ZFb 2009 Archive
Below are all 309 posts from 2009.
(Most recent posts)
(Posts from 2010 – 401 posts)
December 30, 2009 – Doing Wrong for “Right,” The Continuing Ex-Gay Lesbian Custody Battle
December 29, 2009 – The ZackFord Blogs Top 10 of 2009
December 21, 2009 – Some ZFb Holiday Tidbits
December 18, 2009 – How Long Until We Have Campus Atheist Resource Centers?
December 17, 2009 – Why Is It “Disrespectful” and “Offensive” To Challenge Religious Beliefs?
December 15, 2009 – Music Is About Freedom and Unity, Not Lee-gham Homophobia
December 14, 2009 – What’s Your Favorite Atheist Holiday Tradition?
December 14, 2009 – Reflections: Why Are Ithaca College Pianos a Big Deal?
December 14, 2009 – IC Pianogate: Words of Support From Alumni
December 14, 2009 – IC Pianogate: Some Videos From The Vigil
December 13, 2009 – IC Pianogate – Updates From Campus: Whalen Fully Open Again
December 13, 2009 – Update For Current IC Music Students Looking To Practice
December 13, 2009 – Attention Ithaca College School of Music Alumni! Your Support Is Needed!
December 13, 2009 – Ithacan Reports: More than 60 pianos vandalized in Whalen School of Music
December 13, 2009 – Ithaca College School of Music Attacked, Pianos and Percussion Equipment Destroyed
December 10, 2009 – Two New Cool LGBT Projects You Should Check Out
December 9, 2009 – The Onion Takes a Stab at The F-Word
December 8, 2009 – How The AFA Spins Creationist Propaganda
December 8, 2009 – An LGBT/Religion/Higher Ed Issue? I Can’t Not Weigh In
December 7, 2009 – Some “War On Christmas” Humor
December 7, 2009 - Society Is Better Off Without Religion: The Supporting Research
December 6, 2009 – Unsurprisingly, There Are SO Many Things Wrong With This WND Story
December 2, 2009 – Cowardly Vote Against Marriage Equality in NY
November 30, 2009 – A Looooooong But Spirited Job Search
November 28, 2009 – Social Justice Education = “Indoctrination” and “Reeducation”
November 27, 2009 – Religious Indoctrination at a Discount!
November 26, 2009 – An Atheist Who Loves The Xmas Season
November 25, 2009 – The ZackFord Blogs First Big Google Wave Experiment!! (It was not very successful.)
November 25, 2009 – Paranoid About Sex, Paranoid About Homosexuality, Paranoid About Adam Lambert
November 21, 2009 – Why I Have Mixed Feelings About Thanksgiving
November 20, 2009 – “Religious Liberty” My Ass! – The Manhattan Declaration
November 19, 2009 – Glee Demonstrates My Straight Man-Gay Man Theory!
November 19, 2009 – I Think People Who Can’t Discern Between Sexual Orientation and Paraphilia Should Shut Up
November 18, 2009 – Don’t Read Harry Potter and Don’t Shop at Gap/Diversity Is a Cancer
November 18, 2009 – What Can Straight Men Learn From Their Gay Friends?
November 17, 2009 – Oaths, Pledges, and Vows, Oh My! Religious Privilege Running Our Lives
November 16, 2009 – Why Is Society So Afraid and Ashamed of Sex? Short Answer: Religion.
November 13, 2009 – Queer Equality Movement, Meet Your Enemy: Ignorance
November 12, 2009 – Higher Ed Struggles to Serve Atheist Students
November 12, 2009 – Carrie Prejean: In Case You Thought There Was No Such Thing As Bad Press
November 11, 2009 – GAP – “Christmas” = Inclusivity + Bigotry? WHAT?
