Anyone who’s hurting, marginalized, ignored because of their lack of religion
Hemant Mehta interviewed Damon and Jerrett Fowler a few days ago. Jerrett wants people not to forget about it and move on to the next thing.
My biggest fear is that, since this is the Internet, people will find other places to focus their attention. This is going to be a long and drawn out battle and there is little we can do to make it go faster.
The support so far is amazing, more than I could have ever imagined, however, I hope that the support doesn’t go away. We need the community behind us so that we have the strength to follow this through. This isn’t just for us, this is for everyone out there as well. Anyone who’s hurting, marginalized, ignored because of their lack of religion or religious preference. My dream is to see this through and to have full support all the way.
That’s probably a lot of people.
A fantastic sentiment, eloquently expressed – what heroes!
I’m right there with them.
We must keep their situation in the public consciousness. Jerrett on his mother:
This notion that you need to give up on being smart to get God goes back to Celsus’s time, at least. Another pressure on folk to dumb down, as if the world needed more stupidity.
Interesting discussion on Where have all the progressive atheists gone? over at New Matilda.
http://newmatilda.com/2011/06/08/where-have-all-progressive-atheists-gone#comment-30213
Wow, that is some dopy article. Well done with replies, O.P.
Continuing the OT digression, but on a more positive note: columnist discovers that Dawkins does not actually spew flames and venom.
http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/kevin-myers/kevin-myers-myth-of-dawkins-as-an-intolerant-atheist-crusader-is-just-that-myth-2669926.html