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By Bjorn Watland What makes Minnesota Atheists different? In the Twin Cities alone, there are many groups which could fall under the “Freethought” banner. There is a student group – the Campus Atheists, Skeptics and Humanists of the University of Minnesota – and non-student groups like the Humanists of Minnesota, Read more
By Bjorn Watland Minnesota Atheists is the state’s largest and most active atheist organization. How did we get to be that way? Through the efforts of founding members, such as Shirley Moll, Steve Petersen and August Berkshire, our organization is continually fulfilling its mission to provide a welcoming community for Read more
By August Berkshire This will be my last column as Minnesota Atheists’ president, though I still hope to contribute to our newsletter from time to time. When I took office a year ago, I privately set five major, groundbreaking goals for Minnesota Atheists, all of which we have accomplished or Read more
by August Berkshire The big news this past month is that Minnesota Atheists was asked by Michael Newdow to join his lawsuit, “Newdow v. Roberts,” to stop government-sponsored religious activities at Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration on January 20. This came about because I had heard through national atheist sources that Read more
by August Berkshire For many years, Minnesota Atheists has published a combined November-December newsletter. This is because the main thing that happens in December is our winter solstice party, which we advertise in the November-December newsletter and often with a special separate mailing in December, as we did this year. Read more