Last time, I ran this contest (in reference to the naked mass that took place in the Netherlands): What comments were overheard during the naked mass? Here are the Top 10 lines overheard (with submitters): 10| “Now, would everybody please use the back entrance, that way no accidents will happen.” (elianara) 9| “Dude, whatever you [...]
U.S. Government Says OK To Religious Discrimination
October 19, 2008 By 11 Comments
As Charlie Savage reported in yesterday’s edition of The New York Times, the Department of Justice had approved a million-dollar-plus grant to an organization that will only hire Christians, effectively supporting religious discrimination. The 25-page document, which was issued in 2007, only became available on the DOJ’s website this week. You can read it here [...]
Religion in the Presidential Debates
October 18, 2008 By 4 Comments
How many times did Barack Obama and John McCain use the word “God” in the three Presidential debates? Zero. Not a single mention. Not even “God Bless America.” Just as it should be. We have real problems to solve in our country. That means we need real solutions. Prayer doesn’t cut it. God isn’t going [...]
Atheists and Politics Don’t Mix
October 17, 2008 By 16 Comments
It’s nothing you haven’t already heard, but The New York Times is publishing an article tomorrow on the isolation of atheists in our political culture. Only one of the 535 members of Congress, Representative Pete Stark, Democrat of California, publicly identifies as a nontheist, according to the Secular Coalition of America, a lobbying group based [...]
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