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American Atheists Spokesperson Has a Rough Time Explaining Kentucky LawsuitToday

What I feared has come to pass.

Americans Atheists filed a lawsuit (PDF) against the state of Kentucky because the state’s office of “Homeland Security is ordered to publicize God’s benevolent protection in its reports” — essentially, God is the first priority for those protecting us from terrorists. It’s a blatant violation of separation of church and state and an illegal endorsement of religion.

However, in their lawsuit, American Atheists said this:

The plaintiffs, and each of them, have suffered, are suffering, and will continue to suffer, damages, both physical and emotional, from the existence of the challenged laws. Named plaintiffs have suffered somatic discomforts, and mental pain and anguish, from the knowledge that they are made to feel officially excluded from the ranks of citizens who share the belief in a god that is required by the challenged statutes. Plaintiffs also suffer anxiety from the belief that the existence of these unconstitutional laws suggest that their very safety as residents of Kentucky may be in the hands of fanatics, traitors, or fools.

I didn’t buy the “mental pain and anguish” bit. That seemed to be quite a stretch and an unbelievable one at that. I

Bill O’Reilly’s War on Christmas and Keith Olbermann’s RebuttalYesterday

A couple nights ago, Bill O’Reilly attacked the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s atheist display in the state of Washington.

Eat-a-FetusYesterday

Bet you can’t have just one.

The background music just makes it all the better.

I love when atheists bake cookies

I’ll be adding this to my Christmas wish list. Which you will all see soon.

(Thanks to Anna for the link!)

Christ is Everywhere…Yesterday

On a guitar, in an ultrasound, in a bowl of manicotti, etc.

Thankfully, Cynical-C keeps track of all these sightings for us.

Religion and Freethinkers on Postage StampsYesterday

For those fans of philately out there, Joe Zamecki of American Atheists has put together a video featuring stamps endorsing religion — along with some which feature famous freethinkers. There’s a nice clip of Madalyn Murray O’Hair in there as well:

Somehow, none of these made the list.