Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
I provided a secular invocation on behalf of the NEPA Freethought Society at the June 12, 2014 Wilkes-Barre City Council meeting. Following several objections to the government-led Judeo-Christian prayers at Wilkes-Barre City Council meetings [see my July 2013 speech and June 2013 speech], a letter to the editor published in a local newspaper, an appearance on […]
I was interviewed for a front page feature length Times Leader newspaper article concerning my upcoming secular invocation and church/state separation. Last week — following my comments at a May 29, 2014 Wilkes-Barre City Council meeting and a press release announcing my intentions to provide a secular invocation at a June 12, 2014 council meeting […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 1, 2014 Media Contact: Justin Vacula, justinvacula [at] gmail.com NEPA Freethought Society to deliver secular invocation at June 12, 2014 Wilkes-Barre City Council meeting Wilkes-Barre – The NEPA Freethought Society — a social, educational, activist, and philosophical coalition of atheists, agnostics, humanists, secularists, and skeptics predicated on support and community which […]
Wilkes-Barre City Council approved my request to provide a secular invocation at a future meeting, but is only allowing me to do so during the public comment section. I addressed Wilkes-Barre City Council during its May 29, 2014 meeting asking permission to provide a secular invocation in place of the traditional government-led Judeo-Christian prayer led by […]
The video of my appearance on episode #73 of the Virginia-based public access television show Road to Reason is now available. Watch a video of my appearance representing the NEPA Freethought Society, included below, on the television show Road to Reason. I spoke about separation of church and state issues in Northeastern Pennylvania; the importance […]
