The Morning Heresy 3/26/12: Post-Rally Stupor
March 26, 2012
Your daily digest of relevant news and links from Paul Fidalgo
This will have to be a quick one today folks. Yes, there's an enormous deluge of Reason Rally coverage, but I just lost hours of work on this morning's Heresy because, yes, I didn't hit "save." And I am crushed. So this was going to be longer, but I think I can still give you the important stuff.
And by the way, it was so great to meet and reunite with so many of you this weekend. I'm very proud of us.
To the news!
Washington Post covers the "coming out moment" - quotes me: “We have the numbers to be taken seriously.”
NPR's Scott Simon does a broad-view piece on the movement, talks to me and Jesse Galef
Michigan Live quotes CFI-Michigan's Jennifer Beahan: "We are a smart, significant and growing minority in this country. This is a celebration of our rights as Americans and gives us an opportunity to say we are here and we are going to be vocal."
Check out our boss Ron Lindsay riling up the doubters!
Allahpundit at Hot Air doubts my assertion of a lack of formal partisanship at the rally, but includes me among his quotes of the day. Compliment?
Reason.tv's video report of the rally and Al Jazeera English
Village Voice does rally's "10 best signs," WaPo slideshow too
Hemant's big-ass recap of the rally (and Hemant's speech was awesome, wasn't it?), Ed Brayton gives his yeas and nays ("I hate chanting")
Sadly and predictably, USA Today religion writer gives lede to Dawkins' "show contempt" line, manages to vaguely link Dave Silverman with killing of Trayvon Martin. Classy.
Up with Chris Hayes on MSNBC did an entire episode on the secular movement with Dawkins and Jamila Bey. I haven't seen it yet, but as soon as I publish this I will -- 'cuz that's my job.
CNN blog highlights student emphasis
LA Times does an interview with Nate Phelps
UN Human Rights commission to omit anti-blasphemy language from religious intolerance resolution
In Cuba, Pentecostals are up, Catholics are down
HuffPo apparently has someone on the beat of "evidence-based homeopathy" -- must be a pretty blank page, then. Zing!
Anti-contraception rallies abounded this weekend, including in Maryland as reported by Sarah Posner
After losing all my work, I could stand to visit the psychic surgeon in Brazil
Headline of the day: NYT - "I Regret Eating My Placenta"
Easiest headline to answer of the day: NPR - "Is Homeopathy a Sham?"
Quote of the Day
From a joint letter from Florida clergy to Gov. Rick Scott, urging him to reject the latest prayer-in-school bill":
And by the way the separation of church and state is an American creation. It’s like Jazz. And it’s one of the jewels in our crown.
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Comments:
#2 Ophelia Benson on Monday March 26, 2012 at 3:02pm
Oh I see you mention it. I was citing it from having seen it on Saturday. Authentic.
#3 Paul Fidalgo on Tuesday March 27, 2012 at 7:01am
I lived. And learned a lesson. :p
#1 Ophelia Benson on Monday March 26, 2012 at 3:01pm
Ohhhh that’s got to be maddening.
Nice quote in the Post on Saturday!