News

Here you will find news stories relating to the Boston Atheists, as well as Boston Atheists and American Atheists press releases. If you are a member of the press, you may also wish to contact us for further comments or interviews.

Boston Atheists Press Releases

• May 16, 2009: Religion Cannot Justify Child Abuse: A protest against religiously-notivated medical neglect

Boston Atheists in the Media

• March 19, 2009: "Not-so-sure guys"
  by Georgiana Cohen for Boston Phoenix
• March 9, 2009: "Study: Fewer Catholics In New England"
  by Peg Rusconi for WBZ-TV
• March 19, 2008: "Organized non-religion"
  by Marlesse Marino for The Daily Free Press"
• November 21, 2007: "The Joiner: Boston Atheists"
  by Rick Sawyer for The Bostonist
• September 21, 2007: "Atheism services on the rise at colleges"
  by Divya Bahl for The Daily Free Press
• September 16, 2007: "The Nonbelievers"
  by David Abel for The Boston Globe
• March 7, 2007: "Harvard cans requiring religion classes"
  by Shari Rabin for The Daily Free Press
• December 18, 2005: "Atheists love Christmas, too"
  by Heather Eng for the Boston Herald
• January 20, 2005: "God, no"
  by Jack Thomas for The Boston Globe

American Atheists Press Releases

• March 26, 2009: "Atheists Hail UN Rejection of Blasphemy Resolution"
  Resolutions that would have banned "defamation of religion" were rejected by international bodies this week.
• March 9, 2009: "Atheists hail study finding record numbers of nonbelievers in US"
  An Atheist civil rights and advocacy group today hailed the findings of a national survey indicated that more Americans have "no religion."
• January 20, 2009: "Atheists Thank, Congratulate Obama"
  Americans throughout the nation's history have included millions of Atheists and others who could be labeled as "non-believers".
• January 13, 2009: "Obama Asked to Turn Down Boy Scouts of America"
  The American Humanist Association, in conjunction with 18 other nontheistic (atheist and agnostic) organizations, sent a letter today to President-Elect Barack Obama urging him to decline the title and role of honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America.