Monthly Archives: March 2014

Toronto Dominion Bank Notary Refuses to Serve Atheist Group

by | March 25, 2014

According to an American Atheists Managing Director, Amanda Knief: A notary at a local bank, where I have gone more than a dozen times to have work documents signed, asked me to explain what we were having notarized. The documents were charitable organizations registrations for American Atheists in several states. So I told her what… Read more »

Kosher Certification Isn’t A Tax, But It’s Surely Worth Discussing

by | March 25, 2014

Louise Mailloux, Parti Québécois candidate and professor at Cégep du Vieux Montréal, was criticized earlier this month by the Centre for Israel and Jewish affairs (CIJA) over her past remarks about what is known as “kosher certification”, the process of authenticating food products as kosher and therefore fit for consumption by observant Jews. CIJA cites… Read more »

Pat Robertson – Marginalizing Atheists with Talk of Abuse

by | March 24, 2014

Good grief, the degree someone speculates about someone who is different from himself is truly staggering. It seems that Pat Robertson, in answering a concerned letter asking what could be done with someone’s hell-bound atheist co-worker, speculates that this woman (the atheist) must’ve been that way because she was abused as a child. Probably by… Read more »

Catholic Education versus Gay Rights

by | March 23, 2014

Christopher Karas, “who has filed an application to The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario alleging systematic homophobia by teachers and administrators at the Conseil Scolaire de District Catholique Centre-Sud (CSDCCS),” is a brave young man. It takes a lot of courage and determination to challenge his own school and school board, especially since his challenge raises “the issue of… Read more »

Can Corporations Believe in God and Opt Out of Providing Birth Control?

by | March 22, 2014

Next week, a case will be heard before the US Supreme Court concerning the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that employer insurance plans cover contraception. The US Supreme Court will have to decide if Freedom of Religion applies to corporations (which oddly are now considered “people” in the US) and if so, can that freedom infringe… Read more »