You may find it odd that a lifelong atheist looks forward to celebrating Christmas, but Christmas has never been a religious holiday for me. In fact, growing up, it was years before I made the connection between Christmas and the supposed birth of the J man. You might say that having atheist parents saved me. So when I celebrate Christmas I do so without any thought of religious connections.

Today your weird, old uncle (every family has one, don't they?) went down to Ventura City Hall and, along with several hundred other people, carried a sign in a demonstration against Proposition 8, the anti-gay marriage initiative. That's right. He marched for two hours with a crowd of mostly gay people.
No, your weird old uncle isn't coming out of the closet. That's not what I meant by weird. I just believe