I know this story is a few days old, but- wow.
NEW YORK — Bicyclists planning a protest ride through New York City are calling it their “Freedom Ride” – free of clothing, that is. The removal of clothing during Saturday’s ride is meant as a protest over the removal of a bike lane in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.
Vjack writes an important and moving post concerning the implications for atheists from the Proposition 8 California Supreme Court Ruling.
Proposition 8 should be a nightmare scenario for any atheist because it shows us that well-funded religious groups can essentially mold the law to enforce their bigotry. They believed that same-sex marriage is immoral on the basis of their religion, and they effectively banned it.
It seems that many of my atheist bloggers haven’t covered the Anonymous Protest against Scientology. (The name is copyrighted… and quite frankly I have heard frightening stories of their lawyers harassing just about anyone who criticizes this “religion”.) Read more at Xenu.net.
