For the past nine years, the Connecticut Valley Atheists (CVA) have created a display on the public town green in response to other religious holiday displays allowed by the town. Nearby residents had always enjoyed and respected all of the displays until this year when only the atheist display was vandalized. Dennis Paul Himes, Vernon …
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Connecticut Atheist Holiday Display Vandalized
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Vernon, CT For the past nine years, the Connecticut Valley Atheists (CVA) have created a display on the public town green in response to other religious holiday displays allowed by the town. Nearby residents had always enjoyed and respected all of the displays until this year when only the atheist display was vandalized. …
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CooRdinator’s CoRner: Interview with Pat McCann
UnitedCoR’s Education Officer and National Coordinator Education Officer and National Coordinator On our way back from an event with Boston Oasis, we stopped in to visit Connecticut CoR for a 2016-planning meeting. Although we’ve had a lot of communication with Connecticut CoR and its coordinator, Pat McCann, this was our first time to meet him …
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Connecticut Congressional Delegation Sponsors Darwin Day Resolutions
The Connecticut Congressional delegation is once again in the forefront of helping the country celebrate science and reason. For the third year in a row, Representative Jim Himes (D, CT-4) has sponsored a resolution designating “Darwin Day” and recognizing the importance of science in the betterment of humanity. House Resolution 548 is co-sponsored this year …
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Solstice Celebrations Expand Across Connecticut
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, December 15, 2015 A new movement is spreading across Connecticut to celebrate the winter solstice in a way that brings together people across ethnicities and ideological boundaries. The winter solstice, the time when the days of sunlight start lengthening, harkens to the pre-historic roots of humanity and its common urge for …
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A Dialogue For Interfaith Dialogue
by UnitedCoR’s Education Officer and National Coordinator I had the privilege of hearing Gary Alexander speak at this year’s Sacramento Freethought Day leadership event. Gary’s training session was well received, and as it is something new to some nontheistic communities, people were continuing to talk about his session even until the late hours of the …