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Immigration Officials ILLEGALLY Order Atheist to Join Church or Lose Citizenship Application

June 20, 2013

Margaret Doughty is a British atheist who has lived in the United States for over 30 years, but unless she joins a church, immigration officials told her, her application for citizenship will be denied. The reason? Doughty is a conscientious objector, which means she is morally oppose to all war, and the oath of citizenship … Continued

Quote Files: James Madison on Christianity: ‘Superstition, Bigotry, and Persecution’

May 23, 2013

By Bier

The Founding Fathers are always everyone’s top choice when looking to bolster their argument, and despite being a generally skeptical lot (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Paine, and Franklin were deists), they are frequently and inaccurately invoked by the religious to support the claim that “America was founded as a Christian nation.” But despite so many irreligious … Continued

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