Monthly Archives: July 2011

FFRF Sues To Prevent Texas Governor Rick Perry’s Prayer Event

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Texas Governor Rick Perry plans to hold a giant Prayer-and-Fasting-fest to fix our nation’s problems on August 6th at Reliant Stadium. He’s invited several other governors to join him, though only a couple have accepted. The event is being hosted … Continue reading →

Posted in FFRF, General, Lawsuits, Politics | 124 Comments

Help Out a Secular Adoption Agency

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

In the wake of civil unions becoming legalized in Illinois, Catholic Charities in various cities have chosen to stop offering adoption services because they don’t want to give any children to gay couples. So what happens to all the kids … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Generosity, General, Politics | 24 Comments

Help Reddit Atheists Win $50,000 for Awesome Charities

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

You don’t have to donate any money for this, but a few clicks could help the Reddit Atheists win $50,000 for a variety of charities, including: Secular Student Alliance Doctors without Borders Center for Inquiry Freedom From Religion Foundation Foundation … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Generosity, General | 55 Comments

Dylan Galos Talks About His Nomadic Billboard

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Ashley Paramore has a YouTube interview with Dylan Galos, the atheist whose billboard in Columbus, Ohio has been forced to move twice — it’s currently in its third location. I also had no idea there was a potential racial component … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Advertising, General | 46 Comments

Atheist Bus Ads Back Up in Kelowna

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

For months now, there’s been an attempt to get a couple atheist bus ads up in Kelowna, British Columbia. Back in May, they were stolen from the bus yard. The city admitted it had no idea what happened, but the … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheist Advertising, General | 57 Comments

NBC Apologizes Again for Omitting ‘Under God’ from Pledge of Allegiance

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

A few weeks ago, during the U.S. Open (golf) championship, NBC aired an introduction in which a slightly edited Pledge of Allegiance was said… As you can hear, the phrase “Under God, Indivisible” was omitted. Considering the word “indivisible” was … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Sports | 177 Comments

Illinois Won’t Renew Adoption Contract with Discriminatory Catholic Charities

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Now that civil unions are legal in Illinois, groups that receive public money cannot discriminate against gay couples. So when a few Catholic adoptions agencies were faced with the prospect of giving children to gay parents, they decided to shut … Continue reading →

Posted in General, GLBT, Politics | 222 Comments

Welcome to Patheos!

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

If you’re seeing this, then we’ve successfully migrated over! We’re still working on importing all the 200,000+ comments from the old site, so many of the comments from the previous week may be missing from their respective posts. The Friendly … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 533 Comments

Richard Asks: How Can We Constructively Respond to More Religious Visitors?

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

In the comments on Hemant’s announcement to have this site hosted by Patheos, several readers have expressed apprehension about being “overrun by fundies.” It would be unfortunate if people here instantly reacted with hostility to the first religious visitors who … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Richard Wade | 278 Comments

Saying Goodbye To This Site…

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

I’ve been blogging at this website for a little over five years now. And it’s time to move on… kind of. This is a big part of my life and it takes up a lot of my time (outside of … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 176 Comments