The Scathing Atheist

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Calendar Links:

CFI UK – Searching for Satan: Miscarriages of memory, fractured families and Satanic panics; London June 6th: https://humanism.org.uk/events/cfi-memory/

SkeptiCal ‘15 in Oakland, CA June 6th: http://www.skepticalcon.com/

Reason for Change: Buffalo, NY June 11-15: http://reasonforchange.centerforinquiry.net/

“FreeOK: Oklahoma Freethought and Humanism”: Tulsa, OK June 20th: http://freeok.org/events-projects/the-convention/

TAM13 Las Vegas, NV July 16th-19th: http://www.amazingmeeting.com/

Headline Links:

Two gunmen killed outside Mohammed cartoon exhibit: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/03/breaking-two-attackers-dead-after-apparent-attempted-assault-on-mohammed-art-exhibit-in-texas/

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/draw-muhammad-shooting-who-was-behind-cartoon-contest-n353081

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/rush-limbaugh-obama-gave-green-light-for-people-in-isis-to-shoot-up-texas-cartoon-contest/

Christian lady sues all the gays:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/05/nebraska-woman-sues-all-homosexuals/

Pope to canonize genocidal missionary? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/may/02/pope-francis-junipero-serra-native-americans-saint

Christian video game developer releases “Kill the Faggot”:

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/christian-developer-behind-kill-the-fggot-game-promises-next-release-will-be-even-more-offensive/

Church leaders kick Tai Chi class out for threatening members’ “spiritual wellbeing” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/01/new-zealand-church-kicks-out-tai-chi-class-for-elderly-women-for-threatening-members-spiritual-wellbeing/

Iran’s Barbers’ Union forbids “satanic” hair cuts: http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/irans-barbers-union-declares-devil-worshipping-hairstyles-are-now-forbidden/

Israelis pissed about potential Sabbath Day buses: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/26/world/middleeast/push-for-buses-on-sabbath-sets-off-debate-in-israel.html?emc=edit_tnt_20150425&nlid=20621639&tntemail0=y&_r=1

Freemason secret police squad gets busted:

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/ca-attorney-general-kamala-harris-aide-busted-over-3000-year-old-knights-templar-police-force/

Complaints issued about really long church bell: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/03/catholic-church-bell-hell-in-vermont-city/

Pat Robertson: “Sodomy, Abortion, and people making fun of me will doom America” http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/pat-robertson-sodomy-abortion-mocking-fundamentalists-will-doom-america

Pastor: “Gay marriage means there’ll be nobody left making kids for you to adopt!” http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/pastor-warns-gays-marriage-equality-means-no-one-will-be-left-to-make-babies-for-you-to-adopt/

Chlamydia outbreak in TX school with no sex-ed:

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/05/chlamydia-outbreaks-hits-nearly-10-percent-of-small-texas-school-in-district-with-no-sex-ed-policy/

This Week in Misogyny Links:

High School Poster: “Boys, remember to protect her chastity on prom night” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/04/30/wisconsin-high-school-removes-sexist-prom-posters-telling-boys-to-protect-her-character/

Catholic Presentation: “Premarital sex will ruin your body” http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/04/30/premarital-sex-will-destroy-your-soul-and-ruin-your-body-according-to-presentation-at-catholic-girls-school/

GOP representative says dead babies gotta get delivered:

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2015/05/04/texas-gop-rep-matt-schaefer-wants-to-force-women-to-give-birth-even-when-the-fetus-has-no-chance-of-survival/