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Giveaway! Win two books from Christopher Hitchens

Either join our Facebook group or leave feedback on our new iTunes feed, and you’re eligible to win copies of Christopher Hitchen’s books Hitch-22 and Arguably. A winner will be randomly selected on February 1st.

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Podcast #141 – The Mocking of Tim Tebow

We’d barely shouted “Happy New Year!” when 2012′s first religious controversy reared its ugly head. In this case, Cee Lo Green changed the lyrics to John Lennon’s classic “Imagine” during the NBC broadcast. Tim Tebow has been catching a lot of flak … Continue reading

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Hitch is dead

Christopher Hitchens has died. Despite a long and painful struggle with esophageal cancer, the Hitch remained unrepentant about his atheism; he continued to write regularly; and he made debate and lecture appearances whenever the vicissitudes of chemotherapy allowed. We were … Continue reading

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Podcast #139 – War on Christmas Continued

Rick Perry plays the homophobia card in his latest TV ad. Holiday displays in Leesburg, Virginia stir free speech controversy. The co-discoverer of a new earth-like world wants to call it the Christmas Planet. Prosperity gospel preacher Eddie Long’s wife … Continue reading

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Rick Perry is Strong. Bullshit Strong.

Good grief. Rick Perry is losing support among likely Republican voters, polling just ahead of herpes Rick Santorum. What’s a fella to do? Why, play the religion card, of course! Here’s “Strong,” the new TV ad he’s running in Iowa. … Continue reading

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Eddie Long is getting divorced no he’s not yes he is

Vanessa Long, wife of New Birth Missionary Church’s “Bishop” Eddie Long, has filed for divorce. Weirdly she filed for divorce on a Thursday, but by Friday morning had issued a retraction, then by Friday afternoon had decided to go through … Continue reading

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New Podcast Feed

PLEASE NOTE our new podcast feed: http://americanfreethought.libsyn.com/rss Our new iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/american-freethought-podcast/id478593934 Due to a capacity issue with the blog host, we’ve moved the podcast to the Liberated Syndication service.  You’ll need to ditch your existing podcast subscription and resubscribe … Continue reading

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Podcast #136 – Reason Rally Update with David Silverman

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Podcast Disabled

Folks, I’ve just been informed by our hosting service that we have been exceeding our monthly throughput limit. Massively exceeding. For several months. Now they tell me! In order to avoid considerable overcharges, I have no choice but to disable … Continue reading

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Man shoots mother during religious argument

In Cobb County, just north of Atlanta, police have arrested a man for shooting his mother numerous times after having a “religion argument.” No word yet on the details of the argument.

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