User:Knowledgebattle/projects/Atheists facing discrimination

Atheists trying to do charity work alongside Christians
2013 - Spartanburg Soup Kitchen

In Spartanburg, South Carolina, Upstate Atheists tried to volunteer at Spartanburg Soup Kitchen, and were turned down by executive director, Lou Landrum... because they're atheists. The executive director said she would rather resign, than to let atheists help at their soup kitchen. Since the soup kitchen was where the homeless would gather, the atheists responded by going across the street and passing out care packages to the homeless.

Atheists denied free speech; advertising
2013 - County of Lackawanna Transit System

In 2013, after NEPA Freethought Society spent 18 months attempting to advertise their group, which used the word "Atheists", COLTS denied his request, calling it, "Too controversial". After trying again with a similar advertisement, COLTS responded by revising their advertising policy to reject all forms of religion-based advertisements. As COLTS had previously allowed several churches, a political candidate, and a blog that focused on anti-Semitism, holocaust denial, and white supremacy to all run advertisements in the past, COLTS was subsequently sued, in order to remove the ban.

Middle-eastern atheist discussions on Reddit
Threatened for not believing

In 2015, Middle-eastern atheists were talking on Reddit. A guy talked about his brother who confronted him, after finding out that he was an agnostic atheist, and wanted to "beat him up" "because he cared". He had to lie to his brother to maintain his own safety. He's an atheist who's facing depression, because he has to hide who he is. Looking at his comments, English is not his first language, and he's learning Japanese, so he's obviously pretty intelligent and motivated. He's also apparently trying to get a study-abroad scholarship, so that he can leave and never return. On a funnier note, he apparently likes to torrent Japanese porn.