Category Archive: Press

Jul 22 2012

Navy veteran sacrificed his life to save another in Aurora

remembering jon blunk navy veteran hero

The Associated Press just put out a blast profiling many of the victims of Friday’s massacre in Aurora, CO. One of the first things I noticed in the initial reporting was that two Air Force personnel were accounted for, but one Navy service member was still missing. I kept hoping for this to be clarified …

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May 31 2012

Follow up to Apostolic Truth Tabernacle

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Interesting developments… I attempted to contact Apostolic Truth Tabernacle and their pastor Reverend Jeff Sangl to no avail today. I called but the voicemail was full. Apparently I was a little late in attempting to contact them. They have updated their site as linked above and put out a new message on the front page. …

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Nov 17 2011

Glenwood Elementary admits mistake, apologizes for “I love Jesus because…”

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American Atheists is proud to announce that Glenwood Elementary in the McDowell County (NC) School District, has apologized for the unconstitutional “I love Jesus because ___” controversy. An article I wrote here on FtB last week sounded the alert, and the secular internet community reacted strongly. Reddit, Facebook, Twitter, and other social media support is …

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Nov 12 2011

Public school’s “I love Jesus Because ___” smoking gun surfaces

A controversial effort to spread Christianity across international borders might soon be stopped at Glenwood Elementary, a public school in McDowell County, North Carolina. Soon after the story got out last Thusday, secular activists began contacting officials in McDowell County. American Atheists has obtained a copy of the form that all students at Glenwood Elementary had to fill out. This is …

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Nov 11 2011

Support for gay veteran with PTSD who had ‘lifestyle of sin’ diagnosis

I’d just like to say thank you to all the people who signed the petition in support of Esther Garatie. In just two days, it went from 6,000 signatures to around 12,000 signatures – each one generating real email traffic to government officials. Quick recap Esther Garatie went to the Dallas VA Hospital with severe …

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Nov 10 2011

Operation Christmas Child and their ‘Jew boy scum’ enemies

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Mikey Weinstein, the President and founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation gets email. Some of it is not safe for work. This insane rant is brought to you in defense of the same program that is currently infecting McDowell County School District - Operation Christmas Child. Typical stinking jew boy Mikey to try to stop the …

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Nov 06 2011

Internet forces Anti-gay evangelist Nurse out of the privacy closet

Nurse Lincy Pandithurai can’t expect privacy anymore. This blog was just front-paged on reddit, bringing with it some internet culture usually found at the deep end of the pool. First of all, it was an incredibly shocking story, and you should read what that war-hero went through at the Dallas Veteran’s Affairs hospital. Then you should sign …

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Nov 02 2011

Hill Street Blues actor Daniel J. Travanti needs help, seriously.

I didn’t realize he had gone off he wagon, but Daniel Travanti, of 80′s Cop drama ’Hill Street Blues’ fame needs to go back to group / treatment. Last week he was contacting brave Florida atheist activist, EllenBeth Wachs. But he let out a bizarre rant, ‘no atheists in foxholes’ canard in check. EllenBeth and I …

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Oct 18 2011

Inspirational video of Megan Hurwitt, America’s newest Foxhole Atheist

Megan Hurwitt joins the Army

Megan Hurwitt joined the military last week. This 44 second video of the ceremony is pretty awesome. Megan Hurwitt just joined the Texas Army National Guard. Her ceremony was in Houston, and it went like this: “I, your name.” I, Megan Hurwitt. “Do solemnly swear.” Do solemnly affirm.*pause* “To support and defend” To support and …

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Oct 15 2011

Out of Iraq, Finally.

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The A.P. just released a story that claims to know that we are abandoning the concept of troops in Iraq in 2012. I wish I could comment further, but this is welcome news personally. BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. is abandoning plans to keep U.S. troops in Iraq past a year-end withdrawal deadline, The Associated …

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