Comments on: Atheist Rally in Texas Recap

By: busy, busy, busy

busy, busy, busy — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 02:17:52 +0000

[...] the idea of having an atheist rally does not sit well with me. A Christian rally would annoy the hell out of me. Why would I subject [...]

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:35:49 +0000

You should also let people in Friends churches (Quaker), Unitarian-Universalist and Episcopal churches know about it. They’d be likely to be supporters, along with certain Methodist and Presbyterian congregations (though there are conservative congregations within those umbrella categories).

By: Mike C

Mike C — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:28:48 +0000

If you do so, look into churches like the Mennonites and the non-conservative Baptists. They’re the ones who invented the concept of the “separation of church and state” in the first place (Jefferson got the phrase from a bunch of Baptists actually).

I’m sure you’ll find some supporters in many of the liberal mainline churches around there too.

By: Becky Robinson

Becky Robinson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:13:09 +0000

It was a general church/state separation rally, but put on by atheist groups. I don’t think it was advertised much outside of the those groups.

I know they are wanting to do it again. I can suggest to Joe that we may want to invite some theist church/state supporters to speak in the future and to advertise it among sympathetic theist groups.

By: Mike C

Mike C — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 05:48:38 +0000

It’s frustrating that more people from all different faith/no-faith backgrounds weren’t joining those who were there protesting.

Was it billed as an atheist rally or just a general separation of church & state protest? I can imagine that many religious people who support the separation of church & state might not have showed up because they were under the impression that it was only an atheist get together.

By: Becky Robinson

Becky Robinson — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:37:32 +0000

The Daily Texan completely misquoted Terry McDonald from the Metroplex Atheists. He was quoting Senator Dan Patrick when he made his comment about the Senate being based on Judeo-Christian values.

It was a good rally. I got to meet a bunch of new people. And speaking on the steps of the State Capitol building was pretty cool.