Monthly Archives: August 2010

How You Can Help the Secular Student Alliance

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Last month, Jen McCreight raised $2859 for the Secular Student Alliance during her blogathon. How *dare* she out-fundraise me? Last year, I raised only $2592. I must destroy her. I must help out the SSA even more. I came up … Continue reading →

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Conservapedia Explains What Atheists Do…

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I know Conservapedia is a joke to begin with, but someone has to be taking it seriously, right? (Tea Partiers?) In any case, this article — their featured article of the day — is just uncalled for: An atheist trying … Continue reading →

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Worship Huts

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Yet another interesting take on the (close to) Ground Zero Mosque, this one courtesy of Overcompensating: That’s only the first panel; the rest are here. And don’t forget to read the fine print amendment (Thanks to Emily for the link!)

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From Blasphemy to Blasphemy Rights

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Last year, the Center for Inquiry celebrated “International Blasphemy Day” on September 30th. At the time, it was the fourth anniversary of when the Muhammad cartoons were published in a Danish newspaper. What was supposed to be a day celebrating … Continue reading →

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Rob Sherman Tries to Put a Stop to Local Ten Commandments Monument

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Give credit to Rob Sherman, the atheist activist from Illinois, when he thinks there’s been a church/state separation violation, he does everything he can to put it to a stop. He just filed a lawsuit last week over the Bald … Continue reading →

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The “Don’t Be a Dick” Speech

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor

At The Amazing Meeting 8 last month, the most controversial talk turned out to be Phil Plait‘s “Don’t Be a Dick” speech. (Check that link for more background info.) Video of his talk has now been made available by JREF, … Continue reading →

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Catholic Group Rewrites Internet Poll After Results Are In

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor

The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (a.k.a. anti-gay-marriage-people) had a poll up on their website asking “What do you think about Judge Walker’s decision to overturn Prop. 8 banning same-sex ‘marriage’ in California?” At one … Continue reading →

Posted in General, GLBT, Politics | 37 Comments

Keith Olbermann’s Take on the (Close To) Ground Zero Mosque

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor

Yet another opinion on Park51, this time from Keith Olbermann: “This is America, dammit, and in America, when somebody comes for your neighbor, or his Bible, or his Torah, or his Atheist Manifesto, or his Koran, you and I do … Continue reading →

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Will Phillips Speaks Out Against Anti-Gay-Marriage Rally

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I’ve mentioned Will Phillips here before. He’s the 10-year-old boy who didn’t stand up for the Pledge of Allegiance last year because we live in a country where we don’t have “liberty and justice for all” — just ask all … Continue reading →

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My First Column for the On Faith Blog

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Guest Contributor

I wrote a column for the Washington Post On Faith blog about the Ground Zero community center with the mosque inside. It’s a mixture of some of the things I’ve written about it on this site and a reaction to … Continue reading →

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