November 10, 2009 – The Psychological Impact of Advocacy – You Can’t Rip a Ream
November 9, 2009 – It’s Time to Hold Democrats Accountable for LGBT Rights
November 9, 2009 – Fallacy After Fallacy: The Flawed Paranoia of Marriage-Equality Opponents
November 7, 2009 – South Park, The F-Word, and The N-Word
November 6, 2009 – A Celebration of Oppression – The AFA “Christmas” Campaign Claims KY
November 6, 2009 – We Have To Stop Letting God Be A Crutch For Hate
November 4, 2009 – What Discrimination Looks Like – Maine’s Yes on 1
November 3, 2009 – Will History Be Made or Will an Ugly Precedent Prevail?
November 3, 2009 – IL Parents Afraid of Their Kids Learning About the World They Live In?
November 2, 2009 – Republican Response To an Outspoken Democrat: Demonize, Demonize, Demonize!
November 2, 2009 – Hey Obama, The New York Times Would Be a Great Role Model For You Today
November 1, 2009 - A Look Back at an Exciting October at ZFb
October 31, 2009 – Reflections on the Faces For Equality Project
October 30, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Dana Strickler
October 29, 2009 – Anti-Gay Mainers Ready to Intimidate State With Church
October 29, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Rebecca Geller
October 29, 2009 – Hateful Opposition to Hate Crimes Legislation
October 29, 2009 – Kenya Will Count Gays, The United States Won’t
October 29, 2009 – Reflections on the Passing of Hate Crimes Legislation
October 29, 2009 – Stand For Marriage Maine Hits Close To Home
October 28, 2009 – Faces For Equality – Judi Israel
October 28, 2009 – Oh The Irony Of Atheists’ Threatening To Pray
October 27, 2009 – Abstinence-Only: A Reminder Of How People Let Beliefs Trump Fact
October 27, 2009 – Really, Scalia? Does “Originalist” Mean You’d Own Slaves If You Could?
October 27, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Matt Perfetuo and Steve Riggle
October 27, 2009 – Colbert Says Approve Referendum 71!
October 27, 2009 – Hope College Prefers Moral Ignorance Over Cognitive Dissonance
October 26, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Christopher Parker
October 24, 2009 – Gosh, I Didn’t Mean We Should IGNORE DADT
October 24, 2009 – In Case You Weren’t Sure What Transphobia Looked Like
October 23, 2009 – Support For LGBT Elders = “Devolution Of Our Society”
October 23, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Jaquelline Robertson (aka “Lexi Divine”)
October 23, 2009 – Sorry, Your Marriages Don’t Count—Literally
October 23, 2009 – Can We Please Stop Wasting So Much Time Talking About Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?
October 22, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Scott Ruppert and Robert Richendollar
October 22, 2009 – “Mysticism” Should Be a Buzzword For “STAY AWAY!”
October 21, 2009 – Faces For Equality: LaDesta Atkinson
October 21, 2009 – Now Here Is a Christian That Supports Queer Equality
October 21, 2009 – If Pat Robertson Speaks For “Christians,” Who Speaks Against “Christians”?
October 21, 2009 – I Blog To Make a Difference
October 20, 2009 – Defunct Laws Used To Maintain Persecution
October 20, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Carol Benevy
October 19, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Matthew Dimick
October 19, 2009 – Let The Repeal DOMA Money Wars Begin
October 19, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Debra Sweet
October 19, 2009 – Should a Goal of Higher Education Be Enforcing Gender Expectations?
October 18, 2009 – Would The Rapture Be So Bad?
October 18, 2009 – Ballad of the Lovers
October 17, 2009 – Does Higher Education Understand The Culture of Blogging?
October 16, 2009 - Faces For Equality: Becky Barton
October 16, 2009 - Thank You For Supporting ME and WA, Obama! Oh wait, nevermind.
