War on Christmas
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The Nightmare That Was Christmas (Death Never Dies)
Posted by Greg Laden on December 22, 2012 
I remember it as clearly as if it was yesterday, even though it happened years ago, even before you were born. I screamed silently, pinned on my back by the massive weight of a cotton blanket, legs frozen, the dark lights flickering as the human-like form approached, its arms raised in front like The Mummy…
The Salvation Army, GLBT Rights, Harry Potter, and Your Spare Change
Posted by Greg Laden on November 17, 2012 And a little bit of separation of church and state to go along with this. Next time you go to the grocery store or some other place which has the Salvation Army out front with its bell and its bucket, there are two, not one, but two things you should do. The first thing you…
Tradition!!!!
Posted by Greg Laden on November 18, 2011 Tradition. Not just a song from Fiddler on the Roof. You know the refrain: “The Papa, the Papa! Tradition.” It’s a great play but it is firmly rooted in the patriarchy, as “tradition” often is. There are many ways to define “tradition” and we can look it up somewhere and have a flameware over dictionary…
Today’s Bible Lesson…
Posted by Greg Laden on December 26, 2010 … will focus on Christmas.
Bringing the War on Christmas Into your Very Living Room
Posted by Greg Laden on December 7, 2010 I did a little (very little, very short) newsroom debate on Fox 9 with a guy named Tom who appears to represent conservative Christians regarding the question of “Does Christmas have place in schools?” I quickly add that even though that was the planned focus of the discussion, it was quickly revised to be “Oh,…
Pearl Harbor and the War on Christmas
Posted by Greg Laden on December 7, 2010 Yes, there is a connection …
Rape, Deer Hunting and the War on Christmas
Posted by Greg Laden on December 6, 2010 Is this thing on? Hello? Hello? …. Ah, thats better. Comcast, which every day seems to do something to piss me off, had a major sub-regional outage for the last several hours, it would seem. So, we’ve been floating free of the Internet and a few things have accumulated. First, this: Remember the rape charges…
Christmas is Hell
Posted by Greg Laden on December 21, 2009 People are very on edge today. More short and ill tempered than usual. I was walking along in Target and had that sense of tension and angst all around me, the feeling that everyone in the store would be happier if everyone else in the store was not there. As I was walking along I…
“Black Prison” interrogation video leaked
Posted by Greg Laden on December 17, 2009 This is just un-believ-able
Let the War on Christmas Begin. Atheist style.
Posted by Greg Laden on November 22, 2009 This week is Thanksgiving in the United States. This means that over the coming weekend many Americans will be putting up Christmas decorations in and outside their houses. Many children will be putting finishing touches on their letters to Santa. The shopping malls will start to fill and while economists examine and measure the retail…
It’s the economy, Santa!
Posted by Greg Laden on December 25, 2008 Totally stolen from the blog queen herself.
The Pope is a Dope
Posted by Greg Laden on December 23, 2008 A mean spirited midieval thinking shit of a dope who should be deposed and/or ignored by his sheep like followers. Pope Benedict XVI has said that saving humanity from homosexual or transsexual behaviour is just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction. He explained that defending God’s creation is not limited to saving the…
WOC Dispatch: Atheists Strike Hard in Illinois
Posted by Greg Laden on December 8, 2008 Remember the Atheist Sign that ruined everything for everybody up in Washington State? Well, now those damn free thinkers are going to impose their freedom of speech on the god fearing (or should that be “atheist fearing”) people of Illinois. Here’s the sign being provided by the Freedom from Religion Foundation: And it will be…
Washington State Faithful In Tizzy Over Atheist Affront
Posted by Greg Laden on December 8, 2008 The atheists … this time disguised as hedonistic sun worshipers … are at it again. A “Winter Solstice” sign bought and paid for by the Freedom from Religion Foundation identifying religion as “Myth and supersition that hardens hearts and enslaves minds” was put up at a holiday display. A whole bunch of religious yahoos got…
Psffffffffewwww…. BOOM
Posted by Greg Laden on December 7, 2008 Welcome to the War on Christmas. As I think it was Mike who pointed out for himself, “Happy Holidays” is what I learned to say when I was a kid because it was inclusive of New Years. Later, it continued to make sense because I discovered Jewish People. Eventually, by the time I was ten…
The softer side of the war on christmas
Posted by Greg Laden on November 24, 2008 Season’s greetings from the secular side by August Berkshire Minnesota Atheists ‘Tis the season. With winter coming, some members of the religious right have begun bracing themselves for the so-called annual atheists’ “war on Christmas.” While we think that the government and public schools should remain neutral when it comes to religious celebrations, we have…
War on Christmas Update: The European Theatre of Operation
Posted by Greg Laden on December 25, 2007 War On Christmas Truce Talks Break Down
Posted by Greg Laden on December 25, 2007 War on Christmas Update: Analysis
Posted by Greg Laden on December 25, 2007 War on Christmas: Fox News vs. The Atheist
Posted by Greg Laden on December 25, 2007 War on Christmas Update: The Seattle Front
Posted by Greg Laden on December 25, 2007 War on Christmas Equals War on Birthday
Posted by Greg Laden on December 25, 2007 War on Christmas Strategy Guide
Posted by Greg Laden on December 25, 2007 Twisted Chipmunks (no, not animal cruelty)
Posted by Greg Laden on December 24, 2007 What I’ve been looking for all morning …. a Link to the Twisted Chipmunk Christmas Song. Now I’m totally ready for the holidays!
The LOL Cat Bible Translation Project
Posted by Greg Laden on December 23, 2007 Genesis 1
This is a lot better than being called a dumb-ass
Posted by Greg Laden on December 23, 2007 … which is what most people who read my blog think. Turns out I’m wise, and I’m not alone…
War on Christmas Updates
Posted by Greg Laden on December 23, 2007 Dispatches: More War on Christmas Idiocy Regarding Pat Boone … What fucking universe do these people live in? I’d bet a month’s pay that not once in Pat’s entire life has even a single person ever objected to him saying “Merry Christmas” to them. Pharyngula: We have a Problem … The archbishop of Wales thinks…
Another Public School Teacher Goes Over the Line
Posted by Greg Laden on December 21, 2007 I have great respect for public school teachers. Hey, I married one! Mainly, of course, because I respect her. But they are not all good. Some of them are bad…
WOC Update: Riky Gervais Gets Serious
Posted by Greg Laden on December 20, 2007 Comedian Ricky Gervais has engaged in a debate about theology with the Archbishop of Canterbury – confessing at the end that he might have “blown his image” by taking life seriously. Gervais is more concerned that religious indoctrination is a form of brainwashing, and he has an interesting reason for thinking this.
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