Religion Clause Blog

http://religionclause.blogspot.com/2011/10/recent-prisoner-free-exercise-cases_05.html

Ha'aretz

http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNFBdQehomRRnnD1RHC5LbJUP545bg&url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-court-grants-author-s-request-to-register-without-religion-1.387571

The Scribe

http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNHR52M23cw7Zxu98pGKhzYqLFGu3w&url=http://www.uccsscribe.com/news/students-of-all-faiths-or-none-welcome-at-new-center-1.2637113

Non Prophet Status

http://nonprophetstatus.com/2011/09/19/the-environment-of-transformation-what-small-town-living-has-taught-me-about-interfaith-2/

Author: Katie Glaeser

Source: The CNN Belief Blog

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/10/secular-student-group-doubles-number-of-global-affiliates/

An umbrella group for secular students says it has doubled it size in two years, with 250 affiliates in high school and college campuses around the world.

"We're witnessing a major shift in our society,” Secular Student...

Author: Francis X. Rocca

Source: BeliefNet News

Wire Service: RNS

http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2011/01/vatican-to-launch-dialogue-wit.php

The Vatican announced a new initiative aimed at promoting dialogue between theists and atheists to be launched with a two-day event this March in Paris.

Author: David Briggs

Source: The Washington Post/ Association of Religion Data Archives

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-briggs/study-rising-religious-ti_b_811665.html

One of the last great efforts at state-sponsored atheism is a failure.

And not just any kind of failure. China has enforced its anti-religion policy through decades of repression, coercion and persecution, but the lack of success...

Author: Chris Stedman

Source: The Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-stedman/my-new-years-resolution-c_b_808023.html

It may be mid-January, but I'm still thinking of Christmas.

The week between Christmas and New Year's Eve just might be my favorite of the year. It is the one time that my entire family gets together. We spend several days eating our favorite foods, catching up and...

Author: Molly Muldoon

Source: Irish Central

http://www.irishcentral.com/news/Irish-atheists-want-to-be-recognized-in-census-113260599.html

A campaign has been launched by Irish atheists to have the preference to mark their religious preference in the next census, due to take place on Sunday April 10, 2011.

Author: Rikki Klaus

Source: WHNT 19 News

http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-billboard-reaction,0,2544518.story

There's a sign that's firing people up across north Alabama. An Atheist organization paid for a billboard in Huntsville that says "You KNOW they're all SCAMS" and displays various religious symbols. The Interfaith Mission Service is voting Wednesday on whether to put up a sign of its own ... defending those religions. They say it...

Author: G. Jeffrey MacDonald

Source: BeliefNet News

http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2011/01/atheists-diversity-woes-have-n.php

Alix Jules is an atheist, but for years he felt uncomfortable at gatherings of nonbelievers. The reason: He's black.

"I got really tired of going back and forth to free thought events and being the only black person there," said Jules, 36, who lives in Dallas. "It was not...

Author: Kiernan Maletsky

Source: The Denver Westword

http://blogs.westword.com/latestword/2010/12/atheist_invocation_city_council_colorado.php

An atheist will give the invocation at Grand Junction City Council's first meeting of 2011. It will be the crowning achievement of a two-and-a-half-year effort by the Western Colorado Atheists & Freethinkers to get their voice heard at City Hall. And it will be the...

Author: Gordon Dickson

Source: The Star-Telegram

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/12/15/2708144/religious-ads-banned-from-fort.html

Two weeks after controversy erupted because the Fort Worth Transportation Authority accepted ads with the atheist message "Millions of Americans are Good Without God," the T board revised its policy Wednesday night to ban all religious ads effective Jan. 1.

Author: Shirley Jinkins

Source: The Star-Telegram

http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/12/02/2674421/fort-worth-pastors-call-for-bus.html

A group of Fort Worth African-American pastors is calling for a passenger boycott of city buses displaying advertising signs that they say are offensive to Christians.

The disputed signs read "Millions of Americans are Good Without God" and were paid for by the...