This is the weekly summary of the Humanist Network News (HNN). The Humanist Network News (HNN) is published every Wednesday via e-mail and on the Institute for Humanist Studies (IHS) Web site. This diary is a slightly reformatted copy of the weekly email they send me, which I post here every Thursday (with permission from the IHS). (CP @ DKos, MLW, BT)

September 21, 2005
Humanist Network News
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  1. Media vie for interviews with secular lobbyist
  2. Newdow: More Americans support me this time
  3. New Yorkers challenged “under God” in ’56
  4. Bioethics panel on cloning, Sept. 26
  5. Sweet Reason, father of bride needs secular “Grace”
  6. Letters to the Editor
  7. Cathartic Comics
  8. Humanist Humor
  9. Poll will return next week

Summaries and links across the break. As always, anyone and everyone is more than welcome to write a more in depth diary on any of the stories.
1. Media vie for interviews with secular lobbyist
A USA Today article about Lori Lipman Brown, the newly appointed lobbyist for the Secular Coalition for America, is causing quite a stir in the media. MORE

2. Newdow: More Americans support me this time
HNN spoke with Michael Newdow on Tuesday about his new challenge to “under God” in public school recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance. This time around, he feels more Americans support his cause. MORE

3. New Yorkers challenged “under God” in ’56
An historic challenge to “under God” in the Pledge may help Newdow’s current case. MORE

4. Bioethics panel on cloning, Sept. 26
The IHEU-Appignani Center for Bioethics invites HNN readers to attend its first panel discussion: “Beyond Cloning: Bioethicists Reconsider the Terms of the Debate.” MORE

5. Sweet Reason, father of bride needs secular “Grace”
An atheist father of the bride-to-be asks Sweet Reason for a secular substitute for saying grace. MORE

6. Letters to the Editor
This weeks letters to HNN the Newdow Pledge case, racism in America, genital mutilation, humanist baby names and many more topics. MORE

7. Cathartic Comics
…an assortment of cartoons and comic strips about humanism, atheism, religion, science and freethought. MORE

8. Humanist Humor
A young boy enters a barber shop and the barber whispers to his customer, “This is the dumbest kid in the world. Watch while I prove it to you.” Let’s see if that kid is so dumb after all. GET THE JOKE

9. Poll will return next week
We’re keeping last week’s poll open a little longer.  “Do you think Newdow will take his case all the way to the Supreme Court and win this time?” CAST YOUR VOTE

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If anything here interests you, you may also be interested in my diary on what it is like to be a secular humanist in today’s political climate: I Am The Boogeyman.

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