Well, I don’t celebrate any official holidays this time of year, but I get the time off so I use it. So, I’m off until
ARISE
Against Religious Intolerance of Speech & ExpressionBrowsing Posts published in December, 2010
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[/caption]Religious people often claim moral superiority because of the fact that there are so many religious charities, and so few explicitly secular ones. The reason for that, of course, is that atheists generally don’t care whether the charity is labelled “Christian” (or whatever other religion), so long as it does good work. Unfortunately, it turns out that in some cases, the label does matter, and one of those cases is The Salvation Army. (more…)
You may have heard the term “War on Christmas”, if not this year than in years past. Unfortunately, if you’re like most people, you probably misunderstand what this “war” is about, and why it is a free expression issue worth discussing here. The “War on Christmas” is an issue of religious intolerance of free expression, but before I can explain why, I first have to clear up the common misunderstanding. This will require a two part article; in the first part, this part, I will clearly explain what the “War on Christmas” really is so that I can explain why it is free expression issue in the second part. (more…)
I couldn’t make this up, and if I didn’t have a real news source to back me up, I wouldn’t forgive you for thinking I was joking.
One of the major concerns listed in the recent Freedom House report on blasphemy laws was that said laws were often used solely to settle personal disputes, and not really for the sake of protecting the religion from “offence”. Well now, I submit, for your approval, the case of the sacred business card. (more…)
