The Prop 8 Decision: A Victory for Science and Education
Way back in January, I wrote a post about why atheists should care about the Prop 8 Trial, pointing out that science was on trial. I was not alone in pointing out that Perry v. Schwarzenegger is the Scopes Monkey Trial of our day, merely challenging psychology instead of biology. I think it is important [...]
The Prop 8 Decision: The Findings of Fact (Everything We Should Learn From This Trial)
I want to begin my coverage of the Prop 8 decision (Read it on Scribd) with the Findings of Fact. This is the series of 80 points Judge Walker used to organize the multitudes of information in the case. Note that these are not all the ideas that were presented in the case; these are [...]
If The Free Market Could Uphold Equality, We’d Already Have It
If the free market can supposedly account for prejudice, why is so much money being wasted defending discrimination?
So You Want To Be a Teabagger: Hiding Prejudice Behind Capitalism
Let’s imagine starting a new society, a whole new humanity. We’re playing SimEarth or Civilization here or something; just imagine it with me. We start it knowing everything we know now. We know there’s nothing to substantiate prejudice based on sex, gender, race, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Those identities all present naturally and in [...]
Atheism vs. Agnosticism in the Context of Religious Privilege
Seeing as how today is the unconstitutional National Day of Prayer and Daniel Florien just hosted an epic discussion about Atheism and Agnosticism over at Unreasonable Faith, I thought I would tap the very roots of my blog and offer my own perspective on the language of nonbelief in the context of religious privilege. I’ve [...]
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