Last week Arizona State Rep. Juan Mendez was barred from giving an atheist invocation to the legislature. This was peculiar as Mendez had done this twice in years past and everybody seemed cool with it: State Rep. Juan Mendez, the Democratic state representative from Tempe, Arizona, made headlines in 2013 when he opened an afternoon session of the state House with an invocation that honored his secular humanism, a variety of atheism. As one of the few atheist elected officials... Read more
West Virginia lawmakers are moving forward on a Religious Freedom Restoration Act, kinda like the one in Indiana which totally worked out well for the state. And if there’s any wonder as to why this bill is out, don’t worry, they’ll flat out tell you (hint: it’s about those icky gay people getting the same rights as everybody else): The sponsors in West Virginia seem to know that RFRA could now perpetuate religiously-motivated discrimination. House Majority Whip John O’Neal (R)... Read more
Famous biologist (oh, and atheist author) Richard Dawkins suffered a mild stroke last Saturday, but he’s expected to make a full or near full recovery: Management for the 74-year-old author of The God Delusion said he had suffered a “minor stroke” in the UK last Saturday but had already returned home from hospital. The health scare has caused him to postpone his tour, his management said in a message passed on to ticket holders on Friday. “On Saturday night Richard... Read more
It’s a good thing I have no faith in the Catholic Church left to lose (story): The Catholic church is telling newly appointed bishops that it is “not necessarily” their duty to report accusations of clerical child abuse and that only victims or their families should make the decision to report abuse to police. A document that spells out how senior clergy members ought to deal with allegations of abuse, which was recently released by the Vatican, emphasised that, though... Read more
So… So what you’re saying is……. you’re like Satan? Read more
Sheriff Mike Hensley of Unicoi County, TN is paying to put “In God We Trust” on the police cars, continuing a recent campaign of dishonesty by Christians doing this purely for religious advocacy while dishonestly hiding behind “It’s our national motto, so this is just a secular nod to the United States that’s not at all about government endorsement of religion”: Unicoi County Sheriff Mike Hensley said the car with the lettering is just one of four new vehicles that... Read more
So after the New Hampshire primary I saw Bernie Sanders supporters (among whom I count myself, insofar as preferring Bernie in the White House) going ape shit on twitter. This is understandable, but so many of them were acting like Bernie had it made in the shade and might as well start redecorating the Oval Office. So I made a facebook status with my thoughts: Listen to my words, Bernie supporters (which I am): Awesome in NH. Really, awesome. Thumbs... Read more
My wife is the world’s biggest sucker for pictures of babies with dogs. Here’s one to brighten her day (and hopefully yours): View post on imgur.com Read more
Good morning, all! I’m off to teach voice lessons! Will catch you tomorrow. View post on imgur.com Read more
I like Obama more and more as he nears the end of his Presidency. His “fucks to give” metric seems to be approaching an all-time low. His proposed budget which was released this morning appears to cut all funding for abstinence-only education: Earlier today, President Obama released his fiscal year 2017 budget, the final budget of his administration. The President’s Budget supports the sexual health of our nation’s youth by eradicating abstinence-only-until-marriage funding, increasing funds for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention... Read more
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