The Morning Heresy 8/22/12: $2000 Curse Insurance
August 22, 2012
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Michael De Dora has good news about the outcome of a meeting between the State Department and representatives of the secular movement regarding the freedom to doubt.
The latest Point of Inquiry podcast features Arie Kruglanski talking about closed-mindedness, but I know I'm totally not interested, and there's nothing you could say to make me change my mind.
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The Morning Heresy 8/21/12: Agnosti-Freethinking Skepto-Humanism Squared
August 21, 2012
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Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing picks up the video of Annie Laurie Gaylor's presentation of the history of women in atheism at CFI's Women in Secularism conference. Says Doctorow:
It's a great tour through the history -- the often secret history -- of women who fought and gave all, risking persecution for speaking out against religion and for women's rights to control their destinies.
Pakistani 11-year-old Rifta Masih could face the death penalty for allegedly violating blasphemy laws. US State Department is "disturbed."
As CSICon in Nashville approaches (register now, y'all) I talk to presenter Eugenie Scott about how opponents of science are getting stealthier about sneaking their dogma into education.
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Eugenie Scott on the Stealth of Science Denialism
August 20, 2012
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The Morning Heresy 8/20/12: Nothing More Than Meat
August 20, 2012
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There is a lot of good stuff from over the weekend, so let's get right to it.
So you may have heard over the weekend that Rep. Todd Akin, the Republican candidate for US Senate in Missouri, declared that women have a "biological mechanism" that can prevent pregnancy in the case of "legitimate rape." I know, it's one of the worst things I've ever heard too.
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The Morning Heresy 8/17/12: Hooligans
August 17, 2012
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As you may have noticed, the Alexander Aan petition did not gather sufficient signatures, despite our efforts. We'll have more to say about it later (Michael De Dora addresses it well the WaPo piece), and believe me, we are not by any means through in our efforts to help Alexander and those in similar situations, so stay tuned. In the mean time, Russell Blackford echoes my own disappointment.
We've been punked! Remember the women-only Saudi Arabian ghetto city? Not real.
Ron Riles the Rationalists at the Reason Rally
August 16, 2012
Though the Reason Rally has noisily passed into history, we were just able to acquire the footage of our boss Ron Lindsay's address to the crowd, lo those many months ago.
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The Morning Heresy 8/16/12: iPads vs. Creationism
August 16, 2012
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Yesterday CFI chief Ron Lindsay went on HuffPost Live for a panel discussion on religion in schools, along with Annie Laurie Gaylor, Frank Schaeffer, and Rahiel Tesfamariam. It was remarkably substantive with an informed moderator. Check it out.
Skepchick was running out of actual important people within the movement to do their "Speaking Out Against Hate Directed at Women" series, so they asked me to do one.
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The Morning Heresy 8/15/12: Overly-Aggressive High-Fives
August 15, 2012
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CFI announced changes to its board of directors, including the addition of Elisabeth Cornwell, head of the US branch of the Dawkins Foundation.
Michael De Dora, CFI's public policy director, contributes to the Skepchick series on hate directed against women, and aims his message at those who are rolling their eyes as they read this.
The Morning Heresy 8/14/12: Underwear and Toast
August 14, 2012
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American Atheists puts out new presidential-election-themed billboards featuring underwear and toast. CFI chief Ron Lindsay takes issue with the message they may be sending, focusing on the religions of the major party presidential candidates.
The Morning Heresy 8/13/12: Romney Feels Randy
August 13, 2012
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Oh, hey guys!
I'm back from my two-week hiatus as we welcomes my new daughter into the world, Phoebe Helen Fidalgo, born July 27. Baby and mommy are doing fantastically, and daddy continues to do battle with the two-year-old boy Toby who, I should say, is really jazzed about his new baby sister (or, as he calls her, "my baby").
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