Monthly Archives: November 2011

German court backs ban on school prayer

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A German federal court has backed a principal in banning a Muslim pupil from praying at school, ruling it could jeopardise the institution’s smooth running. Although the Leipzig-based federal administrative court found that the right to pray even at school was guaranteed by religious freedom under the constitution, it said students lose the right if a conflict is created in the process.

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Georgia Bill Would Require Religious Display on All License Plates

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A new bill pre-filed in the Georgia General Assembly this month would not only allow drivers to obtain license plates reading “In God We Trust,” but would in fact require them on all vehicles – unless drivers pay to cover it up. . . “In other words, if you feel the government should not be establishing a religion, you are going to have to pay to prove it.”

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Study: Legalizing Marijuana Reduces Traffic Deaths

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. . . [L]egalizing pot reduced traffic deaths by a stunning 9%, and reduced beer consumption by 5%. . . Reducing alcohol consumption is not only positive because it reduces traffic deaths, but also because alcohol is far more dangerous and addicting than marijuana (which is neither).

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Religion Needs To Be Eradicated From Government

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It’s disheartening, really. Pathetic, even, that a vast majority of United States citizens are blinded to how advanced we could be in the sciences, medicine, economic growth and foreign policy if religion were completely eradicated from government in all forms. . . Our children are dumbed-down by stubborn uber-religious teachers and administrators in our public schools who insist on “teaching the controversy” (read: lying to our kids)[. . .] The United States Government has no business invoking any god, gods, goddesses or anything else even remotely connected to religious belief. Our government is not in place to placate anyone’s religious beliefs, period. There should be no references to the religious beliefs of our politicians.

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Quote: PZ Myers

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Paul Zachary “PZ” Myers (born March 9, 1957)
Associate Professor of Biology at the University of Minnesota Morris, Author of the Pharyngula Freethought Blog, Public Critic of Intelligent Design, and Outspoken Atheist

It seems to be an obligatory opinion of people who believe in mockable and ridiculous things that they will oppose mockery and ridicule. I’m afraid there is no magical exemption — there isn’t a set of stupid beliefs that you get to set on a pedestal and declare that no one can call them stupid.