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More Nonbelievers Getting Involved In Politics Than Ever More

By UCN on May 10, 2012 9:22 AM

Cristina Rad speaks to the crowd at the Reason Rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC (ep_jhu / Flickr)

One of the biggest growth areas in political activism around religion is coming from an unlikely source: the nonreligious. And it's happening far from the marbled corridors of power in the nation's capital.

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For First Time In History, Atheists Hold Festival at U. S. Military Base

By UCN on April 1, 2012 5:33 AM

Professor Richard Dawkins speaks at the Rock Beyond Belief event, Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Fort Bragg, N.C. (The Fayetteville Observer, Raul R. Rubiera / AP)

An atheist-themed festival drew hundreds of people to an Army post in North Carolina on Saturday for what was believed to be the first-ever event held on a U.S. military base for service members who do not have religious beliefs.

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Atheists Sue Pennsylvania Lawmakers for Calling 2012 'Year of the Bible'

By UCN on March 29, 2012 5:36 AM

A national atheist and agnostic group is suing Pennsylvania lawmakers for passing a resolution that declares 2012 as "The Year of the Bible."

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Can Atheists Learn Anything from Religion?

By UCN on March 27, 2012 10:56 AM

Pictured: Alain de Botton

Stripped of its supernatural elements, does religion have anything to offer atheists? What can nonbelievers borrow from the organizations, practices and rituals of believers -- without borrowing a belief in God?

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Non-believers Gather on the National Mall for the Reason Rally, Urged to "Show Contempt" for Faith

By UCN on March 24, 2012 9:33 PM

People gather for the Reason Rally on the National Mall (AFP, Brendan Smialowski)

Thousands of atheists, agnostics and other non-believers turned out in the US capital on Saturday to celebrate their rejection of the idea of God and to claim a bigger place in public life.

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'Eternal Earth-Bound Pets" Rapture Business Was a Hoax, Owner Admits

By UCN on March 22, 2012 7:31 AM

The owner of a business who claimed he would provide atheist rescuers for Christians' pets left behind in the Rapture now says his service was an elaborate hoax and never had any clients.

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Atheists in U. S. Military to Hold 'Rock Beyond Belief' Concert On March 31

By UCN on March 16, 2012 3:19 PM

After more than a year of planning, atheists in the military will stage a public festival and rock concert celebrating their lack of religious beliefs at North Carolina's Fort Bragg, one of the largest U.S. military bases.

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Son of Westboro Baptist Church Scheduled to Speak at Atheist 'Reason Rally'

By UCN on March 16, 2012 2:31 PM

A member of the Westboro Baptist Church protests before the start of the TicketCity Bowl football game in Dallas, Texas January 2, 2012. Penn State was playing Houston in the game. (Tim Sharp / Reuters file)

It may come as no surprise that members of Westboro Baptist Church, an extreme Calvinist sect notorious for its fire-and-brimstone picketing, are planning to protest at the upcoming Reason Rally -- a national gathering of atheists.

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American Atheists Billboard Targeting Jews Blocked from Going Up In New York Neighborhood

By UCN on March 8, 2012 6:09 AM

The American Atheists' president acknowledges that the pair of new billboards will likely cause a stir.

A controversial billboard from a national Atheist group was scheduled to go up in a heavily populated Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn on Tuesday but was bumped when the owner of the building objected to the advertisement.

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Atheists Target Muslims, Jews In New York with Billboards

By UCN on March 1, 2012 9:05 AM

The American Atheists' president acknowledges that the pair of new billboards will likely cause a stir.

The billboard wars between atheists and believers have raged for years now, especially around New York City, and a national atheist group is poised to take the battle a step further with billboards in Muslim and Jewish enclaves bearing messages in Arabic and Hebrew.

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