MiamiHerald.com | 01/24/2007 | Jacksonville pays $5,000 to settle atheists' suit
MiamiHerald.com | 01/24/2007 | Jacksonville pays $5,000 to settle atheists' suit
In response to recent murders in Jacksonville the city sponsored a "day of faith" rally. An aethiest group brought a lawsuit based on the use of government funds for a religious use. "Edward Kagin, American Atheists' lead attorney, called the settlement a victory for the organization and for all people concerned about the erosion of church-state separation." Well, I'm very concerned about the erosion of church-state separation, but I don't see how this helps in the least. Yes, the city could have avoided this whole thing by calling it a day of peace and having the exact same programming, but all this does is set up the aethists for ridicule. I'll be watching for a mention on the daily show. Why haven't aethists tackled the idiocy of not allowing gay marriage? That seems like a much more important issue of separation of church and state to me.
That reminds me, back when we were volunteering at the shelter, post Katrina, there were several groups of volunteers from various religious organizations that wore matching t-shirts to identify themselves (I only specifically recall the yellow-shirted scientologists, but there were other groups as well). We joked we should make t-s that said "Aethiests are here to help" on the front and "because obviously, there is no God" on the back.
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