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American Atheists President David Silverman sits on the Atheist monument at the Bradford County Courthouse in Starke, Fla. (Photo courtesy of Dave Muscato via Flickr)
 
Local officials in Florida this week rejected an atheist monument proposed for a courthouse lawn, another example of the hurdles religious minorities will face as they continue to press for equal access to displays on public lands.
Commissioners in Levy County, along the Gulf Coast of Florida, rejected an application filed by
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Ian Dodd (center), co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Sunday Assembly, sings with other attendees. Chapters of the godless church, founded by British comedians Sanderson Jones and Pippa Evans, have been spreading since launching in London in January 2013. (Jae C. Hong/AP)
It sometimes feels like church in the auditorium of the Professional Musicians union in Hollywood. It's a Sunday morning, and hundreds of people are gathered to meditate, sing and listen to inspirational poetry and st
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Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association and the Center for Humanist Activism speaks at the launch of a new political action committee during a Washington press conference today (Sept. 18). Maggie Ardiente (left), director of development and communications at the American Humanist Association, and Bishop McNeill (right), coordinator for the Freethought Equality Fund PAC, listen on. (RNS photo by Katherine Burgess)
A political action committee that bills itself
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reagan1-300x177.gifThe son of late former president Ronald Reagan has recorded a radio advertisement in promotion of a prominent atheist activist organization, in which he states that he is "not afraid of burning in Hell."
Ron Reagan says that he stopped attending church at twelve years old and has long been regarded as an atheist. Recently, he recorded a radio advertisement for the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), which has been airing this month on the Randi Rhodes Show.
"I'm Ron Reagan, an unabashed
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Who can people call when religious doubts arise, but they're afraid to talk to their faith leaders or families?
A group that helps people "recover" from religion says it's ready to pick up the phone.
Recovering from Religion, which has about 40 support groups in the U.S. and Britain, plans to launch a hotline that will offer doubters an anonymous place to ask difficult questions and find communities of like-minded nonbelievers.
The group plans to staff the help line 24 hours a day and is
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