The Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta gave a speech to rouse the crowd to action.

FFRF Co President Dan Barker De-Baptizes new FFRF members.

Get your De-Baptismal Certificate signed by Dan Barker today! ffrf.org/shop/certificates/set-of-2-frameable-debaptismal...

This is Lars. Lars likes skiing, mountain biking, building trails, speaking French, and snow babies.

Saturday was a busy day, full of errands, including, but not limited to: getting passport photos, filling out the passport renewal form, beating all of Translink's best efforts to prevent me from getting to PoCo to pick up the Skyline from RS-Imports, riding my bike around the office, and not making it home in time to get all the ICBC bullshhh done.

Oh yeah, and getting my stuff ready to shred the gnar off the Coquiholla!

I think I took this around 1700m, while the highway is sitting at ~1200m, and the summit was 1940m.

FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor passes out Rally stickers. "Out of the Closet Atheist" and "I'm Secular and I vote"

Get a T-shirt with the slogan "This is what an atheist looks like" here:

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Jeanette and Greg from D.A.F.T. (Denver Atheists &

Freethinkers) "The two of us got those tattoos of

that 'A' tonight. Greg got his first, but the stupid tattoo artist made black the

predominant color. So I, Jeanette, was the second person to get the tattoo, but the

first one to get it right. I feel awful about that, but am nonetheless glad that I

didn't get mine first."

The Reason Rally took place on the National Mall in Washington, DC on Saturday, March 24, 2012. It was sponsored by many of the country’s largest and most influential secular organizations.

The Rally began with a military ceremony and Pledge of Allegiance, the original pledge without the divisive 1954 addition, "under God."

There are plenty of Atheists in Foxholes, including a substantial portion of FFRF's membership. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

I went bowling with a buncha non-believers. It was fun!

Ron Arad: No Discipline

August 2, 2009–October 19, 2009

The Museum of Modern Art, The International Council of The Museum of Modern Art Gallery, sixth floor

Ron Arad stands out among the most influential designers of our time for his daredevil approach to form, structure, technology, and materials in work that spans the disciplines of industrial design, sculpture, architecture, and mixed-medium installation. Arad was born in Tel Aviv in 1951 and studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. In 1973 he moved to London, where he attended the Architectural Association School of Architecture, and in 1981, together with long-time business partner Caroline Thorman, he opened One Off, a gallery-studio for experimental design that showed not only his work but also that of fellow freethinkers such as Danny Lane and Tom Dixon. Since then, the name and address of the office and the scale of its work have changed, but its spirit remains the same. For nearly three decades, Arad has countered the traditional separation of the roles of architect, designer, and artist. Prominent in art and design communities while keeping a foot in industrial mass production, he has inspired a new generation of designers in many fields to adopt hybrid practices that have the flexibility to match today’s shifts in design applications. His work has been imitated, idolized, feverishly discussed, and criticized, but never ignored.

Ron Arad: No Discipline celebrates the designer’s interdisciplinary and “no-disciplinary” spirit. Physical concepts are traced through works in different materials and scales, and objects are grouped in families based on a shared form, material, technique, or structural idea. The exhibition culminates in Cage sans Frontières, Arad’s giant structure that cradles all the other works.

The Washington Mall was packed with people. The Capitol is visible in the background.

Eddie Izzard, Jamila Bey, and James Randi all watch comedian Jamie Killstein from the winds. Everyone was laughing!

Thousands came out despite the weather. Many were FFRF members, are you?

ffrf.org/get-involved/membership/

Jeanette and Greg from D.A.F.T. (Denver Atheists &

Freethinkers) "The two of us got those tattoos of

that 'A' tonight. Greg got his first, but the stupid tattoo artist made black the

predominant color. So I, Jeanette, was the second person to get the tattoo, but the

first one to get it right. I feel awful about that, but am nonetheless glad that I

didn't get mine first."

Tim Minchin watches Jamie Killstein and yearns for more wine.

FFRF gave out rally signs, stickers, copies of Freethought Today (the only freethought newspaper in the country), bags, and more!

