Monthly Archives: November 2011

Children Speak Out Against Michigan’s ‘Religious License to Bully’ Law

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Michigan state senator (and Democrat) Gretchen Whitmer has already spoken out against her Republican colleagues’ changes to anti-bullying legislation which would allow exemptions for people with “sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.” The legislation is now in the House, … Continue reading →

Posted in General, GLBT, Politics | 19 Comments

The Texas DMV Is Set to Vote on a License Plate with Crosses to Support Proselytizing

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

The board of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles did something right this week when they rejected a proposed specialty license plate that would’ve featured a confederate flag: But listed at the very end of this article in the Austin … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Politics | 11 Comments

Religious Video Games You’d Want to Play

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

The folks at Something Awful photoshopped a bunch of “Religious Games that you’d actually want to play“: And this one hits a little too close to home… do battle against a religious teacher!

Posted in General, Humor | 10 Comments

The Catholic Church Responds to Joe Paterno

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

For anyone who sees parallels between Penn State officials not reporting Jerry Sandusky to the authorities and the Catholic Church ignoring the pedophiles within its own ranks, Scott Stantis states the obvious:

Posted in General, Humor, Sports | 9 Comments

Anti-Gay Bigot Worried That Jerry Sandusky’s Victims Will Now Turn Gay

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Hate group leader Peter LaBarbera is *very* concerned about the victims of Jerry Sandusky in the wake of the Penn State scandal. Not that they got raped. That’s irrelevant to him. He’s just worried that they might have caught Teh … Continue reading →

Posted in General, GLBT, Sports | 57 Comments

NOVA Documentary About the Evolution vs. Intelligent Design Trial Now on YouTube

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

If you never had a chance to watch the brilliant NOVA episode “Judgment Day” about the trial over Intelligent Design and Creationism in Dover, Pennsylvania, it’s now up on YouTube as one feature-length movie (and not just little snippets on … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, General, Science | 16 Comments

Australian City Council Says No to Prayer Before Meetings

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Waverley is a suburb of Sydney in Australia, and the Waverly Council just did something you’ll never see in an American city. They nixed the Serenity Prayer said before each city council meeting and their explanation makes complete sense: [Waverley … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Politics | 11 Comments

God Will Help Me Get Revenge, Right?

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

One of my favorite blogs is The Comics Curmudgeon, in which Josh Fruhlinger takes comic strips that are bad enough as is and adds in his own commentary to make them sooooo much better. Like this “Family Circus” strip (by … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Humor | 3 Comments

Raise a Glass for Christopher Hitchens

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

A few weeks ago, some Redditors decided to work on a living tribute to Christopher Hitchens. They asked people to submit one minute videos in which they said whatever they wanted to him. The final product is now up and … Continue reading →

Posted in General | 33 Comments

Duquesne University Refuses to Recognize Campus Atheist Group

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Hemant Mehta

Duquesne University is a Catholic school in Pennsylvania. So is DePaul University, just outside of Chicago. DePaul has a thriving Secular Student Alliance group — the DePaul Alliance for Free Thought — which encourages conversations about religion between religious and … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Secular Student Alliance | 41 Comments