Should an atheist stand for governmental prayer?

Yesterday, I visited the PA state capitol building in Harrisburg mainly to protest a school voucher rally organized by Christians. Before the voucher rally, though, fellow atheist Carl Silverman and I wanted to watch ‘government in action’ and wanted to know whether the session would be led by prayer. We saw a sign that mentioned inter-faith […]

My ‘school voucher’ protest adventure with American Atheists

http://youtu.be/p5Ou_m0bY1g Here is Senator Williams using his ‘bully pulpit’ specifically addressing American Atheist members who were protesting this school voucher rally led by Christians. Highlights: 0:45, 0:50 I cheer ‘yah’ when Williams says “the bill is going down” 1:00 “The only thing going down is that this bill is passing.” (?) 0:11 “We’re going to […]