Obama points the state sword at the church and the elderly.

Last updated on: January 4, 2013 at 9:53 am By JT Eberhard

I used to think Obama was a Christian who contributed to legislation that granted religious groups further ability to obfuscate their financial records. It turns out that, according to Gordon Klingenschmitt of the Pray In Jesus Name Project, Obama is attempting to kill off the elderly and applying his power toward “abolishing the church with state sword.” Euthanasia is coming from Obamacare. He already de-funded Medicare Advantage by 800 Billion dollars, taking care away from the elderly to pay young... Read more

Catholics don’t like gay marriage in Illinois.

Last updated on: January 4, 2013 at 10:20 am By JT Eberhard

The Illinois legislature is moving rapidly toward marriage equality. Though this will not alter a single Catholic marriage in any way, the Catholic church is greatly displeased. Chicago Cardinal Francis George has launched a last-ditch campaign to convince the lame-duck Illinois legislature not to legalize same-sex marriage, saying that government “has no power to create something that nature itself tells us is impossible.” Impossible, he says! A guy rising from the dead and walking on water? That’s totally legit. Two... Read more

This Congress could be fun.

Last updated on: January 4, 2013 at 8:15 am By JT Eberhard

The 113th Congress includes a record seven openly gay lawmakers and an unprecedented 20 female senators, including the chamber’s first lesbian, Wisconsin’s Tammy Baldwin, and its first Buddhist, Hawaii’s Mazie Hirono. Also for the first time, women and members of minority groups hold a majority of the Democratic Party’s House seats. Nineteen of the 84 freshman House members are women — three Republicans and 16 Democrats. The incoming Senate has four times as many female Democrats compared with Republicans —... Read more

Mental health: eating disorders affect more than the mind.

Last updated on: January 3, 2013 at 3:32 pm By JT Eberhard

I take care of my mouth. I brush twice a day. I floss. I don’t floss EVERY day, but I floss most days. I just went to the dentist and found I need to have about $1,600 worth of medical work done. Writing’s great, but it’s not the kind of high-paying work that makes that type of bill painless. Why does someone who takes care of his teeth need that kind of procedure? Simple: for three years, give or take,... Read more

Volunteer for Camp Quest Kansas City!

Last updated on: January 3, 2013 at 11:18 am By JT Eberhard

I have volunteered at Camp Quest Ohio for the last two years and I will likely do so again this coming summer. It’s about the closest thing to magic as I’ve ever experienced. Being a part of young people developing critical thinking skills and, frankly, watching many of them know more about religion and science than I do, helps melt away a lot of the cynicism that comes with reading the news every day. It gives me hope for the... Read more

Catholic Church to the Netherlands: it’s your country’s job to spread our religion.

Last updated on: January 3, 2013 at 11:13 am By JT Eberhard

The Netherlands just passed legislation that will stop government funding of televised programs for various religions. The announcement by Dutch Culture Minister Sander Dekker that the government’s plans to overhaul the way public broadcasting in the Netherlands is funded, includes withdrawing subsidies for religious broadcasting, has infuriated the Catholic Church. At present religious groups are given £13 million a year to produce propaganda programmes, but this will end in 2016. Of course, the Catholic church was floored at the injustice... Read more

The Week in Review: Law and Atheism 1/3/13

Last updated on: January 3, 2013 at 10:21 am By Anne

Happy New Year! Maryland celebrated with lots of weddings New Year’s Day as same-sex marriage became legal south of the Mason-Dixon line for the first time. There’s a Cardinal in Illinois, though, accompanied by his bishops, who is urging Catholics there to contact their state legislators in an effort not to let Illinois pass such a progressive law, though. Because Thomas Aquinas declared certain sexual acts to be “unnatural” in his Summa Theologica 750 years, ago, and because Chicago’s Cardinal... Read more

New study: the Milky Way contains at least 100 billion planets.

Last updated on: January 3, 2013 at 3:35 pm By JT Eberhard

A new study puts the number of planets in our galaxy at at least 100 billion – and this is a conservative calculation. The Milky Way contains at least 100 billion planets, or enough to have one for each of its stars, and many of them are likely to be capable of supporting conditions favorable to life, according to a new estimate from scientists at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California (Caltech). That specific figure of 100 billion... Read more

Bill Elliff: 9/11 and Sandy Hook caused by lack of Christianity.

Last updated on: January 3, 2013 at 11:22 am By JT Eberhard

Bill Elliff, a pastor from right here in Arkansas, went on the American Family Association’s radio show yesterday to talk about how the 9/11 and Sandy Hook attacks weren’t the result of maniacs with too much power in their hands, but because of humanism and gay marriage. Elliff: I think what’s going to happen is what’s happened to every society before us who has not turned back. I was thinking the other day probably in Rome they thought ‘this could... Read more

American Atheists and FFRF Sue Internal Revenue Service – Again

Last updated on: December 30, 2012 at 1:54 pm By Anne

On December 21, American Atheists, Atheists of Northern Indiana, and Atheist Archives of Kentucky joined together and filed suit against the Commissioner of Internal Revenue for giving preferential tax treatment to churches and religious organizations. Last Thursday, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) and Triangle Freethought Society, a North Carolina group, filed a similar suit. FFRF also filed suit against the Internal Revenue Service in November because of the IRS’s failure to enforce prohibitions against electioneering by churches. That suit... Read more