National Day of Reason
Why a "National Day of Reason?"
Many who value the separation of religion and government have sought an appropriate response to the federally-supported National Day of Prayer, an annual abuse of the constitution. Nontheistic Americans (including freethinkers, humanists, atheists, agnostics, and deists), along with many traditionally religious allies, view such government-sanctioned sectarianism as unduly exclusionary.
A consortium of leaders from within the community of reason endorsed the idea of a National Day of Reason. This observance is held in parallel with the National Day of Prayer, on the first Thursday in May (1 May 2008). The goal of this effort is to celebrate reason - a concept all Americans can support - and to raise public awareness about the persistent threat to religious liberty posed by government intrusion into the private sphere of worship.
The Day of Reason also exists to inspire the secular community to be visible and active on this day to set the right example for how to effect positive change. The important message is to provide an positive, useful, constitutional alternative to the exclusionary National Day of Prayer.—quoted from http://www.nationaldayofreason.org/
CFI Florida has launched a letter writing campaign concerning this issue. So, I would encourage you to join in with letters to media and government officials expressing your views on this topic.
CFI Indiana will celebrate National Day of Reason by showing a film on religious liberty at 4:00 pm and again at 7:00 pm at our center. This program will be free and open to the public. The film is from the ACLU Freedom Files series and titled “Religious Freedom.”
