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My husband and I both grew up in families that regularly attended church, but our attendance waned as we got older. By the time we met, neither of us had attended church in years. We decided that if we were going to raise a family, it was important that we start going to church again. Two weeks after we got married, we found a church and have gone almost every Sunday since. More
Escambia Academy High School, the private school where Chelsey attended, prohibits any “extraneous items” from being worn during graduation ceremonies, according to their dress code. Now her diploma and transcripts are being held until she pays a $1000 fine – a fine Chelsey says is worth every penny. More
Like most of America I have been horror-struck, watching the news footage of the terrifying events that took place in Moore, Oklahoma.  I’ve seen dozens of interviews in the past few days, but one in particular stuck out yesterday. Wolf Blitzer was interviewing Rebecca Vitsmun, a young mom who narrowly survived by fleeing her home moments before the tornado struck with her 19-month-old son in tow. It was a typical survivor interview right up until Blitzer asked the magic question. More
To me, this failed Afghanistan law just a really, really thinly veiled attempt to keep women submissive and quiet. And this is one of the huge reasons I am an atheist, because religion has been and always will be a seemingly valid excuse for humans to do really horrible things to one another. More
Kalli Atteya deserves a space right next to the famously bad ass mom who dismantled prostitution rings looking for her abducted daughter. Kalli not only traveled to the ends of the earth looking for her missing son, but she found him. And all it took was two years, a private investigator, months in disguise, and a motorized cart.
I think sometimes it’s easy to feel left out of holidays in this country when you are not religious. But as a non-religious parent, I am fully going to embrace the holidays and make them as fun as they can be for my kids. When they are old enough to enjoy it – we definitely will be celebrating Easter. More
The white smoke had come and gone and a new pope is among us. The Vatican has chosen Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina. And although he’s not in favor of  ”Kills the Gays” legislation like a contender (points!), he is predictably in line with the whole children need a mother and a father line of thought. Not a big shocker by any means. More
Sometimes I wonder if I’d be able to cope with depression better if I still believed in God. I’ve even thought about just hanging up this exhausting atheist thing in favor of doing the “easy” thing. I live in the Bible Belt. It’s really hard not to be on the defensive when most people around you can’t imagine an alternative to Jesus. More
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Pope Benedict XVI is stepping down from his pope-ly duties, his reign marked by gay marriage hating, gay marriage hating, and the occasional IVF slamming. But one of the reported “frontrunners” has gone so far as to defend vehemently anti-gay legislation. Forget banning gay kids from prom. One of the cardinals reportedly being considered as the new pope has backed that famous ”Kill the Gays” Uganda bill. Jesus loves the little children! And their same-sex parents and family members! More
It’s February which means prom fever is soon upon us. Time for lots of talk about “appropriate” dresses, limos, drunk driving reminders, and parents hand-wringing about prom night antics. But for some of the parents and teens of Sullivan, Indiana, prom talk includes figuring out a way to ban gay kids from Sullivan High School’s prom. To each their bigoted own! More
My little girl has been to mass on holidays and sat through a few sermons at my grandmother’s small, rural Brethren church. She’s gone to religious pre-schools and she has memorized a prayer to say before eating dinner. This is the extent of her religious exposure. And I feel like it’s time to change that, to introduce her to the loving and supportive communities that church can provide. There’s just one small problem. My husband and I are not remotely religious. I don’t even think we count as spiritual. More
The atheist may be opening her family up to God after all. More
Nineteen-year-old Angus Jones may have put his job on the line after calling Two and a Half Men “filth,” but the child star would like every one to know that he’s sorry if you believed he exhibited “indifference” with his comments. That’s not exactly the sentiment I would associate with terms like “filth,” but okay — let’s roll with this for a second. More
