When Catholics were rallying for “religious freedom” on Friday, members of the Freedom From Religion Foundation were counter-protesting right alongside them in Madison, Wisconsin: That last one seems worthy of a caption… What is the yellow-shirt-wearing “liberal media” guy telling FFRF co-president Dan Barker? Read more
Most teachers will tell you that summer break isn’t actually a “break” at all. A lot of my colleagues teach summer school or work a second job in addition to spending time with their families. I suppose I could just sit in my underwear and blog all day, but that’d get boring after a while… plus, it sounds kinda creepy. So what am I up to this summer? I’m working on a book about high school atheists: How they’re getting… Read more
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Joanna Sugden, in The Wall Street Journal, has a brief glimpse of a fledgling atheist group in India trying to grow. The first issue to tackle is “Who should come to the meetings?” Aastha Manocha, whose first name paradoxically means faith, thinks the forum should be open to anyone who wants to find out about Atheism, not just dyed in the wool non-believers. Opening up the group would be a way to spread the message, she believes. “We are just… Read more
There’s an update to the story I posted earlier about a KKK group wanting to Adopt-a-Highway in Georgia… They’ve been denied: The Georgia Department of Transportation will not approve the application of a local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan to “adopt” a one-mile stretch of highway in North Georgia, a state official said Tuesday. The state official did not want to be named because the official was not authorized to speak on the record. The KKK group says they’ll… Read more
I am rarely at a loss for words. I have opinions on things. It’s part of my charm (or so I try to convince people). I have been staring at this blank page for literally 20 minutes trying to organize my thoughts. I just am really having trouble wrapping my head around this article I just read on LifeSiteNews. Here are bullet points. It’s easier in bullet points: Josh Weed is a Mormon living in Oregon. He is married…. Read more
At Hardin County High School in Tennessee, a student wearing a shirt saying “Lesbian and Proud” was told to turn her shirt inside-out by Assistant Principal Ryan Miller because the school’s dress code “prohibit[ed] students from ‘advertising’ or ‘promoting’ sex.” Then he threatened to suspend her if she didn’t follow orders. When students, in response, wanted to organize a “Week of Pride” that involved wearing shirts with rainbows on them or phrases like “GLBT” or “I Love My Gay Friends,”… Read more
***Update***: The KKK group’s application has been rejected by GDOT. … A KKK chapter — yep, they still exist — in Union County, Georgia wants to do something that’s actually pretty honorable: Adopt-A-Highway: The application, which would allow the white supremacy group to receive state recognition for cleaning up a one-mile portion of a highway, was filed by the International Keystone Knights of the KKK on May 21. If the Georgia Department of Transportation accepts the application, the KKK would… Read more
This is a guest post by Alise Wright. You can connect with her at her blog, on Twitter, or on Facebook. … On Sunday afternoon, Hemant posted a challenge to progressive Christians to retweet a comment saying that they don’t think that homosexuality is a sin and that they support gay marriage. I have been open about my beliefs about whether or not I think homosexuality is sinful (I don’t) and whether or not I support marriage equality (I do)…. Read more
Jerry Coyne wrote the great book Why Evolution is True a few years ago, and in this lecture given last month, Coyne talks about some of the additional lines of evidence that weren’t listed in his book. He also talks about the religious opposition to evolution and ways we can increase acceptance of evolution in America: As always, if you like any particular portions, let us know the timestamp and summary in the comments. (Thanks to Brian for the link!) Read more
We’ve talked about David Barton before. He’s a revisionist “historian” who doesn’t believe in the separation of church and state. Let’s gather ’round and hear what insanity he is rambling about this week! Wouldn’t it be interesting to do a study between those that are on welfare and see how much and how often they read the Bible. You know, if Booker T. Washington is right that Christianity and reading the Bible increases your desires and therefore your ability for… Read more
