I almost forgot about Blog Against Theocracy! This is the last day of it, so at least I noticed before it was too late. From my earlier post announcing my participation:
“Blog Against Theocracy” is an event happening on blogs of those who understand the importance of defending our constitutionally required separation of church and state. From April 10-12, look out for posts all over the blogosphere, including here on SDR, concerning varied issues relating to the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. This is not an atheist blogswarm, per se, but is open all who support Thomas Jefferson’s “wall of separation.”
The Establishment Clause: It Applies to the Nonreligious Too!
There is a bigoted and invalid criticism some religious bigots levy against the nonreligious. It isn’t a criticism of the lack of religion or belief in a god, which is, true or false, a completely valid intellectual argument to make in good faith. No idea is beyond criticism. This specific claim is different; it is not in good faith. Some claim that the nonreligious are not protected under the United States Constitution’s freedom of religion as religious citizens are! This is so unbelievably disgusting I must repeat it: they claim that atheists and others with no religion do not have one of the most basic rights that our country was founded upon.