Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer knows her priorities: In a formal executive order, Brewer said any executive branch agency that reports to her cannot stop employees from “personally celebrating” either holiday [Christmas or Hannukah]. That includes putting items “traditionally associated” with the holidays on their desks. She similarly barred those agencies from stopping state employees from [...]
Air Force Academy Now Kinder to Non-Christians
December 18, 2009 By 8 Comments
For a while now, there’s been a climate of religious intolerance at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. For example, non-Christians have been subject to proselytization from their commanding officers. The AP reports that things have gotten much better over the past five years. “This is the first time we feel positive about things there,” [...]
South Portland Mayor Asks Secular Humanist to Deliver Invocation
December 18, 2009 By 39 Comments
The new mayor of South Portland, Maine is Tom Coward, and one of his first duties was to decide who would deliver the invocation at the ceremony in which other new city officials would be inaugurated. He made a surprising (and welcome) pick: Andrew Lovley, a college senior who founded the Southern Maine Association of [...]
Rachel Maddow Speaks About the Cecil Bothwell Case
December 16, 2009 By 24 Comments
The other night, Rachel Maddow did a segment about the Cecil Bothwell case — it’s worth watching just to hear him not take an oath to God when swearing in to office. Maddow interviewed Katy Parker, the legal director of the ACLU of North Carolina. So to summarize: The NC state constitution says atheists cannot [...]
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