The Reason Rally is an event sponsored by many of the country’s largest and most influential secular organizations. It will be free to attend and will take place in Washington, D.C. on March 24th, 2012 from 10:00AM – 6:00PM at the National Mall. There will be music, comedy, speakers, and so much more. We hope you can join us! Please poke around this site for more information, stay tuned for frequent updates, and let us know if you have any questions! Speakers include:
Dr. Richard Dawkins
Author of The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The God Delusion, The Greatest Show on Earth, and more; Founder of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science.
Tim Minchin
Musician, composer, songwriter, actor, comedian and writer.
Eddie Izzard
Actor; Comedian.
Adam Savage
Co-host of Mythbusters.
Jessica Ahlquist
High school activist and successful plaintiff in the case of Ahlquist v. City of Cranston (PDF).
Taslima Nasrin
Author of more than thirty books, including Lajja (“Shame”); Prolific activist for gender equality, free thought, and human rights.
Paul Provenza
Host and producer of The Green Room with Paul Provenza on Showtime and producer of the movie The Aristocrats (with Penn Jillette)
James Randi
Founder of the James Randi Educational Foundation; Creator of The One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge; Magician (known as “The Amazing Randi”).
Lawrence Krauss
A highly regarded international leader in cosmology and astrophysics and author, most recently of the New York Times bestseller A Universe From Nothing: Why There is Something Rather Than Nothing
Bad Religion
Legendary rock band fronted by singer/songwriter Greg Graffin.
Also, there will be a Camp Quest tent at the rally, so bring your kids! The tent will be geared toward children 5-15, with craft projects and games.
Paul Provenza
Host and producer of The Green Room with Paul Provenza on Showtime and producer of the movie The Aristocrats (with Penn Jillette)
babyfinland posted:
token "apostate"
that just proves it's not racist
Groulxsmith posted:"I'm not a religious person. I'm not quite an atheist, but I'm certainly not a theist, either." Wheaton, Wil (2004). Just a Geek. O'Reilly Media. p. 85. ISBN 059600768X.
getfiscal posted:
guido (and by extension baby huey) is right, we're all going to end up in prison, the only amusing fact will be what sort. CIA black site? indian work camp?
well spend weeks guessing which of us is the cia plant and then theyll just tell us it was babyfinland and watch as we roll our eyes, tut, and say 'well duh, i knew it all along'
i submit:
-why do you think he could afford all those reregs?
-extradition deal w/ CIA & aussies. he offers to snoop to avoid being brought to the US for his crimes. those are left to the imagination, i'm afraid.
efficiency: trolling beats toys
mudcrabs posted:
Let's all meet in Portland, OR IMO
lol as if i'm going to the great satan
face it, religion is sexier than science
Goethestein posted:
thats a pretty good lineup.
haha, yeah! On a related note, i hope they "line up" against the wall!
Ironicwarcriminal posted:
you can't simultaneously chastise muslims for being pedo rapists and spergin virgins goatman.
the virgins are in paradise.
getfiscal posted:
i never understood why people would be like "OMG you spent so much on re-regs" when like the same people are like yes i just bought the following nine hundred games on steam to play on my wall television
efficiency: trolling beats toys
i will criticize peopl for both
Lessons posted:Goethestein posted:
thats a pretty good lineup.haha, yeah! On a related note, i hope they "line up" against the wall!
i dont think that theres any real issue wiith any of the speakers. the comedian is a lil bit smug and richard dawkins once pointed out that thing that made wealthy white women angry but other than that theyre all pretty cool. adam savage and bad religion both pwn
Goethestein was probated until (March 15, 2012 11:22:36) for this post!
AmericanNazbro posted:
there s currently an Lf goonmeet going on right now. truth
remember when wddp had that meetup in boston and it was revealed that theyre all greasy muscleless dudes under five foot six