G and I saw this billboard a few weeks ago on our return from Wildwood. I wondered how long it would take before the fundies created an "uproar." It's wonderful that a group of secular, humanist organizations (Greater Philadelphia Coalition of Reason) were able to pull together in order to create a very visible presence in the Philly area. I hope this catches on in more cities.The head of the AFA in PA, Diane Gramley, had this to say regarding the billboards in a recent One News Now "article.""I'm astounded by this billboard in Philadelphia, but it ...

Atonement author Ian McEwan isn’t making friends with Islamists: …McEwan has caused a minor uproar by saying that he despised “Islamism” because of its intolerance of homosexuality and its limits on women’s freedom. … [He] made the comments to the Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera while defending his friend the writer Martin Amis from charges of racism. Mr. Amis has written that people who look as though they are from the Middle East should be strip-searched and possibly deported. Mr. McEwan said, “As soon as a writer expresses an opinion against Islamism, immediately someone on the left leaps to his feet and ...