The election may be far away, but American politicians seeking the highest office usually spend months, sometimes years trying to get the support and (more importantly) the funding to make it happen. Michele, aware that the list of presidential candidates is weak enough to allow her a chance of victory, is busy making pledges she hopes will attract that massive segment of the American population that still ...

I will not deny the fact the letter had my eyes shed a few hard fought tears. Despite the fact that both he and I have different world views (the supposed godhood of a 2000 year old Jew), we both agree that speaking up when others don't is the right thing to do. The act is so moving because as beautiful as his words were, he is one of us; the ordinary folks, just sitting at a deli having breakfast. I also t ...

Wow, I never knew non belief was responsible for all the world's problems! That's according to the mayor of Suwannee, a county in Florida that still enforces prohibition (progressive, no?). He thinks the biggest issue facing the world is the lack of belief in God: There are those that don’t acknowledge the existence of God. Their souls are in mortal danger of being lost for eternity. These atheists, agnosti ...

Since arriving in Calgary, I made a simple promise to myself I would further my involvement in the local atheist community. It was therefore fortuitous that after only of few days of adjusting to my new surroundings, an opportunity to meet up with other atheists presented itself in the form of a lecture. Held at the University of Calgary last night, it was entitled "The Evolution-Creation Controversy". Dr. ...

Over 80,000 people signed an online petition to pressure Apple to drop an app that was designed to help "struggling homosexuals" change their sexuality. As you can easily deduce, it promises to help users gain "freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus". It used to be that just a few years ago, we would have let this shit slide as a society. Luckily, society has been intolerant of this kind of h ...

Canadians are usually described as "friendly" and "polite" by outsiders who have little experience dealing with our equally venomous religious citizens. While New Brunswick is a picturesque Atlantic province with rolling hills and a colonial flair, it has its fair share of nightmarish ignorance and bigotry thanks to the poisonous influence of religious indoctrination. Riverview, N.B. is a large town by the ...

A couple in their mid 60's was recently denied the right to adopt children by a High Court in England because of their anti-homosexuality views. ...Lord Justice Munby and Mr Justice Beatson ruled that laws protecting people from discrimination because of their sexual orientation "should take precedence" over the right not to be discriminated against on religious grounds. The truth is, because of the risk th ...

Homophobic crime is on the rise in England, and as you might have already guessed, the culprits are hiding behind a veil of religion to justify their bigotry. The backlash is due to the growing recognition of gay rights, both to marry and adopt, and this has prompted groups motivated by improvable dogma to retaliate. One unidentified group is putting up stickers that say "gay free zone" along with a quote f ...

You hear it over and over again: Christians are complaining as gays gain rights (the same rights as everyone else, in fact), they begin to lose theirs. More particularly, their "right" to openly discriminate is being challenged, and as people get sacked or lose career opportunities because of their bigotry, they're crying foul. Recently, a Christian doctor, Hans-Christian Raabe, who had been foolishly appoi ...

Catholics have taken a page from Evangelical Christians and are actively trying to recruit people back to the faith. After the shellacking they've received amidst all the sex scandals, they're looking for a little PR work, and they've found it in "Catholics Come Home". The site promises to convert you to, or back to Catholicism by answering a few pathetic questions, and glossing over any fact that looks to ...