The Southern Poverty Law Center Brands Atheists “Anti-Muslim Extremists,” Bill Maher chats atheism with President Obama, 11 secular candidates won, and Donald J. Trump will be our next president… Those are the headlines for the week of Saturday, November 12, 2016. Sources: Southern Poverty Law Center Brands Atheist Critics “Anti-Muslim Extremists”: Southern Poverty Law Center, “A Journalist's Manual: Field Guide to Anti-Muslim Extremists.” Accessed November 10, 2016. https://www.splcenter.org/20161025/journalists-manual-field-guide-anti-muslim-extremists Stoyan Zaimov, “Atheists Outraged by SPLC Branding Atheist Critics of Radical Islam 'Anti-Muslim Extremists.'” Accessed November 10, 2016. http://www.christianpost.com/news/atheists-outraged-splc-branding-atheist-critics-radical-islam-anti-muslim-extremists-171163/ Stoyan Zaimov, “Atheists Start Petition Against SPLC Branding Atheist Critics of Radical Islam 'Anti-Muslim Extremists.'” Accessed November 10, 2016. http://www.christianpost.com/news/atheists-start-petition-against-splc-branding-atheist-critics-radical-islam-anti-muslim-extremists-171200/ President Obama Interviewed by Bill Maher: Michael Stone, “Obama Talks Atheism With Bill Maher.” Accessed November 10, 2016. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/progressivesecularhumanist/2016/11/obama-talks-atheism-with-bill-maher/?ref_widget=trending&ref;_blog=danthropology&ref;_post=president-obama-discusses-atheism-with-bill-maher Oklahoma Ballot Measure 790: Heather Clark, “Oklahoma Voters Reject Proposal to Allow Ten Commandments at State Capitol.” Accessed November 10, 2016. http://christiannews.net/2016/11/09/oklahoma-voters-reject-proposal-to-allow-ten-commandments-at-state-capitol/ Conclusion: Cullen Murphy, Are We Rome?: The Fall of an Empire & the Fate of America (New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2007), pp. 203-206. News Ticker: Radio New Zealand, “Secular education case heads to Human Rights Tribunal.” Accessed October 24, 2016. http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/315728/secular-education-case-heads-to-human-rights-tribunal Daniel Reed, “Study links poor understanding of the physical world to religious & paranormal beliefs.” Accessed October 25, 2016. http://www.psypost.org/2016/10/study-links-poor-understanding-physical-world-religious-paranormal-beliefs-45293 Thomas D. Williams, “Atheists Fight to Remove ‘God’ From AA Program.” Accessed October 28, 2016. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/10/25/atheists-fight-god-taken-aa-program/ Tim Peacock, “Christians in Lincoln, NE Shut Down Atheist Billboard.” Accessed October 27, 2016. http://www.peacock-panache.com/2016/10/christians-lincoln-atheist-billboard-25367.html Hemant Mehta, “Nebraska Atheist Billboard Promoting “The Good Life Without God” Comes Down Following Complaints.” Accessed October 27, 2016. http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2016/10/19/nebraska-atheist-billboard-promoting-the-good-life-without-god-comes-down-following-complaints/ ************************************** All you need to know about everything secular! Atheist Lowdown is a weekly secular news aggregate vlog intended for busy freethinkers, humanists, atheists, agnostics, and any combination thereof who want the latest coverage of religious violence and oppression, the efforts of likeminded nonbelievers, and other related stories. Every week the Lowdown cuts through the mass of headlines and information to deliver only the most important secular events. We are committed to a global need to know perspective. Along with our weekly news brief we interview the pioneers of the secular community and provide in-depth coverage of specific stories in our Special Repots series. The show airs every Friday at 3pm. We hope you find our concise format efficiently informative and motivating. All are welcome to watch, but we are not here to debate. There are plenty of forums to do just that. This is a program for mature non-believers and others concerned about religious violence and oppression, and the separation of church and state. So please keep your comments to our coverage and stories we may have missed. Keep secular and reason on! ************************************** SUBSCRIBE now to receive notification of new episodes ON FACEBOOK: Atheist Culture Network ON TWITTER: @AthiestLowdown Credits: The Atheist Lowdown is a production of the Atheist Culture Network and is filmed on location at the Freethought Library of the Atheist Community of Austin: 1507 West Koenig Lane, Austin, TX 78756-1415 Intro Voiceover by Ronald Bruce Meyer Artist: http://freethoughtalmanac.com/ Intro Music: News Theme 2 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Copyright © Atheist Culture Network 2015-2016. All rights reserved. "Atheist Lowdown" is a trademark of the Atheist Culture Network.

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