Here’s more on the incident in Georgia in which a judge held a Muslim woman in contempt for wanting to wear her headscarf in the courtroom.
Archive for December, 2008
More on the GA hijab caper
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
Podcast #37 – Year-End Wrap-Up
Sunday, December 28th, 2008
As we look forward to 2009, we take a moment to review the success and progress of the American Freethought Podcast in 2008. What was our best episode? What could we have done better?
We also unveil a new contest for our listeners with an impressive stack of cool prizes. Tune in to find out how YOU could be the recipient of this treasure trove of nifty freethought-ish tchoch.
Hitchens on Rick Warren
Monday, December 22nd, 2008Christopher Hitchens delivers his latest blast of nontheistic spleen-venting against Rick Warren (who will offer up the invocation at Barack Obama’s inauguration). Leave it to ol’ Hitch to come up with phrases like “happy-slappy Sunday ‘Churchianity’ mega-feel-good fiestas.”
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Sunday, December 21st, 2008
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Just doin’ our hijab, ma’am
Thursday, December 18th, 2008Here’s one from the Georgia homefront. A judge in Douglasville, GA put a woman in jail for trying to enter the courthouse wearing her hijab, or Muslim headscarf. The judge cited a rule about no headcoverings. This same judge previously had another woman removed from court for not removing her hijab.
Podcast #36 – Roy Zimmerman
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
Interview with singer/songwriter and sociopolitical satirist Roy Zimmerman. Find out whether or not Roy succeeded in playing gigs in all 50 States before Election Day 2008! Roy follows in the long tradition of socially progressive troubadour activists like Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger.
Will Pres. Obama be unchurched?
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Oh, the scandal! Since the election, Pres. Elect Obama is opting for the gym rather than a pew. Could this be a taste of things to come? I predict Pres. Obama will be generally uninterested in church and in the expansion of faith-based initiatives. Note also that while Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton attended church regularly while in office, our current Commander in Chief rarely darkens the door of a DC church.
There ARE Atheists in Foxholes
Monday, December 15th, 2008Check out this recent NPR commentary from Capt. Benjamin Tupper of the Army National Guard.
“I Believe” this might be illegal…
Friday, December 12th, 2008
As we discussed in podcast #19, the government of South Carolina decided it was a good idea to print special license plates featuring a Christian cross and the words “I Believe”. Various and sundry groups sued, and now…
Rick F**king Warren???
Thursday, December 18th, 2008(more…)
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