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FoxNews: Woman describes her abortion on Twitter, is astonished by backlash
As am I*.
There’s just no shortage in our country of people who want to tell everyone else how to live their lives, is there?
nkb
* I’ve been following her on Twitter (antitheistangie) for a year or more…
Also posted in Family, Health / Medicine, Personal, Religion, Technology
Tagged abortion, wtf
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Young Americans significantly less religious than parents
One in four American millennials — which it defined as those who were born after 1980 and came of age around the millennium — are not affiliated with any faith tradition, Pew found. They characterize their religion as “atheist,” “agnostic” or “nothing in particular.”
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What is an atheist? Fuck if I know, but everyone else seems to know perfectly well!
Allow me a simple rant… I really just can’t stand it when a Christian*–or anyone else for that matter–tells me “what an atheist believes”.
Judging by the frequency that the “atheist blogosphere” writes about this topic, I’ll go ahead and venture a guess that I’m not alone in my frustration; there have been some very [...]
Houston voters elect first openly gay mayor
Some day, this won’t be news.
Support for same-sex marriage by age and state
The data supports the notion that younger people are more supportive of gay marriage than older people. I also think it’s interesting that, even in states that we normally consider quite hostile to gay rights (the ones at the bottom of the table), there is still a significant age difference: 18-29 year-olds in Alabama, [...]
Also posted in Freedoms / Rights, Psychology / Human Nature
Tagged equality, freedoms, gay, lesbian, marriage, rights, same-sex
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Straight spouses and same-sex marriage
Here’s a rather unique perspective on the issue: Straight spouses advocate same-sex marriage:
Wah Cheong, a lifelong Republican and the soon-to-be divorced father of two teenage boys, sometimes surprises his co-workers and neighbors in a relatively conservative community outside San Francisco when he says he supports same-sex marriage.
“Here is my situation,” the 47-year-old chemical engineer tells [...]
Also posted in Family, Men / Women
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Who knew? Brad Pitt really “gets” it
The Perplexed Observer last week linked to two YouTube clips of Brad Pitt appearing on Bill Maher’s Real Time. I just got the chance to view the clips and must say I’m completely impressed. Brad Pitt truly “gets” it. In response to Maher’s question “What is it about religion you don’t like?”, Pitt succinctly stated:
You [...]
People prefer confidence to expertise
New Scientist:
EVER wondered why the pundits who failed to predict the current economic crisis are still being paid for their opinions? It’s a consequence of the way human psychology works in a free market, according to a study of how people’s self-confidence affects the way others respond to their advice.
The research, by Don Moore of [...]
Also posted in Psychology / Human Nature
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Your god isn’t pro-life
Excellent piece by Daniel Florien at Unreasonable Faith.
For years, I’ve had only a few things to say about the heated and contentious issue of abortion. First and foremost, I don’t “believe in it”. As I’ve said before, I am simply unable to think of a set of circumstances where (given the choice) it would be [...]
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Atheists sue to keep ‘In God We Trust’ off Capitol Visitor Center
I missed this a couple weeks ago (when my wife was in the hospital), but the Freedom From Religion Foundation is suing to stop the government from engraving the words “In God We Trust” in prominent spots at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington.
For those of you who just can’t get your head wrapped around [...]
Also posted in Atheism, Church and State, Government / Law, Religion
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Your local GOP makes the KKK look like the ACLU
The Nashville Scene for July 16-22, 2009 contains the annual piece, You are so Nashville if…. Always a fun read (regardless of orientation–political or otherwise), this year’s winner is the title of this post (see the cover art).
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Humor of the day
Quick. I’m having an argument. Name me a GOP policy that rich people hate.
–Roger Ebert on Twitter