ATHEIST COMING OUT PARTY
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2008 TO FEATURE KAGIN,
MEHTA, PARAMORE & MORE!
"It's OK to not believe..."

THE NATION'S first Atheist Coming Out Party will take place on Saturday, August 2, 2008. The event brings together a roster of national, regional and local groups including Students for Freethought (Ohio State University); American Atheists; Secular Student Alliance; Michigan Atheists; The Free Inquiry Group of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky; Central Ohioians for Rational Inquiry and others.

Organizer Ashley Paramore says, "The goal is to be a networking opportunity for Atheists, Agnostics, Freethinkers, Humanists, Skeptics and everyone in-between!" The event invites "closeted" nonbelievers to meet other like-minded, non-religious people in a welcoming environment, and urge them to "come out."

"It's OK not be believe in a god," said Paramore.

The speaker roster includes Edwin Kagin, National Legal Director for American Atheists and Freethought activist/blogger Hemant Mehta.

There will be talks, literature tables and other activities. Visitors can bring popup information tents and literature. There will be a camping trip to Alum Creek following the Coming Out event. The venue is the Everal Barn, 60 N. Cleveland Avenue, Westerville Ohio 43081. (http://www.westerville.org/Default.aspx?tabid=113 ). More information can be found at http://healthyaddict.googlepages.com/home, or by E-mailing Ashley Paramore at ashley@secularstudents.org .

WHAT: First Atheist "Coming Out Party."

WHEN: Saturday, August 2, 2008, 12:00 noon - 5:00 PM

WHERE: Everal Barn, 60 N. Cleveland Avenue, Westerville Ohio 43081. (http://www.westerville.org/Default.aspx?tabid=113 ).

WHO: Edwin Kagin, Hemant Mehta, Ashley Paramore & more!

MORE INFO: http://healthyaddict.googlepages.com/home, or by E-mailing Ashley Paramore at ashley@secularstudents.org .

(AMERICAN ATHEISTS is a nationwide movement that defends the civil rights of Atheists and other nonbelievers; works for the total separation of church & state; and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.)

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