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Tacoma Atheists was the proud sponsor of the Frost Park Chalk-off #15, over there at Pacific and 9th. It hot and the pavement was baking, but there was some good art to be had, including this mysterious Flying Spaghetti Monster that magically appeared on the pavement… hmmm… must be a MIRACLE. Thanks to RR Anderson [...]

What: NWFC 4th of July Potluck Picnic
When: Sunday, July 4, 2010 1:00 PM
Where: Ravenna Park, 2000 NE 58th St, Seattle, WA 98105
The Northwest Freethought Coalition (NWFC) is celebrating Independence Day and the arrival of summer with its 5th annual potluck picnic. NWFC group members, friends, and area freethinkers are invited to this all-day event on [...]

Edwin Kagin, the National Legal Director for American Atheists, will be a guest on the NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams this weekend. He will discuss “Chaplains in the workplace.”
Mr. Kagin noted:  “While not illegal (unless the entity is the government), it is bad business to inject the most divisive issue in the world into [...]

Last week right wing wackadoo Glenn Beck spoke out about a scourge taking over the nation’s churches: Social justice. That’s right, social justice. If Jesus ever lived, died, lived again, and then eventually got buried under the Louvre in Paris, he’d be turning over in his grave.
Well, Glenn’s about to face [...]

For those of you wondering, nonresponsibility isn’t really a word. But then, of course, that’s the least of the Roman Catholic Church’s problems. And it’s always been a problem that went all the way to the top (partly because the Church is a scam, and partly because, in the immortal words of Neo, [...]

Bruce Ramsey and Lynne Varney regularly squabble on a Seattle Times Editorial blog series called Civil Disagreement. Today’s topic: the recent 9th Circuit ruling upholding “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.
I’m posting this for two reasons: First, it’s topical and we’re interested in this sort of thing. Second, it’s [...]

Isn’t that a little on the nose? I mean, I thought you’re supposed to just HINT at the coming of the Dominion of God, right?
I’m trying to be serious here, but every time I try to contextualize this video appropriately, I stumble into the phrase “a growing storm” and I can’t stop laughing. Janet Porter [...]

Missed this one a couple days ago, but just catching up now. Yes, let us all remind ourselves that without God, there can be no morality.
Gay News Watch | Papal aide, Vatican men’s choir in gay prostitution ring
“Put on some music, swallow a Viagra, and adelante!”
That’s the headline in Europe today following [...]

Judi Gladstone, one of the Secular Jewish Circle co-founders, will be facilitating a discussion of the “You are not alone” billboard at two Seattle public libraries in February (selected for their proximity to the billboard on Lake City Way). While this will be an opportunity for outreach for our secular Jewish organization, it’s also meant [...]

This disgraceful letter to the editor appeared in The Tacoma News Tribune today, and made me just see red:

Christians stepping up; where are atheists?
By Brad Eleken, of  Graham
My prayers go out to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, and I will help by donating through a Christian charity. I am thankful that the United [...]