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Bishops Reject White House’s New Plan on Contraception
By Laurie Goodstein
February 12, 2012
Print: The New York Times
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops said a compromise offered by President Obama on birth control coverage did not go far enough in protecting religious liberty.
The new anti-science assault on US schools
By Katherine Stewart
February 12, 2012
Print: The Guardian
In a disturbing trend, anti-evolution campaigners are combining with climate change deniers to undermine public education.
Success for Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers
By Annalisa Musarra
February 8, 2012
Print: Huffington Post
Apparently the United States Air Force can continue to protect its citizens without reference to god, Air Force Secretary Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz decide.
Atheism in America
By Julian Baggini
February 6, 2012
Print: FT Magazine
Godlessness is the last big taboo in the US, where non-believers face discrimination and isolation.
Atheists and the F-word
By David Lose
February 6, 2012
Print: The Huffington Post
Author David Lose argues that any construction of a system of values demands faith — even for atheists.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World
By Ayaan Hirsi Ali
February 6, 2012
Print: The Daily Beast
From one end of the muslim world to the other, Christians are being murdered for their faith.
School board decides not to ban ‘Bible Man’
Associated Press
February 6, 2012
Print: Chicago Tribune
School board members in Alabama have decided not to ban a man known as the “Bible Man” from holding monthly meetings with elementary school children.
Group Celebrates Black Atheists With Controversial Billboard
By Andrea Lucia
February 6, 2012
Print: CBS Local
A Dallas-area ad campaign focuses on historic figures and modern day individuals who have questioned religion.
Court upholds Scientology fraud ruling in France
By Ruadhan Mac Cormaic
February 3, 2012
Print: The Irish Times
A French appeals court has upheld fraud charges and a €600,000 fine against the Church of Scientology for cajoling followers into paying large sums for bogus personality tests and cures.
Bath Christian group’s ‘God can heal’ adverts banned
BBC News
February 3, 2012
Print: BBC News
A Christian group has been banned from claiming that God can heal illnesses on its website and in leaflets.
Can the US Army embrace atheists?
By Kate Dailey
February 3, 2012
Print: BBC News Magazine
In a land of faith and flag, Justin Griffith is challenging the US military to abandon its religious ties.
Pennsylvania bible resolution is ‘sinfully’ unconstitutional
By Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor
January 28, 2012
Print: Freedom From Religion Foundation
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is protesting an unconstitutional resolution naming 2012 the “Year of the Bible,” unanimously passed (193-0) in the Pennsylvania General Assembly this week.
Newt Gingrich’s Wasteful, Scientifically Absurd Plan To Colonize the Moon
By Lawrence Krauss
January 28, 2012
Print: Slate
Newt Gingrich described himself as a visionary when he unveiled plans Wednesday to create a mammoth new space program, including a permanent colony on the moon within the next nine years.
Atheist teen forces school to remove prayer from wall after 49 years
Abby Goodnough
January 27, 2012
Print: New York Times
Excerpt:
“She is 16, the daughter of a firefighter and a nurse, a self-proclaimed nerd who loves Harry Potter and Facebook. But Jessica Ahlquist is also an outspoken atheist who has incensed this heavily Roman Catholic city with a successful lawsuit to get a prayer removed from the wall of her high school auditorium, where it has hung for 49 years. “
Obama Reaffirms Insurers Must Cover Contraception
By Robert Pear
January 22, 2012
Print: The New York Times
The Obama administration has rejected a broad exemption sought by the Roman Catholic Church for the coverage of contraceptives for Catholic hospitals, colleges and charities.
Richard Dawkins celebrates a victory over creationists
By Jamie Doward
January 15, 2012
Print: The Guardian
Free schools that teach ‘intelligent design’ as science will lose funding.
The Theological Differences Behind Evangelical Unease With Romney
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
January 15, 2012
Print: New York Times
Do Mormons believe in Christianity? Well, not really.
The Enemies of Reason - Slaves to Superstition
Aired on Channel 4 in the UK in August 2007
January 13, 2012
Video: The Richard Dawkins Foundation
Friday the 13th: watch Richard Dawkins’ 2007 documentary ‘The Enemies of Reason’ expose how superstition “impoverishes our culture”.
Milky Way could contain billions of habitable planets like Earth, says study
By Gavin Allen
January 12, 2012
Print: The Daily Mail
Habitable planets may be in orbit around billions of stars in the Milky Way, a long-term study has suggested.
After losing a lawsuit, taking their appeal to God
By Sharon Otterman
January 12, 2012
Print: The New York Times
Christian congregations that are weeks away from expulsion from New York City’s public schools are focusing on more-religious tools in their arsenal: prayer, fasting and repentance.
