The Snarky Humanist

Alert reader Karen F. sent me this story last night* about Mitt Romney's crazy Mormonism . It seems that Mitt's deceased father-in-law was a die-hard atheist, and while Mitt was able to brainwash his wife and her siblings into joining his wacky faith, his FIL held steadfast in his lack of faith. Thankfully, crazy Mormons are allowed to baptize people after they die, so 14 months after his FIL passed, he was posthumously turned into a Mormon. YAY. So, no sane non-Mormon person could possibly approve of this practice, could they? If Mitt gets the Republican nomination, can this be overlooked? Probably. Regardless of how disrespectful this practice is, I think that for many people it will be filed under the "Kind of weird and I don't necessarily agree with it, but not important in the grand scheme of things" category come election time. In a way, they're not wrong. What does crazy Mormon practices have to do with running this country? Can Mitt pass tax l

Destination: Washington D.C. Why? The Reason Rally. AND The American Atheists Convention. AND The fundraising dinner where I'm bound to pee on myself when I see (and meet?) all the famous atheists. So yes, the Snarky Humanist Duo (I'm still trying to come up with a good name for us that indicates we are two people) will be attending our first atheist convention, and we're beside ourselves with excitement. (And we'll be driving up in my MINI) Several years ago (maybe 7?) I wrote a blog about my thoughts on active atheism. I can't find said blog now, which means that I may have written it as recently as 2 years ago. Or tomorrow. I love that my concept of time is diminishing as I age. Anyway, my thoughts at that undetermined time were that being an activist was silly, because what was the point? I had even read about a few conventions and dismissed them as a waste of time. Oh, silly, silly me. The reasons for being an active atheist are sound. It's ok to be p