read more
In response to Deborah Mitchell’s incredibly popular (and highly controversial) CNN iReport article about why she’s raising her children without God, Ryan Barnett has issued a response called “Why I Raise My Children With God.” Surprisingly, “I like to lie to my kids” isn’t on the list. Read more
Should a President be sworn into office with a hand on the Bible? The Freedom From Religion Foundation says no, Bill O’Reilly says yes, and that means the War on (the weeks after) Christmas lives on! FFRF’s Andrew Seidel played devil’s advocate last night on The O’Reilly Factor: Read more
God pops up in the strangest of places… like on this new Tumblr, where He clears up a few misconceptions: Read more
Randall Hayes is an atheist who recently got elected as an alderman in Atlanta, Louisiana. (Big cheers!) Before he could take office, though, he had to recite the Oath written in the Louisiana Constitution and sign a document with the words written on it: “I… do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the constitution and laws of the United States and the constitution and laws of this state and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me as… according to the best of my ability and understanding, so help me God.” Well, Randall wasn’t about to say those last four words or sign the statement as is, but he also didn’t want to cause a scene the day of his inauguration: Read more
Last month, Philippines President Benigno Aquino III signed a law that would make government-funded sex education and contraception widely available to the nation’s poor. It’s the type of law that makes so much sense and benefits such a large segment of society… and the Catholic Church can’t deal with it: Read more
There’s nothing safe for work about this song. You hear me? Not. Safe. For. Work. But it’s Garfunkel and Oates so you know it’s hilarious. They sing about a loophole to abstinence that Jesus himself would surely approve of…: Read more
In Oklahoma, the Board of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services certifies private facilities that offer treatment/counseling services. As it turns out, there’s a private facility in the state called Narconon that focuses on drug rehabilitation (recovery) which used to be outside the scope of the Board’s oversight. So what’s the big deal? Read more
You might think fundamentalist Christians would be satisfied with God on our money, God in the Pledge of Allegiance, influence in the Democratic party, and full ownership of the Republican party. But it’s never enough for people on a “mission from God.” As a part of their ongoing mission to turn the United States into a fundamentalist backwater, they want to ensure that kids become model Christians™. They have done this in part by creating their own parallel Christian Universe, populated by separate TV channels, movies, video games, clothing lines, and, of course, schools. Private Christian schools are an essential part of ensuring proper indoctrination of children. In these schools, Creationism is taught as science, and people actually use terms like “Flood Geology” with a straight face. However it’s not enough that they can submit their own children to this drivel with their own money. Instead, they would like to do it with your tax dollars, Constitution be damned. The scary thing is: It’s actually working. Read more
