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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Portland Atheist Bus Ads Go Up
There’s a new addition to the atheist advertisement club: the Portland Coalition of Reason! These words are part of a coordinated multi-organizational advertising campaign designed to raise awareness about people who don’t believe in a god. The King Size ad … Continue reading
Posted in Atheist Advertising, General
17 Comments
Ask Richard: An Atheist Considering Becoming An Anglican Minister
Dear Richard, I am a great admirer of the eloquent yet simple advice you give on Friendly Atheist. I have been “out” as an atheist for about one year now. I work in a Divinity Faculty, where I am surrounded … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Atheist Generosity, Churches, Coming Out, Education, General, Richard Wade
23 Comments
High Schooler Gets in Trouble After Not Standing for the Pledge of Allegiance
Inspired by 10-year-old Will Phillips‘ refusal to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance, a slightly-older commenter said this: I am a High School student in Alaska. For years, I have stood up, but not recited the pledge. My reasons being … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General
83 Comments
Secular Student Alliance Introduction Video
Several months ago, Dano Johnson (the director of the wonderful, animated version of Flatland) and I began to talk about making a video in support of the Secular Student Alliance. He volunteered his services at no charge and stuck with … Continue reading
Posted in General, Humor, Secular Student Alliance
19 Comments
Will Phillips Interviewed on CNN
Will Phillips — the 10-year-old boy who won’t stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance because there is no “justice for all” for the GLBT community and so many others — was interviewed on CNN today. What an awesome kid. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General
20 Comments
An Argument in Defense of Quotation Marks
After that amusing article which lacked an Oxford comma, there’s another story that highlights interesting usage of grammar. And atheists will appreciate it. Read this excerpt from an Associated Press article about the Catholics and their stance on clergy celibacy: … Continue reading
Posted in General
22 Comments
San Diego Gets an Atheist Billboard
San Diego is the latest city to put up an atheist billboard, courtesy of the United Coalition of Reason: They’re already getting some great publicity for it and local CoR coordinator Debbie Allen Skomer is doing a terrific job of … Continue reading
Posted in Atheist Advertising, General
29 Comments
Jeez-It
It might be blasphemous for some, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t getting hungry… That was created by Rev. C.S. Rowan at the forums of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. (Thanks to Ubi Dubium for … Continue reading
Posted in General, Humor
18 Comments
I’m (Not) With Stupid
Recently, Fred Phelps and the other nuts at Westboro Baptist Church protested near a midwest high school for no good reason (other than, perhaps, the existence of liberal faculty members…?). I’ve blurred out the school’s identifying information in the pic … Continue reading
Posted in Education, General, GLBT, Humor
25 Comments
The Intellectual Capability of Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron
Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron will soon be distributing copies of Darwin’s masterpiece (along with a Creationist introduction) at campuses across the country. I don’t think that’ll go over so well… many college students (though not all) are capable of … Continue reading
Posted in General, Humor, Science, Secular Student Alliance
14 Comments


