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From American Atheists, Inc., and this is urgent! For more information, please contact: Ed Buckner, President (770) 803-5353 C-Street “Christian Mafia,” Mega-Church Pastor need to “come clean” on backing for Uganda death penalty for gays proposal An Atheist public policy group today called up lawmakers linked to the Christian group supporting a Uganda death penalty [...]
Another very worthy donation recipient is the Secular Coalition for America. December 10, 2009 I proudly serve on the Advisory Board of Secular Coalition for America. I do so as a non-American because American public policy decisions affect the entire world and the Secular Coalition is a unique voice on Capitol Hill representing the interests [...]
If you’re looking for a worthy charity to donate to, here’s my recommendation. I usually do a lot of end-of-year giving — last year, it was the Humane Society. This year, it’ll be Big Brothers, Big Sisters, in honor of our friend and former member Dave C., who passed away this year. He was a [...]
Today, 20,000 people will pay final their respects to Lakewood police Sgt. Mark Renninger and officers Tina Griswold, Greg Richards and Ronald Owens, killed last week. The memorial procession will start at 10 a.m. today and head toward the Tacoma Dome. It will conclude at about noon. If you’re attending, here’s a nice piece from Kits Merryman [...]
Jeremiah 10:2-4: “Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with [...]
Reading the comments on the TNT’s reprint of the Olympian’s story about Seattle Atheists sign application fills me with hopelessness. Not about the sign — it’s great, and it’s message is spot on. But about the comments, and how they show a complete lack of reading comprehension. No one actually talked about the content of [...]
I don’t usually plug fiction books, but this one is really relevant. It’s a sweeping epic that spans 565 million years of human history and distant future, told from the point of view of a few pivotal hypothetical characters in human evolution. The novel begins with Purga, a rodent-like human ancestor that survives the Chixiclub [...]
Online registration is now open for the Northwest Freethought Conference, from March 26 to 28 in 2010. Visit the registration page at http://www.nwfreethought.org to save your spot! Keynote speakers this year are: Dr. Domke, University of Washington Communications professor and author of “The God Strategy” and “God Willing? Political Fundamentalism in the White House.” He [...]
Our hearts are with the families and friends of the Lakewood police officers killed by a gunman today. If you would like to donate to assist the families, a fund had been set up here.
The Rainier Valley Food Bank had several hundred pounds of food stolen from a locked storage container. I am asking everyone who can, to please donate food to the RVFB. Contact me by e-mail, and I can come pick it up and take it to the food bank, or make a donation online here. From [...]