Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
WNEP-TV 16 — a television news station serving Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania — covered my objection to government-led prayer at the June 13, 2013 Wilkes-Barre City Council meeting. For extensive details concerning my objection, please read my reasoning in a piece titled “Why I object to government-led prayers at Wilkes-Barre City Council meetings.” Watch the […]
I addressed Wilkes-Barre City Council during the public comment section of their June 13, 2013 meeting voicing my opposition to prayer offered by Councilwoman Maureen Lavelle at council meetings. I urged council members — speaking on behalf of the NEPA Freethought Society — to cease their divisive, inappropriate, coercive, exclusionary, unnecessary, and unwelcome religious rituals. […]
I will be attending the upcoming NEPA BlogCon 2013 Kick-Off Party at the River Grille in Plains, Pennsylvania on June 25 of 2013 at 6:00PM. The event includes organizers of the upcoming 2013 NEPA BlogCon; local writers, bloggers, students, business people; and others throughout the Northeastern Pennsylvania area. Last year’s event was a fun time […]
Rev. Michael Brewster of Mount Zion Baptist Church in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania has accepted my “Does God Exist” debate challenge which was recently posted on this website and reprinted in The Times Leader. I had last spoken with Rev. Brewster during my protest of the National Day of Prayer “Circle the Square with Prayer” event on […]
A modified version of my recent debate challenge to theists has been published in the Wilkes-Barre-based The Times Leader including an interesting title selected by the editor. Throwing down challenge regarding God’s existence Following my church/state activism in 2009, I received a large amount of hate mail from religious individuals throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania who were […]
