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Podcast #204 – Whatever You Do, Don’t Marry an Atheist
A recent Pew Research poll shows that Americans express a (perhaps not so) surprising unhappiness at the prospect of an immediate family member marrying an atheist. Plus: The Secular Coalition of America has fired executive director Edwina Rogers, after just … Continue reading
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Tagged atheist, edwina rogers, pew research poll, secular coalition
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Podcast #198 – Hobby Lobby at SCOTUS
This summer’s Supreme Court ruling on the Hobby Lobby case will decide whether or not private, for-profit employers can opt out of federal legislation based on sincerely held religious belief. (Cartoon from RobRogers.com.) Fred Phelps, founder of the infamous Westboro … Continue reading
Posted in civil rights, news, podcast, politics, religion, religious rights, women's rights
Tagged camp david, fred phelps, hobby lobby, lawrence wright, scotus, westboro
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The Ham-Nye Debate will be Live Streamed
For those interested in the February 4th debate between Bill Nye (The Science Guy) and Ken Ham (founder of the Creation Museum), it will be available via live streaming at DebateLive.org. Registration (providing an email address) is required, but free. … Continue reading
Posted in christianity, evolution, news, science
Tagged bill nye, creation museum, debate, ken ham
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Podcast #194 – The Tide Turns in Virginia
President Obama mentions “atheists and agnostics” in his annual Religious Freedom Day proclamation and there’s hardly a peep from the conservative blogosphere. In year’s past Obama has made occasional mention of “non-believers” so I guess an explicit mention is a … Continue reading
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Tagged mark herring, maryland exorcism, religious freedom day
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Podcast #193 – Kicking Open the Closet in Sports
The sports world continues to be rocked by controversy over gay rights. NFL punter Chris Kluwe (who’s straight, for what it’s worth) claims he was let go because of his advocacy for gay rights. (Kluwe is also the author of … Continue reading
Posted in civil rights, gay rights, news, paranormal, podcast, religious rights
Tagged chris kluwe, emiel pauwels, gay rights, oklahoma, thomas hitzlsperger
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Podcast #191 – Monumental Free-for-All
Recent Supreme Court rulings on Ten Commandments displays on government property have opened the door to all kinds of groups (including Satanists, Hindus, and even American Atheists) wanting to clutter the landscape with their own monuments. Oy! Now there’s a … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, civil rights, humor, news, podcast, politics
Tagged atheist monument, butzberger, mark pryor
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Podcast #189 – 666: The Race Number of the Beast
A high school track-and-field athlete in Kentucky decides to skip the state championship rather than run with race number 666. We discuss Denise Spellberg’s book Thomas Jefferson’s Qur’an: Islam and the Founders, which explores what Enlightenment thinkers thought about Islam … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, books, christianity, civil rights, history, islam, news, podcast, religion, religious rights, superstitions
Tagged greece vs. galloway, race number 666, thomas jefferson's qur'an
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Podcast #188 – Stenography Unhinged
We discuss the puzzling sideshow of Diane Reidy, the stenographer who works for the US House of Representatives, who grabbed the microphone after the vote to end the government shutdown, ranting about the Freemasons, the Constitution, and how this was … Continue reading
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Tagged clergy, diane reidy, montgomery alabama, stenographer
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Podcast #180 – DOMA Overturned
The Supreme Court ends its session with historic decisions affecting marriage equality, including overturning the federal government’s so-called Defense of Marriage Act, and letting stand a challenge to California’s Proposition 8, which would have made same-sex marriage illegal in that … Continue reading
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Tagged doma, john paul ii, proposition 8, sainthood, supreme court
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Podcast #179 – Manchester TN Gets Ugly
After a local politician in Manchester, Tennessee posted an anti-Muslim image online, the American Muslim Advisory Council organized a public event aimed at encouraging discussion of religion diversity and informing citizens about the difference between free speech and hate crimes. … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, books, children, civil rights, evolution, intelligent design, islam, movies, news, podcast, politics, religion, religious rights
Tagged boy scouts, humanist chaplains, islam, manchester, revisionaries
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