Practical Wisdom for Everyday Life
An advertisement I submitted promoting the NEPA Freethought Society — a Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania-based community group of which I am the co-organizer and spokesperson — and containing the word “Atheists” has been rejected by the County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS). In early 2012, I submitted an advertisement proposal — similar to that which I recently submitted […]
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Independent Gazette published remarks I delivered before Wilkes-Barre City Council members in July 2013 objecting to their practice of government-led prayer during public meetings. I plan to continue challenging Wilkes-Barre City Council’s government-led prayer and will be in attendance to object once again at their August 15, 2013 meeting. Additionally, readers can watch […]
I addressed Wilkes-Barre City Council at its July 16, 2013 public meeting – once again objecting to their government-led prayer which occurs during council meetings. Read a transcript of my remarks below and watch the corresponding video of my address to council. This post arrives following a short hiatus I have taken from most internet […]
A recent letter to the editor (LTE) I authored titled “Discontinue prayer at public meetings” was published in today’s edition of The Times Leader both online and in print. This letter urges members of Wilkes-Barre City Council to discontinue their tradition of government-led prayer at public meetings, encourages locals to join me in opposition to prayer, and […]
Wilkes-Barre City Council will be hosting its next council meeting on Tuesday, July 16 [not July 11 as I had previously believed]. I encourage local church/state separation advocates to attend this meeting with prepared comments objecting to council’s tradition of government-led prayer. I first addressed this issue and members of council during the June 13, […]
