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title : Cross Pulled From 'Memorial Cross' Public Park After Atheist Group Threatens Lawsuit
summary : A large, 14-foot tall Latin, granite cross inside a public park in Santa Clara, Calif., was removed after receiving a legal complaint from a local man and the nation's largest atheist and agnostics group, Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation. Ironically, the cross was located in Memorial Cross Park.
date : Jan 23, 2017 12:39 PM EST
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title : 'In God We Trust' Motto on U.S. Currency Targeted for Removal
summary : U.S. District Court officials for the Northern District of Ohio on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against the federal government that demanded the removal of the national motto, "In God We Trust," from U.S. currency. The plaintiffs, which are a "group of atheists, humanists, and religious persons who find the use of God's name on currency to be sinful," claim this national motto on currency breaches their rights to free exercise, free speech and equal protection. Attorneys from the largest U.S. legal organization dedicated to defending religious freedom for all Americans stepped into the case as well.
date : Dec 01, 2016 01:22 PM EST
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title : Atheists for 'Blasphemy Rights Day' Say Criticizing Religion Is Vital Part of Free Speech, Laws for All
summary : Members of an atheist group preparing to observe the upcoming International Blasphemy Rights Day on Friday, Sept. 30, said laws around the world that restrict or punish those who criticize religion take away the rights of atheists, Christians and other people, alike. Center for Inquiry members believe free speech is the foundation on which all other liberties rest. The group has held this annual blasphemy observation since 2009.
date : Sep 27, 2016 03:17 PM EDT
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title : Billy Graham Gives Pointers For Winning Atheist Friends to Christ
summary : Billy Graham addressed a question many Christians have been asking for a long time: how to win an atheist friend to Christ.
date : Sep 23, 2016 03:29 PM EDT
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title : Atheist Handbooks Given to Scottish Parents, Pupils to Challenge Religion in Schools
summary : Scottish law requires public schools to host six religious observance sessions a year, although school officials may choose to have more. To counterbalance, representatives of the Humanist Society Scotland (HSS) now are providing to parents who are concerned about religious influence in schools an atheist handbook as a guide for how to challenge teachers.
date : Aug 17, 2016 04:02 PM EDT
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title : Creationist Ken Ham Attacks ‘Blind Faith’ of Organizers For Atheists' Reason Rally 2016
summary : Creationist Ken Ham took to social media platforms within the last 24 hours to bash organizers of a national, secular event and accuse atheists of having crazed beliefs based purely on blind faith: "Atheists believe universe & life arose by natural processes -- that's their religion -- it's a blind faith religion, it's an anti-God religion."
date : May 17, 2016 04:31 PM EDT
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title : Bernie Sanders, First Non-Christian Primary Winner, Betrays Atheists by Admitting 'Strong Religious Feelings'
summary : Some Americans who are nonreligious and some who are atheists were disappointed when U.S. presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders from Vermont declared he had "very strong religious and spiritual feelings" at a recent Democratic town hall. "It's a guiding principle in my life, absolutely, it is," Sanders said when a New Hampshire voter asked him about his faith. Ironically, Sanders made history Tuesday as the first ethnic Jewish and non-Christian candidate to win a presidential primary.
date : Feb 10, 2016 10:14 AM EST
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title : Atheists Petition Court to Remove ‘In God We Trust’ From Currency
summary : Michael Newdow, an atheist activist is pursuing legal action for the second time to have the “In God We Trust” motto removed from U.S. currency. Newdow is a New York attorney, physician and an ordained minister of the Universal Life Church. He filed his latest complaint in Akron, Ohio, on Monday.
date : Jan 13, 2016 03:37 PM EST
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title : Suspended Bremerton High School Coach Joe Kennedy to Continue Praying For His Team
summary : Despite his suspension from his position as assistant high school football coach at Bremerton High School in Washington State for his refusal to stop praying following a protest by Satanists and atheist, Joe Kennedy said he would continue praying for his team to ask God to bless the future of his players and thank Him for a good game.
date : Nov 04, 2015 11:58 AM EST
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title : True Christian Love Can Change the World, Will Prevail over Hatred
summary : Christians in the United States have observed both the Supreme Court’s ruling in favor of same-sex marriage and the shooting tragedy at a historically black church in the South Carolina city of Charleston. Despite those setbacks, it is worth remembering that true Christian love can change the world and will eventually prevail over all forms of hatred directed at it.
date : Jul 16, 2015 07:57 PM EDT
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