At the Secular Student Alliance conference a few weeks ago, Sean Faircloth, the Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America spoke. You can check out the talk below. Faircloth talks about the dangers of faith-”healing” and faith-based initiatives, among many other topics, and what the rest of us need to do to fight back. [...]
Sean Faircloth’s Speech at the Secular Student Alliance 2009 Conference
August 30, 2009 By 3 Comments
Ohio Public School District Values “Belief in God”; FFRF Responds
August 29, 2009 By 18 Comments
This is one of the many reasons I like the Freedom From Religion Foundation: Even when they could easily win a lawsuit, that is their last option. It’s partly strategic (FFRF resources can then be used on other cases) and partly sympathetic (Do you not know the law? Let us educate you). Lake Local Schools [...]
Michele Bachmann’s Solution to the Health Care Crisis
August 28, 2009 By 41 Comments
Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann was recently on a “teletownhall” meeting to spread lies about the health care bill in Washington. She also offered this solution: “That’s really where this battle will be won — on our knees in prayer and fasting,” she told the listeners. “Remember: faith without works is dead. So we’re asking you [...]
Is the Lockerbie Bomber’s Cancer Punishment from God?
August 27, 2009 By 23 Comments
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is the newly-released-from-prison Lockerbie bomber whose act of terrorism killed hundreds in 1988. He was recently released on “compassionate grounds” because he has prostate cancer and will likely die within months. This quotation is of particular interest: [Scottish] Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill said Megrahi, dying from cancer, faced a sentence “imposed by [...]
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