Title: Florida atheists "blast" Tampa city council prayer ritual
Post by: VietnamVet-BRIGHT on January 22, 2010, 04:22:03 PM
Post by: VietnamVet-BRIGHT on January 22, 2010, 04:22:03 PM
Yesterday morning (1/21/10), members of Atheists of Florida, including me, John Kieffer, showed up at the Tampa City Council to request ending the council’s practice of prayer rituals (aka “invocationâ€), which are officially included a the start of their public business meetings. Each of the seven of us spoke the allotted 3 minutes each (for a total of 21 minutes) about how stupid, intolerant, unfair and unconstitutional this government religious ritual is.
The seven council members literally sat there speechless and did not muster any response whatsoever.
The newsprint article of our city council visit appeared in the St Petersburg Times today as the headliner of the "Metro Report," ...
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You can read the online version at …
http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgover ... il/1067062 (http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/anti-invocation-speakers-blast-tampa-city-council/1067062)
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The seven council members literally sat there speechless and did not muster any response whatsoever.
The newsprint article of our city council visit appeared in the St Petersburg Times today as the headliner of the "Metro Report," ...
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi56.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fg183%2FVietnamvet-BRIGHT%2FStPeteTimes1-21-10-1.jpg&hash=6057adc1513ecf765924fa1f850938e9834139cb)
You can read the online version at …
http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgover ... il/1067062 (http://www.tampabay.com/news/localgovernment/anti-invocation-speakers-blast-tampa-city-council/1067062)
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Title: Re: Florida atheists "blast" Tampa city council prayer ritual
Post by: Tom62 on January 22, 2010, 05:04:16 PM
Post by: Tom62 on January 22, 2010, 05:04:16 PM
I read the online version and was astonished by some of the super-silly, pathetic comments that some of the readers posted.
Title: Re: Florida atheists "blast" Tampa city council prayer ritual
Post by: Prometheus on February 01, 2010, 06:22:46 AM
Post by: Prometheus on February 01, 2010, 06:22:46 AM
Awesome. I seriously doubt it will change anything but at least you called them out on the issue. I live in Tennessee and have to put up with crap all the time. They pray in school(Offically called a "moment of silence" now) at football and baseball games at townhall meetings and anywhere else people gather.
Title: Re: Florida atheists "blast" Tampa city council prayer ritual
Post by: karadan on February 01, 2010, 09:56:43 AM
Post by: karadan on February 01, 2010, 09:56:43 AM
That's awesome VietnamVet-BRIGHT.. You're awesome 
Title: Re: Florida atheists "blast" Tampa city council prayer ritual
Post by: Jolly Sapper on February 01, 2010, 02:49:52 PM
Post by: Jolly Sapper on February 01, 2010, 02:49:52 PM
You set quite the example to follow VietnamVet-BRIGHT.
