Sex with pastor is part of god's plan and gay marriage

Issues in the News: I. Republicans in a state legislative committee in Idaho have passed a resolution calling on the Federal Communications Commission to ban any and all mentions of pre-maritial sex on television (even if only implied) in most hours of the day. Indeed, the...

Why government isn't an arm of religion

I was listening to conservative talk radio yesterday and the host re-played a caller of his from earlier in the week. The caller was religious and did not believe that her religion and her church should have same sex marriages. That was against her personal religious...

In Brookfield, WI, there is opposition to the building of an Isla

In Brookfield, WI, there is opposition to the building of an Islamic mosque. Why? Do people really think that elderly Muslim women are going to be plotting terrorism against the U.S. Bank building? I am a humanist and I am not going to defend Islam as the so called religion...

Child beating endorsed by church and dumb things Catholic clerics

 Religious rightwing churches often use violence and beatings against children if they do minor infractions. No surprise, religion is often built on violence.Rightwing religions have an authoritian streak to them. In La Habra, California a teenager wasbeaten for...

Atheists, here is a scoreboard for picking presidential candidate

Christian rightwing groups commonly endorse candidates for public office to impose their theocratic vision for America. They believe their deity is the head of state/government, and not the president. Well, Penn Jillette, has produced an atheist scorecard of the...