A group of nine men that attended the Southern Decadence Festival in New Orleans yesterday were arrested and jailed for violating a new city ordinance that prohibits religious and other free speech after sundown on the city’s famed Bourbon Street. The ordinance, which was passed in October 2011, is called “Aggressive Solicitation.” While it aims […]

An atheist delivered the invocation at Thursday night’s city council meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Instead of praying to God,  Dan Nerren, a founder of the Humanist Association of Tulsa, “prayed” to those gathered. Some heads were bowed and some eyes were closed as Nerren offered a contemplative moment from his secular, humanist perpective. “I’ll be invoking […]

A Muslim organization is hosting events in Charlotte, North Carolina this weekend to coincide with the upcoming Democratic National Convention. The Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs (BIMA) began by hosting a Jumah prayer service in Marshall Park yesterday afternoon. Jumah is another word for the high Islamic prayers that are regularly offered up on Fridays. While the […]

The National Atheist Party has announced that it has canceled its upcoming convention due to a lack of sufficient funds. The political organization states that it had planned to host its second annual rally in October of this year in Boston, Massachusetts, but  the lack of ample donations threatened the financial stability of the party. […]

The Republican National Convention came to a close Thursday night, featuring a Mormon invocation and Catholic benediction, an acceptance speech from nominee Mitt Romney, musical entertainment, and numerous speeches from politicians, Olympic stars and celebrities across America. In the evening, the invocation was delivered by former Massachusetts Mormon stake president Kenneth Hutchins as per Romney’s request. […]

While many have been up in arms about Obamacare’s contraceptive coverage mandate, some are now just beginning to realize that the free coverage extends to sterilization for women — including female children. Sterilization is a procedure where any woman of childbearing age, usually as young as 12, can have surgery to permanently alter their reproductive […]

Despite the arrival of Hurricane Isaac, which has been pounding much of the Southeast this week, revelers at this year’s Southern Decadence Festival are moving forward with their public celebration of homosexuality. The festival, also known as the “Gay Mardi Gras,” officially began on Wednesday, and is expected to continue through Labor Day. Over 100,000 […]

A billboard advertisement mocking Christianity that was placed by a prominent atheist organization has been pulled following public outcry against its blasphemous message. American Atheists, founded by Madeline Murray O’Hair, says that it sought to place billboards taking issue with religion in politics near the sites of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in order to […]

Thousands are expected to participate in prayer efforts beginning next month centered around the upcoming presidential election. America for Jesus, an organization led by megachurch leader Anne Gimenez of Virginia Beach, Virginia, will host an event called The Awakening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 28th and 29th. According to the event website, the event is […]

The owners of a Vermont Bed and Breakfast have agreed to pay $10,000 in fines and another $20,000 in settlement funds surrounding same-sex civil union ceremonies held on their property. Jim and Mary O’Reilly own the Wildflower Inn in Lydonville, Vermont, a facility that for many years also hosted weddings. In 2000, then Governor Howard […]