Atheist group protests Mother Teresa stamp

Desperate people do desperate things. Take the Freedom From Religion Foundation- this atheist organization is calling out the United States Post Office for the soon-to-be released Mother Teresa memorial stamp.

Mother Teresa isn't being memorialized because she was Catholic, but rather, she was a humanitarian in the purest form. She comforted the sick, poor, orphaned, and dying. Her own words say it all as she describes how she worked for "the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the crippled, the blind, the lepers, all those people who feel unwanted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are shunned by everyone."

Does the Freedom From Religion Foundation have a problem with her charity work? No, they just despise the idea of someone giving of themselves in the name of God (now we can't have that, can we?).

After reading about this story, I wondered if the Freedom From Religion Foundation targeted the Martin Luther King, Jr. stamp when it came out. King, like Mother Teresa, did his work in the name of God. He was a Baptist minister, even founding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. But he wasn't memorialized because he was a Baptist minister. He was memorialized because of the work he did for humanity.

Fortunately most people will find the Freedom From Religion Foundation's stance on this issue silly- even pathetic. Their work and complaints make our job of exposing their idiocy that much more easy. Thanks guys...oh yeah, and God Bless! ;-)

USPS Mother Teresa 2010 Stamp News Release