The Morning Heresy
The Morning Heresy is your daily digest of news and links relevant to the secular and skeptic communities.
The Morning Heresy 5/1/12: Too Long, Didn’t Read
May 1, 2012Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
Oakland Press reports on CFI suit against Wyndgate for religious discrimination breach of contract, includes sentiment from CFI’s Jeff Seaver and Steven Fox
Kylie says the latest Point of Inquiry with M.G. Lord is even worth almost getting into a car accident to listen to (Note: please don’t get into a car accident)
Full video of Jacoby vs. D’Souza from CFI-Michigan
God Sounds Like Spock
April 30, 2012Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
I’m a little late getting the Heresy out today, making the “Morning” part of it suspect, but that’s because we have a lot going on this morning. Specifically…
CFI is suing the Wyndgate Country Club in Michigan for breach of contract and religious discrimination in the cancellation of a Richard Dawkins event for CFI-Michigan.
Never Mention Rubber
April 27, 2012Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
Must-Listen: NPR Intern blog interviews atheist Rep. Pete Stark, Dave Silverman and Herb Silverman — some cool takeaways:
- Herb reminds us that at least 27 other US Members of Congress are secretly atheist
- Herb: “We promised we would not out them. My goal is for people to out themselves.”
- Stark: “Reason is the antithesis of religion.”
Chris Mooney responds at length to Ron Lindsay’s critiques of The Republican Brain
Wake Me Up in 2038
April 26, 2012Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
Council chief Tom Flynn reacts to the Mojave cross decision:
In case you were wondering, nonreligious Americans are still second class citizens. It’s time to put aside that Reason Rally euphoria and face the harsh, sad truth: men and women who live without religion are still systematically discriminated against at the highest level.
Michael De Dora breaks down exactly what we mean when we talk about a “war on women” as he prepares to address a Unite Women rally in New York on April 28
We’ve Got Bjork and Zuck!
April 25, 2012Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
CFI needs you to help us advocate for jailed atheist Alexander Aan
The Secular Alliance at Indiana University, a CFI on Campus affiliate, is holding a Pastafarian feast to benefit Doctors without Borders
Greta Christina wants students to take advantage of the Women in Secularism conference’s $25 student rate (going fast!)
The Fruity Pair
April 24, 2012Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
Oh no. Mr. Texas Creationism Textbooks himself, Don McLeroy, was on Colbert. It’s kind of sublime how Colbert deals with McLeroy as a compatriot, totally straight-faced. I almost wonder if it was the one thing that might have made McLeroy think, “Wow. What I’m saying really is kind of nutty.”
Your Power to Sway
April 23, 2012Our resident policy honcho Michael De Dora was caught on camera by Christopher Brown, host of the Meet The Skeptics podcast, at the Northeast Conference on Science and Skepticism (to which several of our outreach do-gooders have decamped), and he gave a quick interview about what the heck CFI’s Office of Public Policy is all about.
Legion of Doom
April 23, 2012Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
On Mondays, there’s always a lot of material to catch up on from over the weekend here at the Heresy. It becomes hard to organize it all so that it’s not too overwhelming, but all the bases get covered. Bear with me, though. One theme that’s emerged with a vengeance over the past few weeks is the rise of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops as this kind of society of supervillains, like the Legion of Doom or something. Every day I’m posting at least one new link about how they’re doing something so jaw-droppingly regressive or inflammatory that it defies basic notions of propriety and, well, modernity itself. So this week I’ll see about grouping their stories into one sub-heading to keep it all a little more organized. Onward!
Lunatic, Heal Thyself
April 20, 2012Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
Winning the war of attrition: Not only are one in four millennials “unaffiliated” with any religion, but more than half of those were once affiliated when they were younger
Reuters: Kuwaiti imprisoned for tweeting about Muhammad attacked by fellow inmate
Romney to deliver the commencement address to Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University
Condescendingly Stupid
April 19, 2012Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
So, the Women in Secularism conference got a lot more attention in the past 24 hours. Since my little rant from yesterday’s Heresy…
Ophelia Benson called it “cogent” (why thank you), and then faced more trouble at the RDF site
PZ stepped in, calling the attacks against the conference “condescendingly stupid,” “embarrassingly idiotic,” and “macho assholes.”