Upcoming discussion with Pastor Dan Nichols on religious faith, atheism

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 9, 2013 Media Contacts: Justin Vacula, justinvacula [at] gmail.com Dan Nichols, dan [at] restoredchurch.org Pastor and atheist to host open-to-the-public discussion on religious faith, atheism  Wilkes-Barre – Pastor Dan Nichols of Restored Church and atheist activist Justin Vacula of the NEPA Freethought Society will meet for a friendly two hour open-to-the-public discussion concerning religious […]

Local secularists to protest Public Square Rosary Crusade

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 5, 2013 Media Contact: Justin Vacula, justinvacula [at] gmail.com Local secularists to protest Public Square Rosary Crusade Wilkes-Barre – The NEPA Freethought Society — a community group of atheists, agnostics, and secularists throughout Northeastern Pennsylvania — will be staging a protest of the October 12, 2013 Public Square Rosary Crusade at […]

Planned protest of “Public Square Rosary Crusade”

A group of Catholics in Northeastern Pennsylvania upset with “the secularist advance” is planning and advertising a rally which will take place at the Our Lady of Fatima grotto in Wilkes-Barre on October 12, 2013 at noon. In response to this rally, I am calling on local secularists to join me in protest of this […]

“Atheists” bus advertisement again rejected

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 […]

Public outcry follows call for Wilkes-Barre City Council to cease prayer – Talkback 16

Talkback 16 — a segment in which local television news station WNEP-TV 16 airs recorded comments from viewers — recently featured individuals commenting on my June 13, 2013 address to Wilkes-Barre City Council in objection to government-led prayer during council meetings. Callers on the June 17, 2013 edition — seemingly disgruntled with my address to […]