A piece of legislation that would help protect women who sue over getting paid less than their male counterparts was blocked in the Senate today by the Republican party. In a world where women still make 77 cents to every man’s dollar, this piece of legislation would help close the wage gap that is still present in today’s modern society. It is clear that women’s rights are going to become one of they key issues in this year’s presidential election,… Read more
Pastor John Hagee was feeling the Christian love this past Sunday. He was reflecting on the sacrifices our soldiers made on D-Day, which happened 68 years ago tomorrow, when he thought it was a perfect moment to call out the atheists. They’re saying that the 10 Commandments have been taken out of the courtrooms and out of the schoolhouses lest we offend the atheists. Let me be very clear. This country was not built for atheists nor by atheists. It was built by Christian… Read more
Sorry guys. Pack it up. We are apparently a figment of someone’s imagination. Or exist in a snow globe like on that show I’m too young to have watched. Blogger Ralph Barker just wrote an article entitled “Atheist Don’t Exist-God Said So”. I don’t know about you guys, but that’s all the evidence Ineed to know that I don’t exist. I’ve met some agnostics before, but I’ve only met one or two people who actually claimed to be an atheist. Most people… Read more
The FFRF just got another lovely piece of hatemail in response to their “It’s Time to Quit the Catholic Church” ad campaign: I’m trying to work through the thought process of whoever wrote this… You want Catholics to leave church?! NO! I’ll show you… Go have sex with yourself! Wait, that’s physically impossible… umm… ok, just give me oral sex instead! Shit. Wait. Then everyone will think I’m gay… crap! Ok, blow me but not in a homosexual way! Dammit!… Read more
Because we all know science is decided by who complains the loudest, a band of Creationists has scored a major victory by getting many textbook publishers in South Korea to “produce revised editions that exclude examples of the evolution of the horse or of avian ancestor Archaeopteryx.” More simply, they saying, “Look! Scientists argue about the lineage of this creature! Therefore, evolution is in doubt!” The [Committee to Revise Evolution In Textbooks] is also campaigning to remove content about “the… Read more
It aired on Trinity Broadcasting Network last week. It featured Ray Comfort, Eric Hovind, Ken Ham, and several other Christians who make their livings miseducating people about science. It’s a Who’s Who of WTF. And if you haven’t heard them speak before, you’re in for a treat. Especially when you consider how many Americans agree with them… I would start at the 19:30 mark and go from there: My favorite part is the debate between Ken Ham and Dr. Hugh… Read more
While we’re on the subject of the challenges high school atheists are up against, the Secular Student Alliance group at La Porte High School in Texas wanted to put up flyers advertising their group. To make that happen, the school administration had to approve the design (a standard procedure at high schools). When they submitted a design for approval, this is the message they got back from the principal: The principal’s note at the top — in reference to the… Read more
This is a guest post by Sarah Henry, a high school student from Indiana. Sarah spoke with leaders of several high school atheist groups for this post. … Over the past few years, high school and university students have started up their own freethinking safe havens by way of Secular Student Alliance groups. According to Lyz Liddell, the SSA’s Senior Campus Organizer, affiliate groups are growing exponentially. Young people are identifying more and more as atheistic or agnostic. Unfortunately, freethinking… Read more
A couple of years ago, atheist Rob Sherman filed a lawsuit because Illinois legislators were giving $20,000 to the Friends of the Cross organization “for the purchase and installation of new exterior panels for the cross to replace existing panels that are missing, worn or rusted.” That’s the long way of saying the state was giving money to restore this 11-story monstrosity: That’s the Bald Knob Cross in Alto Pass, Illinois. Sherman filed the lawsuit (PDF) in August, 2010. The… Read more
Dave Silverman of American Atheists interviewed the controversial Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America, Edwina Rogers, and he gets right into the issues people have been talking about online: Highlights: 7:29: Dave asks her to justify the Republican politicians she’s worked for: On social policies, they’re the “bad guys,” right?! Rogers acknowledges that the GOP has indeed shifted hard to the right when it comes to the social trends, but says that she was never involved on those… Read more
