Open Forum Friday: There’s a boy in the girls’ room!

Remember this book? It didn’t have anything to do with transgenderism, but it was the first image to come up when I typed “boy in the girl’s room” into Google Image Search.

This Week’s Topic
This is a topic that should have been covered more by us and by local human rights organizations. I only [...]

Open Forum Friday: Freethought Fort Wayne in the future

This Week’s Topic
I was going to talk about atheism and skepticism, and if one requires another, but I think I’ll wait until next week. It is a good topic, and I want to cite a few more articles before I open it to the floor. This week’s topic is one we’ve discussed before, but is [...]

Open Forum Friday: It’s really, really open

This Week’s Topic
I am enjoying a week off of work on my Staycation, and I’m afraid I don’t have anything prepared. So when I say this is an open forum, I mean it’s open.
So, uh, what do you want to talk about?
Open Forum Friday Ground Rules

Anything goes, as long as you do not become verbally [...]

Open Forum Friday: Catholic Extortion

This Week’s Topic
This relates to some news that’s kinda old, and I’m surprised no one’s covered it on this blog yet. But it is a really interesting development. I am referring, of course, to the recent announcement by the Catholic archdiocese of Washington, DC, that unless the city changes a proposed law that would allow [...]

Open Forum Friday: The Fort Hood Shootings

This Week’s Topic
(Written by Jake!)
Welcome to the next edition of our popular and sometimes controversial series Open Forum Friday.
This week we continue the trend by asking for your thoughts about The Fort Hood, Texas military base killings purportedly committed by Major Nidal Malik Hasan, US Army.
This horrific event raises lots of questions.  We’ve yet to [...]

Open Forum Friday: What do you want to see from FFW?

This Week’s Topic
Rather than the usual topic for debate, like “will theists and atheists ever get along?” or “Star Trek or Star Wars?” today I’m going to offer a different sort of question:
What sort of blog features do you want to see on FreeThought Fort Wayne, or what sort of events do you want to [...]

Open Forum Friday: Are accomodationists dragging us down?

This Week’s Topic
Ever since the resurgence of outspoken atheists, led by the so-called “New Atheists” such as Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers, Sam Harris and others, an oft-repeated refrain has been that the New Atheists are somehow hurting atheism’s common cause (which at a minimum is greater acceptance of atheists and atheism).
This new breed of atheists, [...]