AZ atheist legislator offers humanist statement on floor of state

Arizona State Representative Juan Mendez, when his turn came up to give an invocation before the Arizona state legislature, delievered a beautiful statement on humanism. He stated: ""Most prayers in this room begin with a request to bow your heads. I would like to ask that...

National Day of Reason today and Leroy Butler dropped from church

Happy National Day of Reason. If you aren't aware, the National Day of Reason is a day to honor the utilization of reason. Yes, today is also the National Day of Prayer, a day delegated by Congress for the President to annoy people to pray. But prayer didn't invent this...

National Day of Reason today and Leroy Bulter dropped from church

Happy National Day of Reason. If you aren't aware, the National Day of Reason is a day to honor the utilization of reason. Yes, today is also the National Day of Prayer, a day delegated by Congress for the President to annoy people to pray. But prayer didn't invent this...

Why it is wrong for a county meeting to have prayers

Note: This is a recent letter of mine that I sent to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, that wasn't published. It is about Barron County, the far northwestern corner of Wisconsin, having secterian prayers during county meetings. The government shouldn't be involved in prayers of...

TN rep. believes gays are "the biggest bullies" in the world

President Obama just attended the National Prayer Breakfast. It is a breakfast, with prayer, attended by members of Congress and the president, since the 1950s. I was thinking how awesome it would be for President Obama to attend a convention of the American Humanist...

Todd Akin of "legitimate rape" fame, on evolution

Todd Akin, the Missouri Congressman who wants to be the next U.S. Senator from that state and who believes that women who are "legitimately raped" don't get pregnant, has a few thoughts on evolution. Well, very few because it is obvious he has never really thought about it...

Public school football coach abuses his authority to win converts

If you have students in the local public school, do you want him or her taken to a local mosque to listen to the Quran by the government? I am guessing probably not. You would probably be mad if some coach, because of his/her Islmaic religious beliefs, thought it was O.K. to...

'Right to Pray' Law Allows Kids to Refuse School Assignments

"Amendment 2, also called the 'right to pray' amendment, was passed by the Missouri State House, 126-30, and the State Senate by 34-0. While the amendment was promoted as a law to guarantee the "right to pray," critics say that it does far more, even allowing children in ...

Christian right-wingers once again trying to impose religion

There are a few different versions of the 10 Commandments, but there is one that most Americans, be they Christians or not, are familiar. It is the one that tells listeners to have no other gods, honor the sabbath, not use that god's name in vain, or make graven images. While...

Christian right-wingers trying to impose religion on your kids

There are a few different versions of the 10 Commandments, but there is one that most Americans, be they Christians or not, are familiar. It is the one that tells listeners to have no other gods, honor the sabbath, not use that god's name in vain, or make graven images. While...

Church thinks small children are demon possesed and other stories

These are various stories that have caught my attention, I am putting them all in this one column. I. I wrote previously about a religious rightwing type in Maine who thinks homosexuality is caused by demons. Well an Australian Christian ministry does 4-5 "exorcisms" a day,...

A county politican threatened with murder for not having prayer?

I was reading about a case out in Craven County, North Carolina. See, the Board of Commissioners out there reguarly opens its meetings with sectarian prayer. Frankly, I don't think any prayer should open a governmental meeting, but at least the courts have ruled against...

There is a religious rightwing in England like we have have in US

The USA is the most religious Western nation on earth. By far. It's not even close, though we are becoming more secular and less religious over time. Well, the United Kingdom, is less religious than us in the U.S., but it is still more religious than most Western nations. In...

Dakota, Kristen, and more..

Today I met an enchanting couple at the pool. The sweetest thing they allowed me to do was talk about 'my ideas'. No, that's the next sweetest thing. The actual sweetest thing they did was ask me perfect questions that allowed me to explain things better.. Prior to all this I...