CNN’s Lou Dobbs can’t believe what’s going on with the Kay Hagan/Elizabeth Dole story. It’s not that Dole is trying to smear her opponent by labeling her as a “Godless American.” Dobbs is just shocked that there are such people who could be “Godless Americans”: In case you missed it, Dobbs says the following in the video: … There is actually something called “Godless”? And Kay Hagan is associated with it [according to Dole’s campaign]…? … … I didn’t even… Read more
Damon Payne informs me that atheists are pretty cheap on the Internet. I suppose I’ll buy a couple before we’re all sold out… The total comes to $13.32. Read more
How low can conservatives go with under a week before the election? A church in Harlan, Indiana decided to post this sign for all to see: A Maranatha Chapel Full Gospel church official said this in his defense: “All I done was ask a question! I did not implicate anybody or anything, any party. I didn’t do anything,” said the official who wished to remain anonymous. Yep. That was all he done. The sign has since been taken down. Meanwhile,… Read more
Reader Kaitie is facing a bit of a dilemma. Her boyfriend (a senior in high school) attends a public school where possible pro-Christian videos are being played for students. He’s not about to stir the pot over it and Kaitie is wondering if there’s anything she can do about it even though she’s no longer attending the school (and if so, what): I am a freshman in college and I attended a high school in a very small, rural town… Read more
I stay away from the blog for a day and all hell breaks loose on the Elizabeth Dole/Kay Hagan front. Thanks to everyone who sent me emails about it. To recap: Dole has been accusing her North Carolina Senate seat opponent (Democrat Kay Hagan) of palling around with atheists. Hagan really did nothing of the sort. She attended a fundraiser thrown by people who happened to be atheists but the fundraiser had nothing to do with that. Dole’s just desperate… Read more
Frequent commenter Larry shared this story with me via email and I felt it should really be passed along. If you get a chance to read the whole thing, you can see some of the core problems with people who are against gay marriage. It has much less to do with their faith than they think. It’s more about ignorance and fear of the unknown: We live in Simi Valley, CA… and are paying very close attention to Proposition 8… Read more
Marty Beckerman is the author of the recently released Dumbocracy: Adventures with the Loony Left, the Rabid Right, and Other American Idiots. Beckerman is in his twenties and has written articles for Playboy and The Huffington Post. So it’s easy to pigeonhole him as a young liberal who leans so far to the left that he falls over. You’d be wrong. In fact, Beckerman dislikes both sides of the political spectrum. Specifically, he dislikes the ends of the spectrum. Dumbocracy… Read more
The FBI just released statistics on the hate crimes committed in 2007. They break them down into multiple categories, including the number of crimes committed against those of particular religious faiths or sexual orientations. Of the 7,621 incidents that were motivated by a single factor, how many do you think occurred because someone had it out for atheists? 1%? 10%? Both percentages are too high. The correct answer: Only 6. Not 6%. Just 6 crimes. Against 8 non-religious people in… Read more
What do they have in common? Emily Bell of The Guardian writes: The answer is a lot of money from many people — a new model of fundraising, which the web is facilitating. Obama’s campaign attracted about 90% of its donations from people who gave less than $100. Similarly the atheist bus fund is principally made up of small individual donations and looks as though it might single-handedly reflate the bus advertising market in the coming months. In just one… Read more
