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Category Archives: civil rights
Sexism in the Atheist Community
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last month, you know that a virtual shitstorm has been stirred up in the skeptical/atheist community over an elevator incident recounted by blogger Rebecca Watson. Discussion of the incident has sucked … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, interviews, skepticism, women's rights
Tagged elevator incident, rebecca watson, sexism, skepchick
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Allah, Liberty, and Love – Chapter Seven
[I'm blogging my thoughts chapter-by-chapter on Irshad Manji's Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Manji is an outspoken activist for Muslim reform, and the author of the influential The Trouble with Islam Today, a book I … Continue reading
Posted in books, civil rights, islam, religion, religious rights
Tagged allah liberty and love, irshad manji
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Allah, Liberty, and Love – Chapter Six
[I'm blogging my thoughts chapter-by-chapter on Irshad Manji's Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Manji is an outspoken activist for Muslim reform, and the author of the influential The Trouble with Islam Today, a book I … Continue reading
Posted in books, civil rights, islam, religion, religious rights, women's rights
Tagged allah liberty and love, irshad manji
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Allah, Liberty, and Love – Chapter Four
[I'm blogging my thoughts chapter-by-chapter on Irshad Manji's Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Manji is an outspoken activist for Muslim reform, and the author of the influential The Trouble with Islam Today, a book I … Continue reading
Posted in books, civil rights, islam, religion, religious rights, women's rights
Tagged allah liberty and love, irshad manji
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Georgia may get IGWT license plates
Here we go again. Georgia has decided it’s time to redesign the state’s license plates, and to help pick the new design, they’re enlisting the help of the online community. They’re posting six designs on a state website for netizens … Continue reading
Posted in civil rights, politics, religion, religious rights
Tagged georgia, igwt, in god we trust, license plates
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Allah, Liberty, and Love – Chapter One
[I'm blogging my thoughts chapter-by-chapter on Irshad Manji's Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Manji is an outspoken activist for Muslim reform, and the author of the influential The Trouble with Islam Today, a book I … Continue reading
Posted in books, civil rights, ethics, gay rights, islam, religion, religious rights, women's rights
Tagged allah liberty and love, irshad manji
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Atheists still at the bottom with voters
Oy. A new Gallup poll asked potential voters about how their views of qualified presidential candidates would be affected by various incidental demographic qualities. The question was: “If your party nominated a generally well-qualified person for president, who happened to … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, civil rights, religion
Tagged atheist, gallup poll, presidential candidates
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Allah, Liberty, and Love – Introduction
[Starting today, I'll be blogging my thoughts chapter-by-chapter on Irshad Manji's Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom. Manji is an outspoken activist for Muslim reform, and the author of the influential The Trouble with Islam Today, … Continue reading
Posted in books, gay rights, islam, religion, religious rights, women's rights
Tagged allah liberty and love, ijtihad, irshad manji, trouble with islam today
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Billboard company requires Christian insurance
The Central Arkansas Coalition for Reason wanted to run bus ads similar to the ones that have run in other cities over the last couple of years. Their ad would have said “Are you good without God.” Trouble is the … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, christianity, civil rights, news, religion
Tagged bus campaign, central arkansas coalition of reason
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Podcast #124 – A Response to The Response
Texas Governor Rick Perry, whose recent weekend-long Pray for Rain declaration led to Texas’ drought WORSENING while the neighboring states were plagued by Biblical downpours and a spate of deadly tornadoes, is at it again. Now, he’s calling for “The … Continue reading
Posted in books, christianity, civil rights, ethics, politics, religion, religious rights
Tagged eddie long, is god a christian, new birth, prayer rally, r. kirby godsey, rick perry, the response
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