Blog Archives for June 2012

CFI’s New Policy on Hostile Conduct/Harassment at Conferences

No Faith Value with Ronald A. Lindsay
June 29, 2012

Warning: the reaction of some of you to this post may be “tl;dr.” Fine, I’ve already posted some abbreviated comments on CFI’s new policy and you can limit yourself to reading those comments if you want. Others, however, may be interested in a longer discussion.

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CFI’s New Policy on Hostile Conduct/Harassment at Conferences (Abridged Post)

No Faith Value with Ronald A. Lindsay
June 29, 2012

CFI has issued a new policy on hostile conduct/harassment at its conferences. This post will provide an abridged explanation of why CFI issued this policy. A second post will provide a longer explanation and discuss how the policy will be administered.

Can We Drop “Balls”?

No Faith Value with Ronald A. Lindsay
June 11, 2012

Many people, including many skeptics, atheists, and humanists, use the term “balls” or its myriad equivalents as a metaphor for courage, determination, resolve or similar attributes.  I suggest we should stop using such terms, for a pretty obvious reason: one doesn’t need testicles to be courageous, determined, or resolute.

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Coming Out: Gay vs. Atheist

No Faith Value with Ronald A. Lindsay
June 06, 2012

June is LGBT Pride Month. And the LGBT movement can take pride in many accomplishments. In the space of a few decades, gays have moved from being pariahs and criminals to being generally accepted in many parts of the U.S. The transformation in the political, legal, and social landscape has been nothing short of astonishing.

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