October 16, 2009 - Balloon Boy Demonstrates Challenge of Spreading Atheism
October 16, 2009 - Faces For Equality: Eddy Disla
October 15, 2009 - Sunshine Restored To Washington State (Ref. 71)
October 15, 2009 – Christian Universities Struggle With Teaching Legitimate Science
October 15, 2009 - Faces For Equality: Lana Thiel
October 15, 2009 - Faces For Equality: Maria Peeples
October 15, 2009 – Republicans Prefer Partisanship Over Gang Rape Victims?
October 14, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Ron Hunt
October 14, 2009 – Joe Solmonese Needs To Stop Trying To Be A Peacemaker
October 14, 2009 – Religion and Beliefs Obfuscate Basic Legal Precedents
October 14, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Lili Leon
October 14, 2009 – What is Religious Freedom? LDS Chimes in… ugh.
October 13, 2009 – Faces For Equality: David Melson
October 13, 2009 – Swedish Middle Schoolers Challenge Toys “R” Us’s Patriarchy
October 13, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Less Henderson
October 13, 2009 – No More Money For HRC, I Think
October 13, 2009 – The Language of Queer Liberation
October 12, 2009 – Faces For Equality: Sean Chapin
October 12, 2009 – Some Pictures From The National Equality March
October 12, 2009 – A March To Be Proud Of
October 11, 2009 – I’m Gay And I’m Marching For My Equality
October 11, 2009 – First Thoughts on Obama’s HRC Speech
October 10, 2009 – Proud To Be A Blogger
October 9, 2009 – Get Ready Obama, Here We Come!
October 9, 2009 – Impeach Obama?/Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize?
October 9, 2009 – Atheism Pervading The Subconscious Vernacular? It is what it is.
October 8, 2009 – Colbert vs. Conservapedia
October 8, 2009 – What To Do This Weekend At The National Equality March!
October 8, 2009 – Call To Stand Shows Where People Stand (NEM)
October 8, 2009 – Ugh, Women Are NOT Being Portrayed Well On TV
October 7, 2009 – No, I Will Not Pray For Persecuted 6-Year-Old “Christians”
October 7, 2009 – Introducing Faces For Equality
October 7, 2009 – Juxtaposition: Gender Identity Discrimination and Gender Identity Resistance
October 7, 2009 – Don’t Wait On Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
October 7, 2009 – Why Now? Well, Will & Grace Didn’t Legislate Anything…
October 6, 2009 – Is Obama Bringing People Together… Against Him?
October 6, 2009 – Painting Obama Into a Rainbow Corner
October 5, 2009 – When Is The “Appropriate Time” for Queer Equality?
October 5, 2009 – ZackFord AND Lady Gaga at the NEM!
October 5, 2009 – ZFB Green Test for Feed Readers!
October 4, 2009 – Reflections on “The Invention of Lying”
October 4, 2009 – Counting Down to the National Equality March
October 3, 2009 – All The More Reason Privilege Isn’t Due: Beliefs vs. Facts
October 2, 2009 – ZackFord Blogs 2.0: Let The Tweaking Begin!
October 1, 2009 – ZFB Upgrades, Google Wave, Pete Berg
September 30, 2009 – Atheism and Religious Beliefs Are NOT And Never Will Be On The Same Page
September 29, 2009 – Religion Doesn’t Determine What Homosexuality Is or Isn’t
September 29, 2009 – So Why Am I Single???
September 28, 2009 – Best of My First 1500 Tweets
September 27, 2009 – Five (Whiny) Tips For Atheists I’ll Likely Ignore
September 27, 2009 – Religious Privilege Primer – 8 – Concluding Reflections
September 27, 2009 – Religious Privilege Primer – 7 – Undeserved Respect
September 27, 2009 – Religious Privilege Primer – 6 – Critical Thinking and Indoctrination
September 27, 2009 – Religious Privilege Primer – 5 – Atheism and Privilege of Beliefs
September 27, 2009 – Religious Privilege Primer – 4 – Religious Privilege
September 27, 2009 – Religious Privilege Primer – 3 – Christian Privilege
September 27, 2009 – Religious Privilege Primer – 2 – What is Privilege?
