American Atheists Flash LineNews of Interest to AtheistsHaggard Resigns Over Drug Use, Sex-For-Hire Scandal Could Impact Tuesday Election- November 5, 2006 He was a leading figure on the religious right, but now amidst scandal has resigned as head of the powerful National Association of Evangelicals. The Rev. Ted Haggard is just the latest in a long list of religious leaders who led a double-life, and engaged in the very behaviors they denounced from the pulpit.(11-05-2006)http://www.atheists.org/flash.line/haggard1.htm Evangelist Kent Hovind Dr. Dino Guilty On Tax Fraud Charges- November 4, 2006 A prominent Florida evangelist and his wife were found guilty of 58 counts of tax evasion. “Kent Hovind, whose life’s mission is to debunk evolution, says he and his employees are workers of God and therefore exempt from paying taxes…”(11-04-2006)http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061103/NEWS01/611030338/1... Dawkins Interview With Ted Haggard; A Revealing Look At Christian Power Before The Fall- November 3, 2006 Evangelist Ted Haggard is embroiled in scandal involving charges of drug buying and paying for sex with a male prostitute. Before this imbroglio, however, he wielded power as a religious right leader who made weekly phone calls to George Bush. Check out this disturbing interview conducted by Richard Dawkins.(11-03-2006)http://www.panopticist.com/video/richard_dawkins.mov Paulson Praised As Despised Hero, Fighter For Church-State Separation- November 1, 2006 Writer and Atheist activist Keith Taylor praises the late Phil Paulson in a guest opinion piece in the San Diego Union newspaper web site. “Paulson was a man who didn’t believe in God. Neither did more others than will admit to it. Paulson admitted it and stood up for all of us whether we came out of the closet with our secret or not…”(11-01-2006)http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20061027/news_lz1e27taylor.html |