At the start of the summer break, a group of freethinkers showed up outside the Boone County Schools to distribute copies of The Young Atheist’s Survival Guide to students.
Tensions that stemmed from La Vista Mayor Doug Kindig’s alleged comments to an atheist in the midst of a Memorial Day service led to a political storm on June 2nd.
A controversial Muslim cleric who earlier backed a fatwa authorizing the killing of American soldiers in Iraq, was promoted by the State Department’s Counter Terrorism (CT) Bureau on May 23.
Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter to Iowa officials asking the state government not to fund a Christian-themed park in Sioux City.
The principal of a reputed Catholic school in suburban Philadelphia apologized to parents for having sent out dance invitations that featured Ellen DeGeneres on it.
