Atheist in Mississippi

HippocampusI was at work yesterday when the tornado siren went off. We had a tornado warning in the Hattiesburg area, and people are clearly taking these more seriously after all the damage seen recently…

In spite of Damon Folwer’s brave efforts, the advice of an attorney the school consulted, and a prior agreement to cancel plans to pray, prayer did in fact occur at the Bastrop High School…

GraduationSomething will be different about the graduation ceremony tomorrow night at Bastrop High School in Louisiana. Prayer will not be part of the ceremony.

According to the Bastrop Daily…

This post was written for Mississippi Atheists by PK ATHEIST.

The state has not the right to leave every man free to profess and embrace whatever religion he shall deem true.
— Pope Pius IX,…

As some of you know, Mims Carter is the Biloxi Skepticism Examiner, bringing the light of reason to the dark reaches of Biloxi, MS. In this post, I’d like to bring your attention to a recent…

As promised, here is Rep. Palazzo’s (R-MS) response to Mims’ letter about HR 3:

Thank you for contacting me regarding the rights of the unborn. As your Congressman, I am committed to putting the…

Johnny Dupree is running for Mississippi governor as a Democrat. Unfortunately, he’s working hard to alienate our state’s secular voters.

Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions. Ideas must be distinct before reason can act upon them; and no man ever had a distinct idea of the trinity. It is the mere Abracadabra of the mountebanks calling themselves the priests of Jesus.
Thomas Jefferson (via reasonoverreligion)

Mothers DayI like Mother’s Day. Yes, it has been turned into a “Hallmark holiday” a bit much for my tastes, but this has to be balanced with the fact that it is one of the few holidays that doesn’t end…