September 27, 2009 – Religious Privilege Primer – 1 – Introduction: Reflections on Prop 8
September 27, 2009 – Religious Privilege Primer – Preface: Roots of ZFB
September 26, 2009 – Let’s Enforce Tax Law Against Belligerent Pastors
September 25, 2009 – Adopt a Conservative’s Time To Waste!
September 25, 2009 – Feigning Compassion To Reinforce One’s Own Agenda
September 24, 2009 – Coming Out Might Be Easier, But It’s Still Hard
September 23, 2009 – When Following on Twitter Becomes Fanatic
September 22, 2009 – AFA: We’ve Only Got 3 Months To Save Christmas!
September 22, 2009 – Fresh Air, Stale Philosophy: Karen Armstrong
September 20, 2009 – How to Patronize the President in the Name of Religious Privilege
September 19, 2009 – ZackFord Vlogs #3 – Zack Dabbles at the Piano
September 19, 2009 – Arizona Clearly Doesn’t Benefit From Governor Brewer
September 18, 2009 – Friday Fundamentalist Farce File #8
September 18, 2009 – A Poultry Poem (Dedicated to Ernie Anastos)
September 17, 2009 – The Anti-Christ, Immaculate Conception, and Gay Men’s Sex Roles
September 16, 2009 – Some Updates to the Meme Collection and Terminology Page
September 14, 2009 – Tax-Exempt Cake and Political Fundraising Too
September 13, 2009 – A Poetry Logo!!!
September 11, 2009 – Right To Secretly Create Legal Discrimination Preserved (Ref. 71)
September 10, 2009 – Defend Joe Wilson Against Leftist Attacks!!
September 10, 2009 – AFA Action Alert: “The Mythical ‘Safe Sex’ Message”
September 10, 2009 – Atheism, Contratheism, and Why I’m An Antitheist
September 9, 2009 – Anonymous Criticism = Cowardice
September 9, 2009 – AFA and I Agree: New A&F Shirts Are Inappropriate
September 8, 2009 – Thoughts on the big 2-4…
September 4, 2009 – Some Unemployment Poetry
September 2, 2009 – I Don’t Want You To Pray For Me
August 29, 2009 – Academic Standards and Religious Doctrine Don’t Mix
August 28, 2009 – Washington State Keeps Public Speech Public (Ref. 71)
August 28, 2009 – Truth For Youth? More Like Beans For Teens
August 27, 2009 – Some Battlestar Galactica Silliness
August 25, 2009 – Atheist Discrimination Then and Now
August 18, 2009 – Why I Love Tim Minchin (And You Should Too)
August 14, 2009 – Dark Parallels (Probably Intentional)
August 13, 2009 – Anonymous People Don’t Get Free Speech (Ref. 71)
August 12, 2009 – What Are Those Christians Actually Afraid Of?
August 12, 2009 – When ZackFord Fell Out of a Plane
August 11, 2009 – Religious People Are NOT Better Citizens, Community Members Are
August 10, 2009 – Masculinity (According to Craigslist)
August 8, 2009 – Why Don’t We Learn From Our Villains?
August 7, 2009 – Christians Ignoring Science: That’s the Joke!
August 7, 2009 – The APA’s Report on Reparative Therapy (Abridged Summary)
August 6, 2009 – Religious Oppression and Indoctrination—Literally!
August 4, 2009 – Religion in Education, Student Affairs, and Skepticism
August 3, 2009 – ZackFord Vlogs #2 – Pennsylvania, Beards, and Deep Space 9
July 27, 2009 – Faculty Responsible for Campus Climate, Too! (NYU School of Law)
July 19, 2009 – Outaversary: 5 Years Since I Let Myself Be Me
July 17, 2009 – Pat Buchanon: The Epitome of Racism in Our Country
July 15, 2009 – Atheists’ Lawsuit Prompts AFA’s Honesty
July 13, 2009 – Academic Freedom: Anti-gay Opinions vs. Anti-gay Untruths
July 10, 2009 – Brüno: It Takes Silly Absurdities to Reveal Harsh Realities
July 8, 2009 – Obama, wishy-washy pandering makes me feel better… how?
