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News and Notes - Mount Soledad Cross Case
By George Kane In mid-December, US District Court Judge Larry Burns issued a decision in the case Trunk v. San Diego that may open the final chapter for the Mount Soledad Cross after more than twenty...
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Toward a Prayer-Free Minnesota Legislature
By Jo Marsicano I recently sent an email to my state representative, Paul Thissen, who’s also the Speaker of the House, declaring my atheism and my right as a citizen and taxpayer to be represented...
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Repeal the Ban on Sunday Liquor Sales
By August Berkshire Once again a bill has been introduced in the Minnesota legislature to try to repeal the state’s ban on Sunday liquor sales at liquor stores. Governor Mark Dayton has signaled his...
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MN Atheists March Meeting: "Hug an Atheist" movie showing
Minnesota Atheists is pleased to sponsor the first authorized public showing of “Hug An Atheist” in Minnesota. This is a documentary film by Sylvia Broeckx about atheism in the USA, dispelling myths...
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Book Review: Doubting Jesus' Resurrection
By Greg Peterson Doubting Jesus' Resurrection: What Happened in the Black Box? (Retails for $21.93 in Paperback) “Nothing is esteemed a miracle,” wrote brilliant Scottish philosopher David Hume, “if...
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News and Notes: March 2014
By George Kane The next session of the Minnesota legislature opens on February 25. It will not be as intense for secular activists as last year’s session, when same-sex marriage dominated attention,...
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God-less America at the Ol' Ballgame
By Eric Jayne Walt Whitman once said that “baseball is the hurrah game! well—it's our game: that's the chief fact in connection with it: America's game: has the snap, go, fling, of the American...
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April Meeting: Religion and Climate Change
Minnesota Atheists welcomes anthropologist and science blogger Greg Laden to talk to us about the intersection of religious communities and climate change denialism at our April 27 meeting in...
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Atheist Wedding Celebrant Bill
By August Berkshire On March 12, 2014, atheists and humanists in Minnesota made history when Minnesota State Representative Phyllis Kahn introduced what is believed to be the first legislative bill...
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Proclaiming Reason at the Capitol
We will be celebrating our ninth annual Day of Reason celebration at the State Capitol Rotunda on May 1st. Our program will start at noon and will last about an hour. We welcome you to join us!
View ArticleWin the opportunity to throw the first pitch at an Atheist ballgame!
On Friday, July 11 the city of Saint Paul will be unofficially renamed “Mister Paul” while it hosts an atheist-themed minor league baseball game and you can toss out the first ceremonial pitch at...
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April Meeting Review
Greg Laden's talk on global warming nicely tied in themes of biblical disaster to the coming catastrophic changes our global home is going to visit on us even to the seventh generation. Well, not so...
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May Meeting: Illusion of Free Will and its Impact on Moral Responsibility
The question of whether or not we have free will has been debated for thousands of years. What affects do determinism, indeterminism, and randomness have on free will? What are the obstacles to...
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News and Notes: June 2014
By George Francis Kane Since Sandra Day O’Connor’s retirement in 2006, supporters of Jefferson’s wall of separation between church and state have feared that the Supreme Court would dismantle its...
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Atheist Baseball and All-Star Conference in July
St. Paul, MN, June 23, 2014 – Atheist baseball and the All-Star Freethought Conference is coming to Minnesota in July! The Minnesota Atheists and Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) are...
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Thirty Years of Atheism in Minnesota
By August Berkshire In March 1984, Madalyn Murray O’Hair, then president of American Atheists, came to Minneapolis as the featured speaker for the annual fundraising dinner for the Minnesota Civil...
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Atheist and Family Night with Minor League Baseball
By Eric Jayne Published in the St. Paul Pionner Press on July 10, 2014 A Google search for "Faith and Family Night" pulls up a long list of professional sports teams holding a celebratory day...
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News and Notes: July 2014
By George Kane In the June issue, this column reported with alarm the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the case Township of Greece v. Galloway, which did more to undermine the Establishment Clause...
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Atheist Baseball Team Wins and Makes History in Minnesota
By Eric Jayne Baseball history was made in Minnesota on July 11, 2014! That’s when the first ever win was recorded by an atheist-sponsored professional baseball team. It happened at Midway Stadium in...
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Local Response to Atheist Sponsored St. Paul Saints Game
Here are three letters to the editor from the St. Paul Pioneer Press about our atheist-sponsored baseball game where the St. Paul Saints were re-branded to the Mr. Paul Aints. 7/16/14: I went to a...
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