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pokerfan

(27,677 posts) Sun Feb 26, 2012, 10:22 PM Feb 2012

Atheist Whose Article About Discrimination was Banned from School Newspaper Gets $1,000 Award [View all]

Good for her...

Today, the Knoxville News Sentinel (the paper that broke the story in the first place) published the article that the school banned. The editors are thereby giving it more exposure than her high-school paper would’ve offered and that benefits everybody. Thanks, Streisand Effect!

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/02/26/student-whose-article-about-atheist-discrimination-was-banned-from-school-newspaper-gets-1000-award-from-ffrf/

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Atheist Whose Article About Discrimination was Banned from School Newspaper Gets $1,000 Award [View all] pokerfan Feb 2012 OP

"The Christian faith cannot rule the United States. It is unconstitutional" handmade34 Feb 2012 #1

+1,000,000 +++ RKP5637 Feb 2012 #2

So atheism IS a religion....thought so. Kurmudgeon Feb 2012 #3

Your side got burned here. Was that an attempt to compensate? 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #4

What an odd comment pokerfan Feb 2012 #5

If the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster can be a religion, why not atheism? saras Feb 2012 #6

Yep, just like how "transparent" is a color. n/t laconicsax Feb 2012 #7

And like how baldness is a hair color. Ohio Dem Feb 2012 #11

Still trying to convince yourself, I see. cleanhippie Feb 2012 #9

Ok define "religion" TrogL Feb 2012 #10

How does this make atheism a religion? LeftishBrit Mar 2012 #16

Don't imagine that "thought" entered into it at all skepticscott Mar 2012 #18

I don't think you thought, at all. mr blur Mar 2012 #24

Lack of a belief in God does not a religion make. Marrah_G Mar 2012 #28

I love it when things like this happen to... MarkCharles Feb 2012 #8

See post 4. 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #12

He can't. laconicsax Mar 2012 #13

Shame he lost his cool. 2ndAmForComputers Mar 2012 #14

Ba-zing. laconicsax Mar 2012 #15

Yeah, EvilAL Mar 2012 #17

Post removed Post removed Mar 2012 #19

You know, although I would prefer to avoid you like the plague, this post is really uncalled for cbayer Mar 2012 #20

Then put me on ignore. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #23

Trust me when I say that he dug his own grave EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2012 #21

Thanks, Evolve. I appreciate this. cbayer Mar 2012 #22

You may have wanted to put in the description Goblinmonger Mar 2012 #29

You are right. cbayer Mar 2012 #30

And as I stated on my post above, I tend to agree with his removal. cleanhippie Mar 2012 #25

Cbayer removed him in her capacity as an MIR team member EvolveOrConvolve Mar 2012 #26

It was a MIRT group decision. The words she used were good ones, as many MIRT members agreed. uppityperson Mar 2012 #27

thanks for bringing that ot our attention I had no idea deacon_sephiroth Mar 2012 #31

Here you go: laconicsax Mar 2012 #32

wow that is a shame deacon_sephiroth Mar 2012 #33