Joining Talk to Action

As though I don't have enough blogs to write for, I have decided to join another one: Talk to Action. I would like to thank Frederick Clarkson for his generous offer to join the terrific cast of writers they already have there. Being asked to join a cast of contributors that already includes Clarkson, Bruce Wilson, Richard Bartholomew, Michelle Goldberg and John Gorenfeld, among others, is quite a compliment and I appreciate it very much. For those who are not familiar with Talk To Action, I encourage you to check it out. They are dedicated to fighting the religious right's authoritarian agenda, a dedication that we obviously share. I will be posting there once or twice a week, probably mostly about the evolution/ID creationism battle, though I may go into other church/state issues as well. I'm not quite as absolutist on church/state separation as most of the others are there (I think vouchers are constitutional, for example, and I'm not quite as concerned about symbolic gestures of support as most of my allies in this area are), but I still think we share a common starting point even if we sometimes reach different conclusions on the details. We certainly all share a passion for preserving liberty against the excesses of those who seek to control others to advance their religious agenda. So thanks again to Fred and Bruce for the invitation and I look forward to contributing what little I can to the cause.