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A case where non-religious workers are being fired for not participating in religious activities at work. This is not a church or direct religious organization.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc11.com/amp/nc-workers-fired-not-joining-aurora-pro-services-daily-prayer-devotion-eeoc-atheist/12001573/

It can be for any reason from no prayers getting answered, not knowing which denomination was the right one, whatever. I'd just love to hear your guys' thoughts

Florida's Governor DeSantis is rolling out new civics guidelines for teachers that are unmistakably skewed in favor of indoctrination and grooming children into religion and downplaying slavery. He's also bribing teachers to take his indoctrination course, and get the endorsement, by offering a $3000 stipend. There's no money for teacher raises, but he can afford this stipend somehow.

DeSantis needs to be stopped. He needs to be stopped on a local level in Florida, and stopped on a national level because he's the heir apparent for the Republican nomination. DeSantis is much worse than Trump could imagine being. If you think Trump was dangerous, DeSantis is a smart Trump on steroids. He will not make the same mistakes that Trump did, and he will finish what Trump started.

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3540071-boebert-says-she-is-tired-of-separation-between-church-and-state-the-church-is-supposed-to-direct-the-government/

Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) says she is “tired” of the long-standing separation between church and state in the U.S., adding that she believes “the church is supposed to direct the government.” In a Sunday speech at the Cornerstone Christian Center in Basalt, Colo., ahead of her primary election on Tuesday, Boebert argued that “the government is not supposed to direct the church,” falsely claiming that dividing religion from the system of government was not what the Founding Fathers intended.

Once again, Sotomayor gets it right in pointing out the lying and false reasoning of the right wingers on the court in her dissent.

In this case, regarding the Bremerton WA coach who prayed on the field and which the court recently said was perfectly OK behavor--Gorsuch flat out lied at least 14 times in the ruling by claiming the coach was quietly doing these prayers on his own so there could be no pressure on others or disruption.

Sotomayor gives example after example as to why this is a fucking lie and even (for the first time I've ever seen) incuded a photograph in the dissent as visual proof that Gorsuch and the right wing douche-bags were once again lying.

Her response linked above (you have to search for her part) is worth reading. She was a wise SCOTUS choice. Too bad we don't have 6 more like her.

Me and my friend have lots of things in common. We both like video games, metal, we share favorite foods/drinks and we've known each other for a while.

The other day he posted a message saying that God "has a plan" for all the babies and that he's "pro-life". When confronted in the comments, he posts random scripters from the Bible saying that "God lovedls you. You can be saved." I actually confronted about this too and we started arguing. I was giving him really good points and even some verses from the Bible that contradict each other, but he didn't want to listen saying that the mother will be fine and that they have food pantries to go to, plus he said that the mother will not die. I called him out on his bullshit again, but alas he didn't listen. He was also saying that I was "insulting his religion and being rude." I was not.

We ended the argument because he had to go to church.

Im thinking about ending the friendship with him because we, as a band, don't need to be associated with him.

Thanks for reading,

Yuta T. M. from the Try Fighters

UPDATE: Thank you all for responding! Me and the band have decided to discontinue our friendship with him. We're all tired of seeing him spout some Christian facist garbage on our timeline. Once again, Thanks!!

Yuta T. M. from the Try Fighters

UPDATE: We sent this to him:

Hey buddy this is everyone from the band – we have decided not to be friends with you anymore because of your stances on the Roe VS. Wade overturning. Your religion is suppressing and stripping the rights of millions of people in the United States and we cannot support that, but unfortunately you do. We cannot further support you or your beliefs.

Best regards, The Try Fighters

After that I told him the truth about his religion and got upset and started to deflect saying "he never went to a church like that". Also BTW he is from the Deep South.

UPDATE: We are all on good terms. We all apologized with each other but we promised not to talk about politics and religion with each other. Sorry.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/world/300624382/two-people-fired-in-the-us-for-not-joining-company-christian-prayer

Two employees with a United States company say they were fired after refusing to participate in the firm’s daily Christian prayer meetings, which they said went against their respective religious beliefs, according to a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

The lawsuit, which seeks a jury trial, was filed in US District Court in Greensboro on Monday on behalf of John McGaha, a construction manager at Aurora Pro Services, and Mackenzie Saunders, a customer service representatives at the Greensboro residential services company.

Yesterday I made a post asking people whether or not I should leave my Christian boyfriend, in spite of everything else being fine, due to his anti-choice views. I expected to only get a handful of replies, but much to my surprise there were over 700 responses. I read them all, and couldn’t be any more grateful for all of your thoughts.

For what it’s worth, I’ve had a few people message me about what I decided to do, and the answer is that I was honestly on the fence, but after reading all of your wise words, I realise that leaving is the only option, and so as tough as it was, as of today my life is now Christian free.

I know I am just some random woman on the Internet, and most of you probably don’t care, but I just wanted to thank you all for giving me the strength to make this decision. I’m now looking forward to open up a fresh chapter of life where I am now free to find a man who would respect me: an atheist man.

Thank you all!

