The Freedom From Religion Foundation has produced a television ad for atheism featuring Ron Reagan, which was aired on May 22 on live editions of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
U.S. District Court Judge John Jones III nullified Pennsylvania’s ban on same-sex marriages on May 20 after quashing the teaching of intelligent design in public schools earlier.
After school in Idaho banned a controversial book from its reading list, a student at the school organized a free distribution of the book at a nearby park. This led to Christian parents demanding the book be banned across America.
Creationist Ken Ham was rather unhappy with the Tri-State Freethinkers distributing copies of author Hemant Mehta’s book The Young Atheist’s Survival Guide in a public school in Kentucky.
John Abdallah Wambere, a prominent LGBT activist in Uganda has sought political asylum in the United States after citing his country’s “Jail the Gays” law.
The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) and the Northern Ohio Freethought Society recently put up 11 billboards across Akron and Cleveland urging atheists to come out of the closet.