The policy change came in response to a complaint from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, which argued that the oath violated the constitutional freedom of religion.
This month, a Bombay high court sided with an atheist teacher, forcing the school to award him his pay raise and summarily acknowledging his constitutional rights.
The American Atheist group recently revealed its own atheist monument in same area as the Ten Commandment monument they tried to have removed last year. The group made the decision to erect their own monument in the same area, after losing their final court battle to have the nearby Ten Commandment monument removed, claiming it should not be placed on governmental property.
Rebecca Vitsmun has become famous after a statement she made after the devastating tornado that hit Moore, Oklahoma a few days ago. When asked whether she thanks the Lord for saving her life, she replied "I'm actually an atheist".
It was quite an event at a session of the Arizona House of Representatives after Juan Mendez, who is an atheist democratic representative of Tempe, took the chance given to people who would like to pray before the session started. However, he asked the people present not to bow their heads as is the norm during most prayers.
Oklahoma tornado survivor Rebecca laughingly admitted to CNN host Wolf Blitzer "I'm actually an atheist" when asked if she thanked the Lord for the decision she made that allowed her and her 19 month old son, Anders to narrowly escape the devastating effects that left the home she shared with Anders and her husband totally destroyed.
Two recent reports released by Statistics Canada show that figures gathered from the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) indicate that despite Canada still being very much a predominantly Christian country, there is a definite growing trend away from organized religion, and projections indicate this trend is very likely to continue.