Michael Shermer, former guest on Freethought Radio, waits in the wings.

Michael Shermer addresses the rally. FFRF was a major donor to the Reason Rally.

Join us here

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The grave of Emma Goldman, anarchist freethinker. This stone shows a date of death exactly one year earlier than what is commonly accepted.

Taslima Nasrene

Watch case with crystal intact.

See: blog post - Insearch of controversy and freethinkers in London: www.speedcommunications.com/blogs/wadds/2009/05/12/in-sea...

Dawkins, Brandon and an off-to-the-side Venkat

Live tweeting about the huge numbers at the Rally!

~ Robert Green Ingersoll

The quote sounds like a life philosophy to me. Thoughts?

I have a bunch of these cloud/sky photos and will be working on a series. So you'll be seeing a bunch of photos with quotes for the next few days. Thought I should try to mix it up and put something new up.

How much for the STORY of the Story of the Greatest Story Ever Told?

Tim Minchin singing the song "Thank you God for fixing the cataracts of Sam's mum."

FFRF was a big donor to the Reason Rally and helped fund acts like Tim Minchin. Join FFRF today!

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A trip to the tiny Hill Country town of Sisterdale, about an hour northwest of San Antonio. Founded in the mid-1800's by German Freethinkers, Sisterdale is just a couple of houses and businesses along the side of the road with just a few dozen residents. The main attraction to the town is the Sister Creek Winery, located in the old cotton gin. Pictures taken Spring 2008. I plan on adding more detailed descriptions in the future.

FFRF gave out rally signs, stickers, copies of Freethought Today (the only freethought newspaper in the country), bags, and more!

Rally attendees were happy to engage in reasoned debate. The debates were all one-sided.

Adam Savage, Todd Stiefel, and Paul Provenza watch Tim Minchin perform.

The Rally began with a military ceremony and Pledge of Allegiance, the original pledge without the divisive 1954 addition, "under God."

There are plenty of Atheists in Foxholes, including a substantial portion of FFRF's membership. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.

FFRF Co-Presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor rallies the crowd (as her husband admiringly watches) and talks about FFRF's legal work (we have 4 full time attorneys on staff to address state church issues and about our new national television ad, which you can view here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEEIBNeIBLY&feature=channel

FFRF was a major sponsor of the Reason Rally and is the largest Atheist/Agnostic/Freethought group in the country. We hope someday you'll join us:

ffrf.org/get-involved/membership/

Photography courtesy of RXA Photography - rxaphotography.com/

Sue-Ann Post is a comedian with a serious side. Her hilarious one woman shows have dealt with the usually somber topics of religion, sexuality, incest, diabetes and monogamy and have shocked and delighted audiences around Australia, the UK, the USA and New Zealand. Sue-Ann’s thought-provoking weekly column appeared in The Age for three years and was nominated for the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission’s Print Media Award. Her articles have also appeared in The West Australian, the UK’s Freethinker and Versal in the Netherlands.

www.sue-annpost.com.au/

From left to right: Murthy A V N, Pankaj Kulkarni, Anil Gulecha, Aditya Manthramurthy, Jabir Ahmed, Dolly Koshy, Veda Kulkarni and Krishnan Parthasarathi.

Dan Barker De-baptizes the atheist masses. Get de-baptized today

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FFRF Co-Presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor rallies the crowd and talks about FFRF's legal work (we have 4 full time attorneys on staff to address state church issues and about our new national television ad, which you can view here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEEIBNeIBLY&feature=channel

FFRF was a major sponsor of the Reason Rally and is the largest Atheist/Agnostic/Freethought group in the country. We hope someday you'll join us:

ffrf.org/get-involved/membership/

I Come in Peace, Costume Contest, Galaxy Fest 2012, Roswell, NM

Robbie pausing to take in the view part way up our trek to Thar peak for a day of shredding treats.

Secular Songstress Shelley Segal wows the crowd at the Reason Rally. The night before she played at FFRF's private dinner and did a duet with FFRF Co-President Dan Barker.