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Agnosticism / Atheism March 2005 Archive

By Austin Cline, About.com Guide to Atheism since 1998

Tom DeLay Let Father Die in 1988

Sunday March 27, 2005
One of the self-righteous Republicans at the forefront of political efforts to restore Terri Schiavo's feeding tubes was Tom DeLay. He accused Michael Schiavo of "barbarism" and worse for wanting Read More...

Chicago: Protesters Blast Pharmacy Over Birth-Control Pills

Sunday March 27, 2005
About 100 people staged a protest outside a Chicago pharmacy where a pharmacist refuses to fill prescriptions for birth control pills. There's growing support for letting pharmacists get away with Read More...

Ohio: Gay Marriage Ban Protects Unmarried Domestic Violence

Sunday March 27, 2005
Ohio voters passed a ban on "gay marriage" that broadly bans any law or regulation that would provide the same status to unmarried couples as married couples have. This, according Read More...

Christian Pests in Philadelphia

Sunday March 27, 2005
American Atheists held a convention in Philadelphia this past weekend, but local Christians weren't happy about it. They thought it appropriate to stand outside with bullhorns in order to harass Read More...

Smug Theism

Sunday March 27, 2005
Many theists look down upon atheists, convinced that atheists are pitiful creatures for not "seeing the light" and recognizing the existence of God. How and why would such an attitude Read More...

Terri Schiavo News: Facts, Myths, and Issues in the Terri Schiavo Case

Sunday March 27, 2005
Terri Schiavo fell into a coma brought on buy her bulimia and the loss of blood flow to her brain caused it to die - her cerebral cortex is gone Read More...

The Maury Povich Show & Lie Detectors

Sunday March 27, 2005
Because I work more from home these days, I've caught a greater share of daytime television - and not always for the better. One, the Maury Povich Show, seems to Read More...

This Date in History: Auschwitz

Sunday March 27, 2005
March 27, 1940 : Heinrich Himmler ordered the construction of the concentration camp of Auschwitz at Katowice, Poland.

Terri Schiavo & The Christian Right: Debating the Nature of Humanity

Sunday March 27, 2005
The debate over the fate of Terri Schiavo has also been, on a very fundamental level, a debate about the nature of our humanity and of human life. The disagreement Read More...

No Special Forces Jesus?

Sunday March 27, 2005
The U.S. Army awarded a contract to the International Bible Society to print special Bibles for the Special Forces. Steve Peacock filed a Freedom of Information Act request of find Read More...

Erotic Bakery... in Texas?

Sunday March 27, 2005
Do you have an erotic bakery near you? I don't, but there's one in Texas of all places and if they can manage to have an erotic bakery, I don't Read More...

Weekly Quote: Alley on Religion & Accommodation

Sunday March 27, 2005
As currently employed, the very concept of accommodation suggests the need of the state to define that to which it is making accommodation. And accommodate to what? Who is to Read More...
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