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Federal funding for religious charities surges

University of Quebec in Montreal professor François Audet documents an increase in funding for religious charities. From March 2005 until 2010, according to Audet’s findings, the funding received by 57...

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An Atheist in the Christian’s Den

By: Justin Trottier dashhouse.com/theology-pub/ While it’s always enjoyable to interact with fellow freethinkers and skeptics, there’s no better test of the validity of your point of view or the...

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The Celestial Teapot Magazine

The Celestial Teapot Magazine is a new digital magazine for the atheist community with articles about politics, religion, science, the environment, sex, atheism, humanism and secularism. Jeff Rideout...

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2011 National Household Survey religion results

Information is trickling out through the major media centres about the 2011 National Household Survey, released this morning by Statistics Canada. But I know what you guys are interested in. After an...

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Religion and sex in Canada

So a week or so back, Statistics Canada released the data from the 2011 National Household Survey (which is what we have to work with since the long-form census was scrapped). I took a look at the...

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Religion and age in Canada

The past few weeks I’ve been digging through the results of the 2011 National Household Survey, focusing specifically on religion and non-religion in Canada. Last time I looked at the relationship...

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Shut up and listen…

I find it strange, how the same people, in that acrimony-machine we call the blogosphere, who keep using this phrase, shut up and listen, are the same people who keep denying that they are trying to...

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The growing Nones

I’ve been blogging about the results of the religion question on the 2011 National Housing Survey, focusing on various metrics (and there are more to come), but David Rand of Atheist Freethinkers has...

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For Turkey

So, I was walking in downtown Toronto on Saturday, buying alcohol and getting ready to party. And then I came across a protest. This is somewhat common in Toronto, and I’m a jaded mo… I’m somewhat...

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Go west, you godless Canucks

If you’re anything like me, the first question that sprang to your mind when the 2011 National Housing Survey religion results came out was: How’d my city/province rank? Well, in this post I’m going to...

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Bully for you

Sometimes atheists get accused of being bullies because we are critical of religious. I don’t happen to think the simple act of civil criticism, fits the bill, but when it comes to personal identity...

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Is secularism unprincipled?

Canadian Ian Pollock, writing an article for Rationally Speaking, asks an intriguing question: Is secularism unprincipled? (Note: because this isn’t a philosophy blog, I have to stress that Pollock is...

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Irwin Cotler and Why I Almost Agree with Him…

A lot of news has surfaced recently about the charter of Quebec values. I wrote a post about it days before it was “leaked” to the Journal de Montreal. If you aren’t familiar, the main talking points...

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The Long Game – More on the Charter of Québec Values

A few of the readers who dislike what I’ve written about the Charter of Quebec Values have taken what I said and polarized it into one or two things: The first is that I’m a just typical Anglo-Canadian...

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Quebec teachers get it right

While the Marois government plays games with their electorate and the rest of Canada by being coy with the details of their Charter of Values, supporters are dishonestly trying to deflect criticisms...

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A Practical Guide for Avoiding Discussion of the Charter of Québec Values

So what do you do when you are supporting an untenable position with no rational arguments to support it, and are facing growing number of clear, well-outlined objections that you can’t find any sane...

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Some questions about the Québec Charter of Values that need answering

So, frustrated with the dishonesty in the “discussion” of Québec’s Charter of Values, I spent the last post deconstructing a set of ridiculous and self-serving “ground rules”. Because I was focused on...

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Je me souviens

This is the shortened, translated text of an email by Grandma Johanne Chayer that is doing the rounds in Quebec and is reprinted on the Rally for Secularism Facebook page.  The English translation is...

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The Crucifix And The Pine Butter Churn

I’ve been known to joke about decorating my bedroom wall with a crucifix to express support for Roman methods of dispensing justice – or Roman methods of dealing with irritating street preachers, as I...

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Siddiqui Goes All Out in Waging War on Parti Québécois

Haroon Siddiqui’s article in the Toronto Star, “PQ Goes All Out in Waging War On Religious Minorities,” is a masterpiece of bullshit hyperbole. Quebec Bill 60: Charter affirming the values of State...

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