Posts Tagged ‘American atheists’

Atheist group suing shelter over Catholic blessing of animals

Thursday, November 30th, 2017

An atheist group in Teteboro is suing to stop an annual blessing of the animals at a New Jersey shelter. NJ.com reports American Atheists Inc. claims in a federal lawsuit the Bergen County Animal Shelter’s blessing of the animals by a Roman Catholic priest violates the First and Fourth Amendments. Read more

NZ evangelist plans to feed the 5000 (atheists)

Friday, May 20th, 2016

New Zealand-born evangelist and creationist Ray Comfort has announced he is planning to feed 5000 atheists  attending the the Reason Rally. “We are hoping to feed 5,000 — it’s been done before,” he said. Comfort will be handing out $25,000 worth of Subway gift cards, alongside a copy of his book, Why Pigs Will Fly Before Read more

Atheist TV channel to start broadcasting in US

Friday, May 9th, 2014

The first US television station dedicated solely to atheist content is set to be launched in July. This was announced by American Atheists president David at Stanford University in California on May 6. He said the channel will run atheist content 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Religion News Service reported that Read more