Category: Politics

August 5, 2007

Kathleen Johnson, Military Director, American Atheists, who is deployed right now in Iraq, sent this note talking about a disturbing incident that took place at Forward Operating Base in Iraq recently. An Army Major attend a meeting of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, said he was a Freethinker then used his rank to shut the meeting down and threaten the attendees with punishment.

August 5, 2007
July 24, 2007

The Democratic candidates for President of the US held a debate that was hosted by CNN and YouTube. Of interest to those who support the separation of church and state, is one of the questions about religion and government

July 12, 2007
July 8, 2007
June 25, 2007

The first court challenge to President Bush’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives ended on a technicality according to the US Supreme Court. It said that since the funding wasn’t from Congress then the public have no standing to challenge it.