Category: Atheism
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Christians Killing Gays Again
by Jason Stotts A 70 year old man was stoned to death in Philadelphia (city of brotherly love) because he was gay and made advances on a christian who knew his bible well. 70-year-old man was stoned to death with a rock stuffed in a sock by a younger friend who alleged the victim made…
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Assorted Links
by Jason Stotts 1. 14-year-old Killed for Refusing to Marry Father’s Cousin The victim’s mother, nominally the complainant, told The Express Tribune that she did not want her husband to be jailed. “My daughter was a disgrace to the family. We can’t tolerate our children disrespecting their elders’ wishes so we killed her,” Mukhtar Mai…
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Christianity Killing Gays Again, This Time in Uganda
by Jason Stotts As the result of the effort of christian evangelicals spreading their anti-gay nonsense, Uganda is becoming an even less hospitable place for gays. Last week, gays rights activist David Kato was killed in order to silence his message that homosexuality is not an abomination. On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Kato was beaten to…
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Secularism and Sex
by Jason Stotts I’m posting a link to this survey from Dr. Darrel Ray, author of The God Virus, about sexual attitudes and ideas and beliefs in religion. I encourage everyone to take his short survey so that the results will be more interesting and statistically significant (I can’t stand low N studies). From Dr.…
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Merry Christmas!
by Jason Stotts I put this up last year and I like it so much, I’m putting it up again this year. It’s not that I consider myself a militant atheist, it’s more that I consider myself militantly for reason. Without further ado, a poster for the holiday season.
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Who Athletes Should Thank
by Jason Stotts Via Collegehumor See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor. Best line: “oh, and there is no god.”
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It’s Not Over Yet for Prop 8
by Jason Stotts As was expected, the ruling on the Prop 8 case was stayed by the 9th Circuit, pending appeal. From the ABA: A federal appeals court today blocked a plan to allow same-sex marriages in California later this week, while the so-called Proposition 8 case ruling overturning a state referendum that banned same-sex…
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Voting
by Jason Stotts I voted in California today for the second time, the first being in the last election in the fall. Both times have been at a local church, which is gracious enough (I’m being ironic) to host the voting. The problem with having voting in a church is that you end up with…