Famed Atheist Dawkins Quits Foundation Backing Trans ‘Religion’

Famed British evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins has resigned from the Freedom From Religion Foundation after it censored an article supporting the belief that gender is biological.

His resignation followed that of two other scientists and atheists from the foundation’s board, American Jerry Coyne and Canadian-American Steven Pinker. They accused the foundation of imposing an ideology with the “dogma, blasphemy, and heretics” of a religion, The Telegraph reported Monday.

Dawkins accused the foundation of caving to the “hysterical squeals” of cancel culture after it deleted an article by Coyne titled “Biology is not bigotry” from its website, saying it was a “mistake” to have published it.

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