***UPDATE***: A few more responses to your questions are below. As for Christopher Hitchens’ publisher’s non-use of materials, BG says this: Thomas Nelson [BG's publishers] required that writers must obtain permission for anything over 25 words. Christopher Hitchens’ publisher sent me a letter denying me permission to use any material from “God is Not Great.” [...]

First, The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science had their OUT campaign: And now, there is a Christian OUT campaign: That’s apparently a C. Who knew. (Notice that they actually write the word Christian to make it obvious what the letter stands for ) Why is this needed? Some may wonder why there is [...]

Around 1940, a couple was denied an adoption solely because they were non-religious. Eventually, court action prompted a change in rules and the couple was able to adopt a boy: John Burke, an atheist, and his wife, a pantheist, had left the line blank. As a result, the bureau denied the Burkes’ application. After the [...]