Why is the Christian right-wing opposing a mosque in Brookfield?

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...

Big issues and "grandiosity"

There is a long-running line in pop psychology that caring about the big issues is "grandiose." Whenever you hear that, you know that you are dealing with someone who does not know what they are talking about.The big issues impact on everyone, including the people who are...

GLAAD holds anti-gay activists accountable for their own words

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, or GLAAD, is an organization that has supported gay rights in our nation for the last 27 years by supporting positive images of gays and lesbians in the media. So, it serves a different niche in the gay civil rights movement in...

The Awakening of Hassan

"If you love enough you will forgive anything," said Queen Sheherezade, and Fatima did. Rapes, daily beatings, death threats, constant verbal abuse, murder of her daughter - she forgave her husband Abdul everything. But Abdul would forgive absolutely nothing,...

A Future for Britain Free from Islamization

An Interview with British Freedom Party Chairman, Paul Weston by Jerry Gordon, New English Review (March 2012) The United Kingdom, or as Daily Mail pundit, Melanie Phillips calls it, Londonistan, has been mired in massive demographic...

Atheist attacked by religious zealot, judge lets attacker off

The local director of an atheist organization in the state of Pennsylvania dressed up as a character he created called Zombie Mohammad, while participating in a parade in that state. It was a satire and criticism of Islam. He was attacked by a Muslim man. Video of this attack...

Legal Project - Attempts on Shutting down Debate

This group is dedicated to keeping the debate on terrorism and their culprits from being expunged by political correctness. This organization is dedicated in supporting Free and Open Speech.Here are some links to these issues. Blasphemy in the Muslim World & International...

Does believing in evolution doom you as a Republican running for

 Jon Huntsman got out of the Republican presidential contest a few days ago but I am now just getting to writing about it. But, I have a couple of things to say. It is most unfortunate that a candidate who believes in not just the threat of man made climate change, but...

Chris Hitchens, atheists and fighter for freethought, has died

Christopher Hitchens died yesterday, December 15. Mr. Hitchens had battled cancer for quite a while. He was an atheist and a supporter of reason and humanity over dogma and superstition. He was an excellent writer and debater. His book, God is not Great, I found a...

Republican calling for Muslims to be kicked out of military

If there is one thing you can count on, it is that Christian fundamentalists (which make up a sizable percentage of the Republican party) hate Muslims. Maybe more so than they hate atheists or gays or immigrants or Wiccans or feminists or union leaders. Now, I'm no great...

Christian theocrats believe they have superior rights than others

Camp Pendleton in California is one of the biggeest U.S. Marines military bases in the U.S. It is also a place recently where former marines put up a large 12 foot tall Christian cross on the top of a hill at the base. This type of act is unfortunately, very, very common....