I forwarded a link to my post on Maggie Gallagher’s interview with NPR to the contact e-mail provided on the National Organization for Marriage.  In the e-mail I asked if they had any comment on the apparent disconnect between their mission of keeping civil rights from a minority group and their claims that they are […]

I was listening to the podcast of NPR’s Day to Day from last Friday, just after the gay marriage ban passed.  They brought on several people to talk about the decision, but the most interesting for me was Maggie Gallagher, President of National Organization for Marriage.  This is one of the main groups responsible for […]

There is some most excellent news out of California today for those who believe in equal rights under the law for everyone. The California Supreme Court struck down a law banning gay marriage in the state, meaning that same sex couples are now free to marry as they please with full recognition under the […]

I attended a funeral today for a great great aunt who was a devoted churchgoer for all of her 96 years.  As a result the ceremony was highly religious with lots of pauses for prayer.
When they asked for people to bow their heads in prayer I simply assumed my non-theist prayer stance: hands clasped and […]

After reading through some of the comments on the most excellent Bad Astronomy blog it appears that the Academic Freedom bill I mentioned in my previous post might have died simply because they’re at the end of their legislative session and all of the leftover junk is just being rushed off the docket.  I’d like […]

Well now.  I get off to a strong start in the first week on the site and then go silent for the next few weeks.  For that I apologize.  I’ve had a busy time at school as well as searching for a new job, but I’ll be updating here again now that things have calmed […]

I was in a local Borders earlier this weekend browsing through the Religious History section when I heard the following conversation from the other side of the stacks where all of the bibles and other strictly christian works were kept:
Son: “Look, some idiot put a Bible in the Christian Fiction section.”
Mom: ”Oh, well you’d better put […]

Irreligiosity is all about religion gone wrong.
If you count yourselves amongst the devout in a particular religion then please give me at least to the end of this post, and if you count yourself as a member of the neo-atheism movement that has been gaining popularity in recent years then please hold your vaguely smug […]