I am ashamed of the fact that Canada still has blasphemy laws on the books. While this law has essentially been rendered useless by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, according to the books, blasphemy is against the law and punishable by up to two years in prison. The last man to be convicted of blasphemous
Happy Canada Day Eve, you hellbound Canucks! Did you know that Canada still has blasphemy laws on the books? Indeed, we do. If we go by strictly what’s on the books, blasphemy is punishable by up to two years in prison in our vast nation. Wait, you thought Canada was a modern, secular country? Haha,
Over a year ago, I posted a story about a conversation I had with an elderly woman in the hot tub at our local aquatic center. You can read that here. I’ll give you the gist. The woman had confided in me that her grandson had just suffered an aneurysm. She was distraught over it, and
Over the past six months or so, I’ve been lucky enough to have gotten to know Donovan. Most people know this man as @MrOzAtheist on Twitter. We’ve become great friends in such a short period of time. He’s been a solid source of support during difficult times, and I’ve been honored to have been his
In recent weeks, I feel like I’ve been in a permanent swirly, ice cold toilet bowl water twisting and churning around my head. I keep getting sent tweets from people who, apparently, have a problem with me but don’t have the guts to approach me themselves. It makes me giggle, sending laugh bubbles up from the
I have been struggling for so long to find a t-shirt company that offered ease-of-use, low base prices and high quality products and I have finally found one. Thank you to Crystal for suggesting Redbubble! Now, rather than this be an authoritarian situation where I tell you which t-shirts you need, I would rather this
This is an ongoing series telling the stories of wrongful convictions in North America. To read more of these stories, please click here. If you have a story of someone wrongfully convicted, or you were yourself and want to talk about it, please email me at mommy@godlessmom.com. See my two previous series on the American
I asked on my Vine account recently, and I got a lot of really great answers: @godless_mom I'd say getting religious mind individuals to respect the secular origins of this nation. They have hijacked many issues. — Yusuke Urameshi (@Yusuke_420) April 29, 2015 @godless_mom Not the deeply religious folks, but the moderates/apologists. That's a huge
On Twitter, recently, a new hashtag has been making the rounds. #NormalizeAtheism is the brain baby of atheist activist Mark Nebo, who is otherwise known for his founding of Be Secular and co-hosting the Ra-Men podcast. The goal of the hashtag is, as it sounds, to build awareness for atheism, make evident our numbers and encourage
Update 3: After having been sent many photos from MB, I am 99.9% sure this story is true. He wanted me to mention that the Facebook status his father posted is “the key to enter Islam. Whoever professes it, is now a Muslim”. MB is no longer drugged and has been moved to a private
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