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On September 20, 2011 Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was officially repealed. This was a huge victory for all the soldiers, organizations, politicians, and citizens that put their time and effort into combating DADT. Obviously, the LGBT rights issue is far from settled in the military. But here at Fort Bragg, N.C. we’ve got a special [...]
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Anti-gay marriage legislation directly affects straight couples
April 27th, 2012 
Priscilla Christians should eat free food with Fort Bragg atheists on Saturday
March 29th, 2012 Justin Griffith Todd Stiefel takes an unconventional approach to philanthropy. He put up the $50,000 at American Atheists that made our festival possible via his Stiefel Freethought Foundation.That represents 100% of the funding. Last week, we were discussing ways to soften the blow that many Christians feel we are inflicting. We’re not attacking them at all, but it’s [...]
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38 Comments »Military gets nervous when I use Words Such As Burn
March 18th, 2012 Justin Griffith After lyrics to Aiden’s song Hysteria were intentionally taken out of context to imply that we were going to burn down churches… well Fort Bragg got a little nervous. But I’m proud of them, they really came through the ‘crisis’ in a big way. We are now specifically guaranteed the right “to be critical of [...]
God Hates Bleeps
May 12th, 2011 Justin Griffith Minnesota Atheists radio show had me on the air last week, and I reached a milestone. I’ve officially been BLEEPED on the air! @#$% YES! Why? Because I said the phrase “God Hates Fags” – a phrase that is shocking, but nonsensical to me. I was relating to the Minnesota Atheists audience the new developments [...]
We Just Received a $50,000 Donation From the Stiefel Freethought Foundation
May 10th, 2011 Justin Griffith AMAZING! The Stiefel Freethought Foundation has just increased their pledge to Rock Beyond Belief to $50,000. This is enough money to allow the nonreligious military community to fully fund the event on the parade field at Fort Bragg this Fall. All we need now is co-sponsorship from Fort Bragg (which they promised and even sort [...]
National Day Of Reason Event on NC State Capitol Grounds
May 3rd, 2011 Justin Griffith 
Triangle Freethought Society Hosts National Day of Reason On North Carolina’s Capitol Grounds Raleigh, NC – Capitol Grounds Thursday, May 5th 11:45am – 1:15pm The Triangle Freethought Society will be hosting events for the National Day of Reason on the State Capitol grounds In Raleigh, NC on Thursday, May 5th, from 11:45am until 1:15pm. The [...]
Todd Stiefel and Words Such As Burn join the lineup
February 28th, 2011 Justin Griffith Todd Stiefel has been a cornerstone in the Rock Beyond Belief movement from the very beginning. Over 5 months ago Todd’s organization, the Stiefel Freethought Foundation, pledged $10,000 to make our event a reality. Todd has shared the stage with Richard Dawkins, and has spoken across the globe on behalf of the growing secular movement. [...]
Humanist Hour interview with ‘foxhole atheist’ Justin Griffith
January 28th, 2011 Justin Griffith The American Humanist Association’s monthly podcast, the Humanist Hour, interviewed me about Rock Beyond Belief, Spiritual Fitness, and the Soldier Fitness Tracker. Jes Constantine has been running the show for many years, and is now joined by Todd Stiefel, of the Stiefel Freethought Foundation as co-host. We had a great time, and the masterful editing [...]
RBB hangs out with $10,000 donor, and an openly Atheist politician
December 30th, 2010 Justin Griffith Ten days ago (22 Dec 2010), most of the local Rock Beyond Belief crew met up with the Triangle Freethought Society. They were hosting Cecil Bothwell, an atheist whose recent election shook North Carolina’s religious community to the core (he won.) Not only did they play dirty during the campaign, sending out flyers and ‘nastygrams’ [...]
Stiefel Freethought Foundation donates to RBB
November 20th, 2010 Justin Griffith We are extremely grateful to bring you the following update: the Stiefel Freethought Foundation (SFF) has just offered to donate $10,000 to Rock Beyond Belief. This is huge for us. The Stiefel Freethought Foundation is certainly doing their part to support nontheists in the military, and we can’t thank them enough. The Stiefel Freethought Foundation [...]
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