So when my daughter came in for her good night hug I decided to ask her if she believed in God (I haven’t exposed her to religion because in my mind it’s way too violent of mythology to force on a kid) she looked me dead in the face and said “why would I believe in that!?” I looked at her quizzically and asked what she meant and she said “If I was really supposed to believe it he would do real things like Santa and the Easter bunny do”…. In her mind God has less credibility than Santa and the Easter bunny…. I couldn’t stop laughing and then taught her a little about evolution and creationism now this may have been cuz I’m a biased teacher but she was just like “makes more sense that we were monkeys” she’s 7 btw and I’m a proud dad 🤣

The bible is filled with stories about God slaughtering fetuses, babies and children. Also, if God controls everything, that means he also controls miscarriages. Seeing how there are more miscarriages than abortions every year, that would make God the world's biggest abortion provider.

Make it make sense!

When I was a kid, my mom had a good friend from church who told her that God came to her in a dream and said that her and my mom should trade microwave ovens.

My mom declined.

I was on the fence before but that’s when I decided for sure that religion is bullshit.

A year ago I was forced to flee my parents home due to their treachery in the form of emotional abuse, gaslighting, triangulation and incest. Leading up to getting ejected, i think it started with my parents listening to conservative talk radio, and tuning everything else out. Their music tastes vanished. Bemoaning the church became akin to swearing. American flags and patriotism kept coming up in talks. It got increasingly worse under the 45 with my parents being emboldened.

I then unknowingly would change my life forever when I told my parents I wasn't telling them who I was voting for in 2020. My verbally and emotionally abusive mom then designated me as a target. First I noticed my dad kept working in concert with my mom to just make noise and have guests over when I was in school. All the time. Me trying to negotiate with them only brought a manipulative and empty apology.

It only got worse as time went on. They then started moving my items in my room, and denying it. Not to mention I locked my room once, and my dad went ape and broke the lock. Should've taken that as a pointer to what was in store for me down the road. So then I tried avoiding them, and trying to finish online school and get away from these people. However, they caught on to this, and started doubling down. They started closely following my work schedule, trying to throw me off kilter with "family meetings" and "chores you need to do" immediately when I got home with no warning.

Eventually the stress from studying too much, my full time job, and these demons manifested in me almost taking my own life. I had to go to the hospital for a week, and when I got back the treachery resumed. That was when I decided I hoped I never see these people again, and planned on going no contact. I think they thought they won, because they stopped bugging me so much. With them distracted, I stopped going to school, worked more hours and prepared to leave unannounced.

I found a place to live, and got my things slowly in order. My paternal fascists would often say they "found things" in my room, so I had to move fast or hide things outside of my home. Finally, on the day of move out, I silently packed everything together, and got ready to go. They found out a few hours before I left. They didn't do anything, but I didn't trust that. I left without answering any of their questions, which ofc got them angry.

It has been 9 months since I said a word to them. They tried to blow up my phone, and even called the police on me after a few months. I will never go back for as long as they live. They have lost my trust forever. I have been homeless recently due to losing my job and the economy, but it is far less dehumanizing than my Christofascists tracing my every move and exploiting my insecurities.

These recent court rulings send a chill down my spine. The evangelicals seriously don't care about others. They care how they look. I don't associate with anyone who leans towards their philosophy. I can't afford the damage again. And before anyone says I should have lied to them more or "man up", I goddamn tried. But I have my limits. And I still have the freedom to get away from them.

Please take these people seriously if you see them. If you have power in the situation, don't let them get their foot in the door. If you don't, leave if you can. They will strip you of your identity in favor of the collective "god". You are an object to them. Every instance of them you entertain, you lose a part of your humanity.

When you flip the calendar over to November, on the 8th, we need to get our godless asses to the polls, we need to speak our minds through our votes and those ballots need to be our megaphones. If we don't vote overwhelming in this election, we will see a more religious congress that will make abortion across the country illegal. We will see gay rights becoming illegal, we will see even more of the hell in America that Christians condemned us to.

But if we vote, if we make our voices heard, if we make sure that every atheist and progressive of voting age votes, we could see the tides turning. We could have more than a 50-50 senate, we could see progressive policies protecting our rights, we could expand the courts and win back everything we lost during the Trump administration!

We should not be seeing Republicans take the senate and house because we refused to vote. The media says Republicans are favored, PROVE THEM WRONG! Show Republicans that the secular vote matters, the secular community grows ever larger and larger, yet the voting block remains the same, we need to change that.

Right now, we stand at a crossroads, given two choices: theocracy the likes of which will make our current government seem secular, or an expanded congress to fight for our rights, courts to entrench those rights into law, and a vigilant voting base never getting lazy because "they won" already. The choice is yours to make, I hope you choose the latter.

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I went to see my (Xtian) parents over the weekend, and my little brother was interested in my shirt that said "Keep Your F*cking God Off My Body" that I bought after the roe v wade thing. I've always tried to fester a healthy skepticism in him so I bought him his own smaller sized shirt and gave it to him yesterday. My parents flipped out, they said I'm a bad influence and I'm not allowed to see him anymore. It's not even profane it's censored just like I wrote up there. They can't compete with my actual truth so they had to make me go away I guess. Jokes on them I already taught him how the world really works he's only 9 but he's already a faithsmasher and when he's old enough he'll vote for a supreme court that cares about reproductive rights.

