Church-State Relations

Positive Atheist Action: Australia’s Chrys Stevenson

May 24, 2009 By Richard Haynes 5 Comments

As nonbelievers we are often forced into the role of the contrarian. We are already at a disadvantage because the very word “atheist” is a declaration of what we are not. However, after years of simply trying to live and let live, our theist brothers and sisters have not been content with the same policy. They [...]

Filed Under: Positive Atheist Action Tagged With: Australia, Church-State Relations, Human rights 5 Comments

CNN Coverage of AU Graduation Ceremonies Lawsuit

April 24, 2009 By Richard Haynes 3 Comments

The below CNN video covers the Americans United for Separation of Church and State lawsuit (available here) filed in federal court in an attempt to block Wisconsin public schools from holding graduation ceremonies in churches. Embedded video from CNN Video Earlier this month, A young woman in Texas started a discussion on this very topic on [...]