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Australia's New Leader Is An Atheist: Americans, Don't Try This At Home!
By David Gibson - Politics DailyWhen Julia Gillard became Australia's first female prime minister last week she quickly earned international headlines and received a congratulatory call from President Obama for her accomplishment. Now it turns out she's broken another barrier that, for American voters at least, would be far more daunting than her gender: She doesn't believe in God. "No, I don't," she told an interviewer at Australia's national radio, ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corp.) who asked her point blank if she believed in God. "I'm not a religious person." "I was brought up in the Baptist Church, but during my ...
Catholic School Fires Math Teacher Who May Not Believe in God
By David Gibson - Politics DailyA math teacher who said in an online survey that she did not believe in God has been fired by an Iowa Catholic school after her views were discovered on her Facebook profile and after officials found she had posted a comment at an atheist website. Last August the teacher, 27-year-old Abby Nurre, who had just been hired to teach eight-grade math at St. Edmond School in Fort Dodge, checked "no" in a Facebook survey about whether she believed in God, heaven and angels. Then in November she posted a link to a news article about federal funding of research on prayer in an online discussion forum ...
Be British, Be French, Be Buddhist, and Lay Off Brit Hume
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyAs the wife of a theater critic and as a former movie critic myself, I appreciate the fine art of underacting. Sadly, it's more and more rare. ...
Irish Atheists Challenge Nation's Blasphemy Law
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 2) -- An Irish atheist group has published a series of quotations on religion in an attempt to challenge a blasphemy law that went into effect on New Year's Day. The 25 "blasphemous" quotations include the words of Jesus, Mohammed, Mark Twain, Salman Rushdie and Bjork. Atheist Ireland published the list on its Web site Friday. It says it aims to challenge the law, which makes blasphemy a crime punishable by a $35,800 fine. "Despite these quotes being abusive and insulting in relation to matters held sacred by various religions, we unreservedly support the right of these people to have ...
Atheist Christmas Sign Stolen... or Smote?
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyMark Impomeni reported, earlier this week, that the State of Washington had accepted a display from an atheist group, to stand next to a nativity scene. The sign read: "At this season of the winter solstice, may reason prevail. There are no gods, no devils, no angels, no heaven or hell. There is only our natural world. Religion is but myth and superstition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds."I am happy to report that the sign has been stolen. From MSNBC:A controversial atheist sign that was placed in the state Capitol near a Nativity scene vanished Friday morning, but then turned up at a ...
Elizabeth Dole's Symptoms
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIncumbent Republican Senator Elizabeth Dole is in deep trouble. Behind in the polls in her re-election campaign in North Carolina, she finds herself under fire for releasing what some are calling a new low in political advertising. In the ad, she accuses her rival, Democratic State Senator Kay Hagan, of associating with "Godless Americans." While Hagan did meet with an atheist group that promotes separation of church and state in government, the ad goes on to float an unattributed female voice-over that proclaims "there is no God." By implication, viewers are meant to infer that the voice is ...
McCain Disses Preachers
By David Knowles - Politics DailyIt has become a leitmotif of this year's race for the presidency: Kooky preacher spouts off and is publicly dropped by political candidate. The latest edition of preacher hot-potato comes in the form of a twofer. John McCain has made an about face, and, in what might be called a preemptive move had he not actively courted the endorsement of the preachers in question, he has now rejected the endorsement of ministers John Hagee and Ron Parsley. McCain's story is an odd one. Here is a man who once bravely repudiated Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson as "agents of intolerance," only to later buy ...
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