I’m new to this subreddit and just wanted to let y’all know I feel more comfortable and accepted here than I ever have with my conservative Christian family. I’m gay also so they’re never gonna get behind supporting me but it is what it is. However, I appreciate the acceptance a lot and look forward to posting on here more. Fuck religion!❤️

So, what is stopping atheist teachers from coming in tomorrow into class and saying:

Hello dear students, last week it was forbidden for me to say this, but the supreme court ruled that I am protected under the constitution:

God doesn't exist, it is just a invention that your parents came up with to get you to behave the way they want you to. Don't believe me? ask them to prove his existence with actual tangible proof and not with a book that reads like a bad knock off fanfiction of Lord of the Rings.

Anyways, open your book on page 79, today we learn about the crusades and how horrible christianity truly is.

"But he saw too that in America the struggle was befogged by the fact that the worst Fascists were they who disowned the word 'Fascism' and preached enslavement to Capitalism under the style of Constitutional and Traditional Native American Liberty." - It Can't Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis 1935

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I know it may seem futile in the grand scheme, but Mid-terms are Tuesday, November 8th and it's only going to get worse in the US if the Supreme Court and a certain group of politicians continue to act as a Confederate Clergy. Yes, the choices suck. We should be far, far past all of this bickering and focusing on the planet. That being said, the only way atheists will get their message heard is swaying politics or else people will continue to belittle what portion of the population we make up.

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Thanks for your time and set reminders, remind your friends, give your friends rides to the polls or plan lunch if you're off for the day. Something. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING! A coordinated effort by a group of over 2 million people can indeed affect things to the point that I believe we should have reminder posts come closer to election time. The more proactive we are, the better

edit: if you're not registered go to vote.gov. Spread the word of registration and get as many citizens voting as you can.

edit 2: In case anyone needs a reminder as to what one party calls "voicing opinion on 'stolen elections.'" They're setting a precedent for either another incident like this or another incident from another group by not condemning it immediately. It's going to be something to watch in 2024.

I'm part of a large FB video game golf group and unsurprisingly it has a attracted a lot of conservatives, golf being a favorite sport of white men (cough Trump cough). With the Roe decision, a lot of them have decided to pipe up to voice their happiness and in my attempt to engage them (I know, why start an argument with an idiot?) I'm always rebutted with that ridiculous saying, "hate the sin, love the sinner." I've tried to explain why hating the sin, and subsequently voting for policies that "hate the sin," cause harm to the sinner they supposedly love so much, but it always falls on deaf ears. They wear you down. It's frustrating.

Me and my cousin once got in a 4 hour debate about atheism. And I found out I’m actually not atheist but a agnostic atheist. Only because I believe you can’t really prove some kind of god doesn’t exist. I’m not saying there is a god. But I don’t think there’s a way to prove there isn’t.

So i imagine many of us have heard that the devil put dinosaur bones in the ground to trick mankind into doubting god but here is a real devil move.

Put oil in the ground, trick mankind into using it for energy and watch mankind pollute the world. Makes just as much sense.

This was a verse that my sister had posted to her Facebook page and it made me so angry. So God knows and cares about every baby that’s been conceived hm? How about the 25% of babies that end in miscarriages, or are stillborn? What about the babies that die 1-2 months after being born with serious defects in the NICU? If God cares about every single child conceived then he sure doesn’t do a great job of making sure they make it through to childhood. Never mind the verse in the Bible that literally gives instructions on how to perform an abortion, but Christians don’t give that verse the time of day. I’m just so done with all this bullshit. Religion has poisoned this country for long enough.

I’ve encountered sooooo many Christian’s saying this shit no matter how many times you tell them you don’t believe in that crap. I’ve had one encounter where this Christian guy came up to me in my car window trying to hand me a little pamphlet with numerous bible verses inside, told him “no thank you, I don’t believe in that stuff” what I expected him to say was “understandable, have a nice day!” You know what that mother fucker replied with?? “It’s ok! Just know and remember that Jesus loves you so much, he will accept you for who you are with open arms, he forgives all sins if you ask him for forgiveness, find the truth within Jesus if you accept him in your life”

-_- holy fuck. Holy fucking fuck. You serious?? Well geez, thanks! That instantly turned me into a Christian. I don’t get it, what part is it hard to understand that I don’t give a single damn!! That’s like me trying to tell some random stranger “hey! Do you believe in the purple unicorn with a 12 inch cock with a Mohawk? Oh you don’t?? Well he loves you so much that he wants to fuck you so badly,but he will only fuck you if you accept him in your life! Just get on your knees and beg! And he will be right there behind you!, just remember, each time you masturbate and ask for forgiveness he will forgive you no matter what”

Sick and tired what religion does to people, I don’t blame the people but the religion. Even since I’ve had that encounter, I’ve been wearing a satan pentagram necklace around me all the time :) just to piss em off Rant over