Interview with Pennsylvania legislator Babette Josephs

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Babette Josephs – a Pennsylvania legislator who recently voted against a resolution declaring October 2012 in Pennsylvania as “Prayer Month” and refused to say the Pledge of Allegiance — noting that she viewed it as a prayer — at a House State Committee meeting. We spoke about separation of […]

Jesus prayer closes Republican National Convention

Archbishop of New York and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Timothy Dolan was invited to offer a benediction to close the 2012 Republican National Convention in which Mitt Romney accepted his party’s nomination to run for president of the United States. Deacon Keith Fournier, writing for Catholic Online, notes that […]

Podcast 18: Edwina Rogers and Kelly Damerow of Secular Coalition for America

Now available on Youtube! Episode 18 of the NEPA Freethought Society Podcast — featuring my interview with Edwina Rogers and Kelly Damerow from the Secular Coalition for America — is now available! The podcast was recorded as a guerrilla episode from the Secular Student Alliance’s 2012 conference which I had spoken at. A special focus […]

Rep. Cohen seeks to declare 2012 as “The Year of Religious Diversity” in PA

I published a new Examiner.com article titled “Rep. Cohen seeks to declare 2012 as “The Year of Religious Diversity in PA.” Below is the first paragraph of the article. For the entire article, click the above link. Following Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives declaring 2012 as “The Year of the Bible,” Rep. Mark B. Cohen — […]