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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 [...]

Here’s the link, if you’re overseas, in the Armed Forces and want to get some books.

They’re getting younger every year. My assistant shows off the Seattle Atheists holiday sign on the capitol grounds in Olympia on Saturday. About 15 people and Fox News were in attendance, but none of the hyper-religious crowds from last year.

… not posture for political gain and tilt at windmills? I call BS on this.
via Jesse Galef, via FriendlyAtheist
A bill sponsored by 19 House Republicans wants to reaffirm that people can celebrate Christmas and mention God. I’m guessing this is in response to a gross misunderstanding of current legal concerns over displays that are government-sponsored [...]

Via BoingBoing:
Rick Warren does the right thing
Rick Warren has officially come out against the proposed laws in Uganda that would make homosexuality a crime, punishable by death in some cases. In an open letter to the pastors of Uganda (with whom Warren has a great deal of influence from his missionary work) the American mega-pastor [...]

In addition to the ongoing SeasonLESS food drive, Seattle Atheists is working on a new project, in cooperation with Operation Paperback, which will provide paperback books for the troops. Donated books will have a little sticker inside to show that they were donated by Seattle Atheists. Jenny, who is running the project, will be posting [...]

From American Atheists, Inc., and this is urgent!
For more information, please contact:
Ed Buckner, President (770) 803-5353
C-Street “Christian Mafia,” Mega-Church Pastor need to “come clean” on backing for Uganda death penalty for gays proposal
An Atheist public policy group today called up lawmakers linked to the Christian group supporting a Uganda death penalty for gays proposal, and [...]

Another very worthy donation recipient is the Secular Coalition for America.
December 10, 2009
I proudly serve on the Advisory Board of Secular Coalition for America.  I do so as a non-American because American public policy decisions affect the entire world and the Secular Coalition is a unique voice on Capitol Hill representing the interests of secular [...]

If you’re looking for a worthy charity to donate to, here’s my recommendation. I usually do a lot of end-of-year giving — last year, it was the Humane Society. This year, it’ll be Big Brothers, Big Sisters, in honor of our friend and former member Dave C., who passed away this year. He was a [...]