Talk:Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers

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Did you know... that the Military Association of Atheists & Freethinkers provides "atheists in foxholes" with advocacy, community and education?

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Give me a few minutes to see what I can turn up. ornis (t) 06:11, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Newsweek article
Huffington post about discrimination againsts atheists in the military in general in foxholes generally, but cites MAAF.
Also mentioned on the Colbert report ( still looking for a good link )
Held a rally in DC on veteran's day 05. [1]
aholes of the week mention of christian officer who disrupted a MAAF meeting in iraq.

I have withdrawn my request for speedy deletion as the subject seems relatively notable now (it cited no references when I saw it and appeared to be an ad). Thank you for your contributions. --RucasHost 07:34, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all for not deleting the page. I have made an extensive update and will be posting it soon. Hope you like it. Frederick Green (talk) 01:35, 27 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Categorization[edit]

What does everyone think about adding this article to the category Category:Religion in the military?

Obviously the organization exists for atheists, but it is in a way an aspect of religion in the military, along the lines of "Hey military religious people - Not everyone in the military is religious."

Any thoughts on this? KConWiki (talk) 18:37, 10 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is a valid idea. Go for it. Frederick Green (talk) 20:45, 28 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I do not agree. Aethists are by definition non religious, so placing them in a religious category seems wrong on both sides of the argument. 155.213.224.59 (talk) 18:40, 20 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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