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Atheist group targets Rick Perry for urging Texans to pray away gun violence
An atheist group announced Monday the purchase of a billboard that highlights Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s comments about gun violence. According to a press release, the American Atheists’ new billboard in Texas features an image of Perry along with text reading, “His solution to school shootings? Prayer.” The billboard refers…
Rick Santorum responds to American Atheists: ‘Thank you’ for billboard
Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum said Tuesday in a fundraising email he was “thankful” that an atheist group attempting to shame him. The American Atheists purchased seven billboards in Texas to highlight what the group describes as bigotry against atheists. One of the billboards featured Santorum along with his quote,…
Virginia official sorry for calling atheist group ‘terrorists’
Ken Reid of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors gave a halfhearted apology on Wednesday for referring to an atheist group as “terrorists.” “Yeah, I guess so,” Reid said when asked if he should apologize. “But I still think they’re fanatical.” Reid was upset that the group American Atheists had…
Atheist group attacks Romney’s Mormon faith with ‘shame’ billboard
The group American Atheists have purchased a billboard to highlight controversial aspects of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s religious faith. The mobile billboard in Boca Raton, Florida states: “No Blacks Allowed (until 1978). No Gays Allowed. Shame on Mormonism.” The billboard will follow Romney for several days after Monday’s final…
Atheist group targets Democratic convention with ‘Sadistic God’ billboard
A set of billboards released Monday by an atheist organization slams the faiths of both major-party presidential candidates as part of a campaign aimed at the upcoming Democratic National Convention. According to CNN, The ads by American Atheists went up around the convention’s host city, Charlotte, North Carolina, and will…
Atheists sue Florida County to remove Ten Commandments monument
A group of atheists is suing Bradford County, Florida because they say a 6-ton granite monument of the Ten Commandments has no place on the courthouse lawn. American Atheists Communications Director Blair Scott told Raw Story that the monument made the members of his organization in Bradford County into “second-class…
Thousands of U.S. atheists turn out for ‘Reason Rally’
Thousands of atheists, agnostics and other non-believers turned out in the US capital on Saturday to celebrate their rejection of the idea of God and to claim a bigger place in public life. The Reason Rally, sponsored by 20 atheist, secular and humanist groups, was billed as a “coming-out” party in the heart…
Group posts billboards in religious neighborhoods saying God is ‘a myth’
The group American Atheists has begun a new campaign posting billboards in Hebrew and Arabic that say, “God is a myth…and you have a choice.” The New York Daily News reports that according to their website, the group says the billboards aren’t meant to offend, but rather as outreach to…
Your children will catch the atheist for sure
Oh man, I was listening to the Skepticality podcast, and they opened by playing this news clip about the Charlotte Pop Festival donating its proceeds to the Richard Dawkins Foundation. And let me just say this video is comedy gold. It’s hard to say what was the funniest part: The…
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