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We received the following news from Bonnie Ploger, Don’s wife: I am sad to inform you that my loving husband Don Allan died in my arms on July 4th.  The Minnesota Atheists was an important pa...

https://mnatheists.org/2024/07/in-memoriam-donald-allan/

By Cathy Prody Southwest Christian High School has for the past ten years invited August Berkshire to provide an atheist perspective to its junior and senior level philosophy and worldview classe...

https://mnatheists.org/2024/06/may-2024-meeting-review-an-atheist-speaker-at-a-christian-high-school/

By George Francis Kane Gathering at the State Capitol in May to celebrate the Day of Reason is one of the favorite traditions of Minnesota’s freethought community, probably surpassed only by th...

https://mnatheists.org/2024/06/news-and-notes-day-of-reason/

By Chris Matthews Minnesota Atheists invites you to join us in our Loring Park, Minneapolis, booth on Saturday and Sunday June 29 and 30 as part of this year’s Twin Cities Pride Festival. Pride...

https://mnatheists.org/2024/06/twin-cities-pride-festival-2/

Celebrate Pride Month with June’s Freethought Picnic!Sunday, June 16 at NoonJaycees Shelter, 2540 Lexington Ave N, Roseville Minnesota Atheists will donate $5 per attendee to an organization ca...

https://mnatheists.org/2024/06/freethought-rainbow-picnic/

What’s it like for an atheist to speak at a Christian high school? On March 23, 2011, August Berkshire, then-president of Minnesota Atheists, was invited to a friendly debate with theist Dr. Da...

https://mnatheists.org/2024/05/may-public-meeting-an-atheist-speaker-at-a-christian-high-school/

By George Francis Kane The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) are responsible to set regulations for medical institutions that secure both th...

https://mnatheists.org/2024/04/news-and-notes-regulating-healthcare-regulations/

By Heather Hegi Before the meeting began, August ran the business meeting. One interesting update is that August will be speaking on a religious discussion panel of five speakers at Eagle Ridge A...

https://mnatheists.org/2024/04/public-meeting-review-march/

How has the atheist movement changed and where should we go from here? We will have a discussion between panelists who are Minnesota Atheists leaders and everyone in the audience who would like t...

https://mnatheists.org/2024/04/april-public-meeting-the-future-of-the-atheist-movement/

By August Berkshire Ayaan Hirsi Ali, former Muslim, former atheist, is now calling herself a Christian. Her critique of radical Islam is accurate. She was brutalized when she was young by Islam (...

https://mnatheists.org/2024/01/ayaan-hirsi-alis-conversion/