Atheist Group Seeks Banner to Join Christmas Display
Fox News
AP ATHENS, Texas – A national atheist foundation plans to seek permission to hoist its own banner to join secular and religious Christmas displays on an East Texas courthouse square. The display surrounding the Henderson County Courthouse in Athens …
Atheist inconsistencyExaminer.com
Atheist group criticizes Nativity scene on East Texas courthouse square, plans …The Republic
Locals rally round nativityOneNewsNow

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Atheists Squander Nativity Scene Spaces at Santa Monica's Palisades Park
LAist
They are angrily pointing fingers at atheist activists. The City of Santa Monica received and approved holiday display requests from locals outside of the committee this year, according to Santa Monica Patch. A record number of requests flooded City …
Atheist Display Space Puts Squeeze on Santa Monica Nativity ScenesNBC Los Angeles
Santa Monica nativity scenes displaced by atheist messagesSanta Monica Daily Press
Santa Monica Nativity Display Nudged Out by AtheistsThe Lookout News

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Study finds wide distrust of atheists
UPI.com
10 (UPI) — A study of adults in the United States and students in Canada found that most do not trust atheists to make moral choices. Researchers from the University of British Columbia and University of Oregon surveyed 350 people in the United States …
Study: Atheists distrusted as much as rapistsUSA Today

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Billboard campaign hopes to dispel atheist stereotypes
Tucson Citizen
After a family meeting, the Schinellers volunteered to appear on a Valley billboard for a campaign by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national group that aims to boost social acceptance of atheists and spotlight the growing numbers of …

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Fresh Wounds of Faith: Experiencing Atheism
The Houghton Star
My atheism is frustrating to me because it confronts me with the fact that I lost something that was so dear to me. I am left asking why someone who pursues their faith honestly and rigorously would lose it. Most atheists are concerned with an …

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Why do believers hate atheists?
London Free Press
New signs of the holiday season, other than vandalized creches, are the signs posted by atheists suggesting that Christmas, while not a humbug, is at its core a myth. Last year, American Atheists sponsored …
Catholic League launches “Adopt An Atheist” campaignExaminer.com
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CNN iReport: Doug and the Bible ProjectCNN (blog)

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Religion Briefs: Atheist banner is rejected for holiday display
Fort Worth Star Telegram
PENNSYLVANIA — A western Pennsylvania mayor refused to include a banner from an atheist group that says "there are no gods" as part of a holiday display that includes a Nativity scene and has been erected annually on city property for decades. …
Religion BriefsJackson Clarion Ledger

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Irreverent atheists crowdsource charitable giving
Reuters UK
GENEVA (Reuters) – Atheist bloggers have shown their charitable side by swarming to donate money to Doctors Without Borders, in what turned into the humanitarian agency's biggest online fundraiser. Doctors without Borders (DWB), …

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This Christmas, Atheists' Billboard Tries a Softer Tack
New York Times (blog)
Richard Perry/The New York TimesA billboard placed by the American Atheists near the New Jersey entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. Nearly $40000 was spent during the last Christmas season on a billboard war between atheists and Roman …
Atheists Double Down On Anti-Religion Billboard For The HolidaysGothamist

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