June 28, 2009 – Let us be inspired by the Stonewall Riots
June 26, 2009 – ZackFord Vlogs #1 – ZackFord Vlogs!
June 26, 2009 – UPDATE: The Exorcist Speaks…
June 26, 2009 – Other Christians Defend Exorcism, Victim Meme Like WHOA.
June 25, 2009 – Unraveling tradition: simple respect with complicated solutions
June 24, 2009 – Ironically, My “This I Believe” Essay
June 21, 2009 – Why I Do Not Respect Beliefs
June 19, 2009 – Why faith is scary in ANY form, extremist or not.
June 18, 2009 – O Disappointment (A Poem)
June 17, 2009 – Why Pride Is Important – Some Scenes from Des Moines
June 15, 2009 – Poem for a Tired Atheist
June 12, 2009 – Reconceptualizing Atheism, Introducing “Antibelief” and “Contratheism”
June 10, 2009 – LGBT Human Rights Nationally – The Dallas Principles
June 10, 2009 – LGBT Human Rights Internationally – The Yogyakarta Principles
June 9, 2009 – Moving ahead with the job search process
June 7, 2009 – Music Bringing People Together at PS22
June 5, 2009 – Friday Fundamentalist Farce File #7
June 3, 2009 – Sorry white men (and Ann Coulter), Sotomayor is not a racist. You are.
June 2, 2009 – The Word “Believe” to a Non-believer
May 31, 2009 – ZFB Updates! New page, new logos, new blogroll membership!
May 31, 2009 – Letter from the Iowa Governor
May 29, 2009 – Friday Fundamentalist Farce File #6
May 28, 2009 – The Privilege of Religiously-Affiliated Universities to Defy Ethical Standards
May 27, 2009 – Why the Prop 8 Decision Inhibits Equality
May 26, 2009 – California’s Day of Decision: A Nation Sighs as Prop 8 Persists
May 22, 2009 – Friday Fundamentalist Farce File #5
May 22, 2009 – Happy Harvey Milk Day!
May 22, 2009 – The U.N. apparently supports the “Respect” meme.
May 21, 2009 – NPR: The Science of Spirituality
May 20, 2009 – Why Higher Education Should NOT Promote “Spirituality” or “Spiritual Development”
May 19, 2009 – An Atheist Who Loves Gospel Music
May 17, 2009 – Faithist Memes, Religious Privilege, Victimization, and Bad Arguments
May 16, 2009 – “…of both worlds,” a unique adventure.
April 16, 2009 – What Happens When We Don’t Encourage Critical Thinking: TeaBagging.
April 3, 2009 – Marriage Equality in Iowa.
April 3, 2009 – Wow. Iowa.
April 2, 2009 – Today For You, Tomorrow For Me?
April 2, 2009 – Three Poems for a Weekend Away
March 28, 2009 – Another Dead Week
March 24, 2009 – Job Searching and Personal PR
March 20, 2009 – Friday Fundamentalist Farce File #4
March 19, 2009 – No, no no! Science is science and there is no debate!
March 18, 2009 – America, America, God shed his guilt on thee!
March 12, 2009 – What the heck is going on?
March 9, 2009 – They Love Me, They Love Me Not
March 6, 2009 – Friday Fundamentalist Farce File #3
March 5, 2009 – History might be made today: The fate of Prop 8
March 4, 2009 – What if there were no God? Zack confirms the rumors.
March 3, 2009 – Okay, Prop 8, We’re ANGRY! Here’s our cute little ad…
March 3, 2009 – Alert! Medical Professionals Might Have To Do Their Job!
