California’s ban on civil marriage for same-sex couples is based on intolerance, pseudo-science and religious dogma, not legitimate public policy concerns, Americans United for Separation of Church and State has told a federal appeals court.
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‘The Census Campaign’ has been launched today by the British Humanist Association (BHA), calling on people who are not religious, including atheists, agnostics, skeptics, and ‘cultural Christians’, to be counted and included in the 2011 Census by ticking the ‘No religion’ response box.
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When a church marketing company says they’ll take money to give advice to churches, prayer isn’t something they offer very often as a means of success.
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Okay, humans… It’s one thing to assert the tired old canard that, because science can’t explain something, a god must be used to explain it. It’s quite another to go on to claim that one particular patriarchal Hebrew sky god is responsible for the phenomenon in question. And it’s still yet another thing to further [...]
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The BHA has urged the government to listen to senior Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors who have attacked the introduction of ‘free schools’, raising concerns that they could create ethnic or religious enclaves and undermine community cohesion.
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The factually challenged wingnuts over at the Discovery Institute have asked the scary new atheist movement some questions. I’ll do my best to answer them, but if the courtier’s reply applies, I’m going to use it. I’m an engineer, damnit, not a doctor of philosophy. 1) Why is there anything? One of the defining principles of [...]
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Like Historic Opposition To Interracial Marriage, California Measure Is Based On Intolerance, Psuedo-Science And Religious Dogma, Says AU Brief
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The BJC announces its 2011 Religious Liberty Essay Scholarship Contest. They are as supportive of separation of church and state as any purely secular organization. Please consider entering!
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I don’t have much to say about this video, because it really speaks for itself. But if someone asks me about my definition of the word ‘atheist’, I’m going to refer to this video. This from the same producer, QualiaSoup, that is so adept at succinctly demonstrating complicated ideas. Any questions?
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Do you ever get the feeling that one reason a lot of people can’t stomach the theory of natural selection is that they hate the idea that everything we see around us is the result of blind chance?
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