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Majority of Americans favor allowing openly-gay military service

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A recent Gallup poll indicates that solid majorities of key demographics, even conservatives, support allowing gay or lesbian servicemembers to serve openly.

Did fornicating Farm Girls boost the rise of atheism in Britain?

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These days, Britain is one of the most atheistic countries around. Tom Rees explores one possible cause for this fairly recent transformation.

Vatican wishes to debate atheists. Only "respectful" atheists need apply

Benedict wants debate, but only from non-critical atheists.

Pope Benedict XVI hopes to improve the Church’s reputation among nonbelievers by debating “noble” atheists. Dan Kelley suggests a more effective approach.

Northern Ireland's culture minister calls for creationism display at museum

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Northern Ireland’s culture minister is pressuring the Ulster Museum to add a display extolling Creationism.

May 2010 Gallup poll: More Americans choose "no religion"

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A Gallup poll conducted earlier this month indicates that more Americans are identifying with no religious affiliation than ever before, while nearly 3 in 10 say religion is out of date.

We Walk Among Mesas

The following series of blog posts is from my recent trip to the Baja Peninsula in Mexico, chronicling my associated adventures while touring the cave paintings at San Francisco de la Sierra. Today was an absolutely unreal day. Last night after we left the small town, we continued to travel through the desert at night for some time, which [...]

Malawi President pardons gay couple

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A Malawi gay couple sentenced to 14 years hard labor under colonial-era laws was pardoned by the Malawi President today on humanitarian grounds, after a meeting with the UN Secretary General.

Site Renaming – Post 2 of 2

Here it is, 2 of 2. Getting it?

Site Renaming Underway – Post 1 of 2

Why am I telling you this is “post 1 of 2″? Because Post 2 of 2 will come out after the process is complete and I’ve tweaked the various feeds. If you do not see Post 2 of 2 in about 10 minutes, please use the contact form on the site to tell me that [...]

Protestants tempt fate, but atheists don't

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Tom Rees reviews a study demonstrating that Protestants are more inclined to believe than atheists that writing something down makes it more likely to happen.

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