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An openly gay broadcast engineer filed suit last week against Trinity Broadcasting Network and its chief of staff, Paul Crouch Jr., alleging that he was mocked, harassed and eventually fired for being a homosexual, according to court papers.
In a lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court on Jan. 22, Brian Dugger [...]

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“His Eminence” Roger M. Mahony
It took way, way too long, but the U.S. attorney has finally launched a grand jury investigation into the actions of Cardinal Roger M. Mahony when dealing with rapist priests in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Here’s the breaking news in the Los Angeles Times. The lead by Scott Glover and [...]

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More on this later.

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Let’s agree on one thing. Honesty is always the best policy, especially with religious organizations. Because the truth has a way of working its way to the surface.

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My friend Jenny — a good evangelical Christian, wonderful mother, encouraging friend and kick-ass Ironman triathlete — commented on a recent post that church-goers steal more newspapers than others. She asks:
Do you really think Atheists behave the same as Christians (not Catholics) — Christians? What are their philanthropic stats? Just wondering.
Well, to the chagrin of [...]

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Ask any journalist who strayed onto the religion beat and he/she will tell you that the nastiest feedback, by far, comes people of faith. I always chalked it up to the passion of people’s beliefs.
But it always bothered me. Shouldn’t religious folks be the most loving and gentle of commenters? Yeah, I know, it’s a [...]

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I’ve become a huge fan of The Freethinker, the Brighton, England-based atheist website whose roots go back to 1881. Whether or not you’re a believer, editor Barry Duke provides thought-provoking blog posts about religion news from around the world.
Recent posts, well-written and researched, include ‘Lying’ Holocaust denier is embraced by the Vatican, Fundie frauds are [...]

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One of the reasons I’m no longer a believer is that study after study showed there isn’t much difference between Christians and atheists when it comes to behavior.
Here’s an interesting story about a study in Austria that shows church-goers steal more newspapers than others. Thanks to  Epiphenom via The Atheist Spot.

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If you go to a mirror and hold up this post, you’ll see that I’m showing off a copy of my memoir that is hot off the presses (did you know the Mac’s “Photo Booth” shoots photos in mirror-style reverse? me neither, until now). There’s something surreal about getting your hands on a book you’ve [...]

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Elizabeth Alexander may be an incredible poet, but it’s time to retire the inaugural poem. I remember the Academy Awards once featured a dance segment long after its time had past–but finally someone put it out to pasture. It’s time to say goodbye to poems while swearing in our next commander-in-chief. I’m sure there’s a [...]

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