Reading Time: 2 minutes Kelly is now entering her third trimester of pregnancy. (Congratulations to her!) Since she’s always been adamantly pro-choice, people have been asking her if she still feels the same way now that she’s having a child of her own: And this has elicited some interesting reactions from those who know me, both online and physically. […]
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Obama Waffles
Reading Time: 3 minutes ***UPDATE***: This is an email from one of the protesters, Rick Wingrove, explaining why atheists need to be present at these types of summits: An exhibitor at the Values Voters Convention in Washington DC this weekend was selling an item called Obama Waffles. It is a stunningly racist caricature of Barack Obama. The front of […]
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Kay Hagan is Gaining Momentum
Reading Time: 2 minutes ***UPDATE***: Since posting, you’ve given another $160 to Hagan’s campaign! … Readers of this site have donated over $2000 to the campaign of Kay Hagan, the Democrat challenging Republican Elizabeth Dole for a Senate seat in North Carolina. One reader even sent me this email: I’ve been unemployed since May, but I have been waiting […]
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Some Good News in the Political Season
Reading Time: < 1 minute Blog-supported Democrat Kay Hagan is beating Republican incumbent Elizabeth Dole in the race to be one of North Carolina’s senators. From a survey conducted by Democracy Corps and Greenberg Quinlan Rosner: Republican Senator Elizabeth Dole is trailing her Democratic challenger, Kay Hagan, 50 to 45 percent. Less than half of voters (46 percent) are familiar […]
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What You’ve Given North Carolina Senate Candidate Kay Hagan
Reading Time: 2 minutes Only a couple days after the first post, you all have sent fantastic letters to Senate candidate Kay Hagan‘s campaign as well as to her opponent (and anti-atheist fearmongerer) Elizabeth Dole and thrown a lot of support her way. So far, you’ve raised $1620 and that’s only counting the people who commented on this site. […]
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Great Night with One More to Go
Reading Time: < 1 minute Last night was a blast. Barack was excellent. I hope to see Lori Lipman Brown on The Colbert Report tonight. I’ll give an update on the Kay Hagan fundraising drive later today. But first, I need to focus on wrapping up the first week of classes at my high school. My new students have been […]
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Email to the Elizabeth Dole Campaign
Reading Time: 4 minutes Recently, Republican Elizabeth Dole maligned her Democratic opponent for a North Carolina Senate seat, Kay Hagan, for planning to attend a fundraiser hosted by atheists. Since then, there has been a lot of feedback from atheists. They may not have been paying close attention to the race before, but now, they are watching and supporting […]
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Elizabeth Dole Attacks Senate Opponent for Meeting with Atheists
Reading Time: 2 minutes North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole and her communications staff put out a press release today criticizing her Democratic challenger Kay Hagan. What did Hagan do to deserve the criticism? She plans to attend a fundraiser hosted by atheists. On September 15th, Kay Hagan is heading to Boston, Massachusetts to attend a fundraiser for her Senate […]