Exploring the Infinite
Clean Tech Could Disappear — But It Doesn’t Have to From the page: The end goal is to allow wind and solar to compete with natural gas—or electric cars with gas-powered ones—without the need for any government support. These technologies can’t stand on their own quite yet, which isn’t surprising: Wind and solar are competing against the oil and gas
What’s up with the Uber-Christians in Tennessee? First, they approve the Anti-Science Bill, now this? Christians Fight for Their Children’s God-Given Right to Bully Gay Kids From the page: …but in Tennessee, lawmakers are now attempting to make it legal for jerkhole kids to bully other kids based on their religious preference — or lack thereof.
From the page: Mitt Romney’s second cousin, Park Romney, once was once a Mormon high priest, but he is now denouncing the religion as a cult. Park told BBC recently that he left the church because “I became convinced that it’s a fraud.” “There’s compelling evidence that the Mormon Church leaders knowingly and wilfully misrepresent the historical truth of their
Via The New York Times “If there is one group that the higher-ups, the bishops, would like to see silenced,” said Marci A. Hamilton, a law professor at Yeshiva University and an advocate for victims of clergy sex crimes, “it definitely would be SNAP. And that’s what they’re going after. They’re trying to find a way to silence SNAP.”
The Austin Chronicle From the page: By the numbers, this is what “pro-life” looks like: • 22: Texas clinics – providing preventive health care services to women – completely defunded • $19 million: Remaining annual state budget for family planning, down from $50 million • 60,000: Women whom the Department of State Health Services estimates can be served with that
via The Christian Post From the page: The Florida Senate passed a bill on Wednesday allowing student-led prayer or other inspirational messages at public school events, drawing mixed reaction from residents… …”This legislation could give schools free reign to make students feel like outsiders in the classroom, alienated from their peers, or compelled by peer pressure to engage in religious
From the page: “We don’t think religion, or irreligion, belongs in state capitols. But if a state is going to permit a nativity display, then we want to be sure that the views of the 16 percent of the U.S. population that is not religious are also represented.” – Annie Laurie Gaylor, Co-President of Freedom From Religion Foundation
Newt Gingrich said he’s worried the United States could be “a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists,” in the foreseeable future. I don’t think he understands what it means to be an atheist… and this guy wants to be President. Anything to scare the bejeebus out of those righty Christians and get them to vote GOP. Oh
via Daylight Atheism @ Big Think From the page: Whether it’s “Quiverfull”-style Christianity, Roman Catholicism as taught by the bishops, some branches of Mormonism and Islam, or ultra-Orthodox Judaism, one of the most consistent themes of fundamentalist religion is to deny women agency and control of their own bodies and coerce them to have as many children as possible. The
via The New York Times From the page: Citing a crisis of national identity and mass confusion among Americans about their nation’s motto, the House on Tuesday voted on a resolution “reaffirming ‘In God We Trust’ as the official motto of the United States.” The resolution, smaller than a law but bigger than a wish, is designed to clear up
From the page: “Ultimately, the claim that a fertilized egg is a person is an insult to rationality and morality. It is irrational to the point of absurdity to grant a microscopic clump of cells, a fertilized egg, the same legal and moral status as an actual person living and breathing in the world.” via National Humanist | Examiner.com Further
This concert was in 1993, just in case you were still thinking this was a “new movement.” But perhaps this anthem is more relevant now than ever before. People across America are finally rising up off their couches and gathering in the streets. Are we going to let them turn this Land of the Free into the Land of the
http://www.aclu.org/national-security/foia-documents-fbi-show-unconstitutional-racial-profiling From the page: The FBI has been targeting American communities for investigation based on race, ethnicity, national origin and religion according to documents released today by the American Civil Liberties Union and its affiliates that were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The documents show that FBI analysts across the country are associating criminal behaviors with certain racial
Spain’s stolen babies and the families who lived a lie From the page: The practice of removing children from parents deemed “undesirable” and placing them with “approved” families, began in the 1930s under the dictator General Francisco Franco. At that time, the motivation may have been ideological. But years later, it seemed to change – babies began to be taken
Let’s compare Rick Perry’s version of “Christian values” to what the Bible really dictates. From the page: All these ideas, so clearly advocated in the Bible, are utterly contrary to what this nation stands for. The idea of divine-right kingship is what our founders successfully rebelled against in bringing forth this country. America is a democracy where the people choose