Stories by Austin Dacey

Austin Dacey is a representative to the United Nations for the International Humanist and Ethical Union and the author of The Secular Conscience: Why Belief Belongs in Public Life and The Future of Blasphemy: Speaking of the Sacred in an Age of Human Rights (forthcoming). subscribe to Austin Dacey's feed

11 Years in Prison for Posting on an Atheist Website?

Posted on: Jun 12, 2012, Source: Religion Dispatches

All over the world, people skeptical of religion face profound mistreatment.

'Pastafarian' Stunt: 'Religious Freedom' Is Not Freedom For All

Posted on: Aug 5, 2011, Source: Religion Dispatches

On what grounds could we conclude that the man in the pasta strainer deserves less deference from the state than the woman in the hijab or the man in the kippa?