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Thank You from Children’s Hospital

Minnesota Atheists recently received the following letter from Children’s Minnesota. This is a response to our “War on Christmas” gift drive and wrapping event. The board also adds our thanks to Caroline for coordinating this and so many of our other community-service events. Dear Friends, Your generosity is truly appreciated Read more…

By Minnesota Atheists, 1 weekJanuary 27, 2023 ago
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News and Notes: Supremely Awful Opinion

By George Francis Kane On December 13, President Biden signed into law the Respect for Marriage Act, which requires states to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages performed in other states. Those marriages were already protected by the Supreme Court, which had overturned state laws denying recognition of interracial marriages (Loving Read more…

By Minnesota Atheists, 3 weeksJanuary 17, 2023 ago
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Opinion: Democrats Ignore the Johnson Amendment in Pursuit of Black Voters

By George Francis Kane Donald Trump knew that conservative Christians were his core constituency, and so was always eager to promote their political power. In particular, he declared his determination to end the so-called Johnson Amendment, the provision in the tax code that prohibits churches and other non-profit organizations to Read more…

By Minnesota Atheists, 3 weeksJanuary 13, 2023 ago
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Letters The Star Tribune Did Not Publish

By George Francis Kane On December 6 the Star Tribune reprinted a Ross Douthat commentary opposing legal physician-assisted dying for people with a terminal illness. I sent it out to a small working group that is writing letters-to-the-editor to promote the secularist view on current issues. Steve Petersen and I Read more…

By Minnesota Atheists, 4 weeksJanuary 10, 2023 ago
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Christianity’s Pharisees Rule The Court and The Womb

By Lee Salisbury, Axis of Logic In a 1968 symposium sponsored by the Christian Medical Society and the flagship magazine of evangelicals, Christianity Today, evangelicals refused to characterize abortion as sinful, citing “individual health, family welfare, and social responsibility” as justification for ending a pregnancy. In 1971, delegates to the Read more…

By Minnesota Atheists, 3 monthsNovember 10, 2022 ago

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