March 2, 2009 – ZFB’s New Domain!
March 2, 2009 – Misunderstanding Affirmative Action
February 27, 2009 – Friday Fundamentalist Farce File #2
February 26, 2009 – MMMMmmm….. Smells like BS! I mean… CLEAN COAL! :-)
February 24, 2009 – Atheism at the Oscars
February 24, 2009 – This is for you, Harvey!
February 23, 2009 – U-Michigan working towards a post-gender society
February 20, 2009 – The good, the bad, and the ugly… we endure them together.
February 20, 2009 – Friday Fundamentalist Farce File #1
February 20, 2009 – Why I Work in LGBT Affairs
February 19, 2009 – “Moral” Judgment vs. Academic Freedom
February 16, 2009 – Expelled – Don’t Bother.
February 13, 2009 – Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 12, 2009 – Happy Darwin Day! The Fundies are Recruiting!
February 12, 2009 – Not so silent, probably not so “Christian” either…
February 11, 2009 – The Way Justice and NonDiscrimination Are Supposed to Work
February 9, 2009 – Freedom to Marry Week
February 5, 2009 – When identities don’t just defy norms, they supercede them…
February 3, 2009 – Creating Change… and then changing back…
February 2, 2009 – Gender-Neutral Pronouns
February 1, 2009 - Creating Change in Denver – First Reflections
January 31, 2009 – Creating Change in Denver – State of the Movement
January 31, 2009 – Creating Change in Denver – Things I Love
January 30, 2009 – Creating Change in Denver – Thursday
January 28, 2009 – Denver-Bound
January 28, 2009 – *GASP* THere are atheists in our universities!
January 25, 2009 – Can of Worms/Pandora’s Box/Just Another ZackFord Day
January 23, 2009 – Are you thinking about the same West Wing I’m thinking about?
January 23, 2009 – Limited Posting This Week…
January 22, 2009 – Umm…. Can I legally testify?
January 21, 2009 – Follow-up to “Religious Liberty”
January 21, 2009 – LGBT Liberty vs. Religious “Liberty”
January 20, 2009 – BHO = POTUS. Now what? I’m still an atheist American.
January 20, 2009 – Life and history get in the way sometimes…
January 18, 2009 – It’s nice to hear eloquent voices express profound thoughts…
January 17, 2009 – Reminding ourselves of the conviction we have…
January 15, 2009 – The Burden of Awareness
January 15, 2009 – Latter Day Financial Accountability
January 14, 2009 – Be a man! Be insensitive, overaggressive, homophobic knuckleheads like us!
January 14, 2009 – Blatant homophobic job discrimination NEVER happens anymore!
January 14, 2009 – New or Old, Politics = Politics, Even for Obama
January 14, 2009 – Who wrote your instruction manual?
January 14, 2009 – Anything? REALLY? ANYTHING??? How about… support my rights as a gay atheist????
January 13, 2009 – New Terminology Page
January 13, 2009 – Why aren’t we all protesting Kalamazoo?
January 12, 2009 – Brief moments of racial understanding…
January 11, 2009 – Holy Moly! Christians were bashed in 2008, like whoa!
January 10, 2009 – Learn the Harvey Milk Story
January 10, 2009 – The Legacy of Harvey Milk
January 9, 2009 – Cowards, “Victims,” and Hypocrites, OH MY!
January 9, 2009 – If gays were allowed to get married, it’d be like that atom bomb we dropped on Nagasaki…
January 8, 2009 – Graphs Tell All – Consequences of Gay Marriage
January 8, 2009 – The Christian Questionnaire
January 7, 2009 – Catching up my thoughts on Rick Warren at Inauguration…
January 7, 2009 – Trumping Prop 8′s supposed “race card”
January 6, 2009 – Speaking of being gay in college, it just got a little easier in Texas…
January 5, 2009 – College makes you gay! Is anyone surprised?
January 5, 2009 – It Begins…
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