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AMERICAN ATHEISTS ACTION ALERT
BUCKNER TO "INVOKE," CHALLENGE
PRAYER AT COBB COUNTY
COMMISSION MEETING TUES. 7/28
DR. ED BUCKNER, President of American Atheists has been chosen to deliver the "invocation" at next Tuesday's meeting of the Cobb County, GA. Commission.. The event will take place at the BOC Room, second floor, 100 Cherokee St. in Marietta, GA. at 7:00 PM. The venue is located off the square in Marietta.
According to dictionaries, an "invocation" is an act "calling on a higher power."
Ed Buckner was one of the plaintiffs in a 2006 law suit which challenged the practice of having sectarian prayer to open County Commission meetings. Those chosen to deliver the prayer reflected a sectarian, often evangelical Christian point of view. One result of the suit was that the court criticized this practice; since then, the County has been trying to keep prayer in government by randomly selecting people to deliver an "invocation."
Buckner firmly opposes any and all prayer, whatever its denominational affiliation, at government meetings.
There MAY be an informal, on-your-own social event/get-together following the Cobb County event. For more information, e-mail Ed Buckner at ebuckner@atheists.org or call 770-803-5353.
WHO & WHAT: Dr. Ed Buckner, President of American Atheists, delivers a very special "invocation" at the Cobb County Commission Meeting.
WHEN: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 7:00 PM
WHERE: BOC Room, second floor, 100 Cherokee St. in Marietta, GA. at 7:00 PM. The venue is located off the square in Marietta.
MORE INFO: For more information, e-mail Ed Buckner at ebuckner@atheists.org or call 770-803-5353.
(AMERICAN ATHEISTS is a nationwide movement that defends civil rights for Atheists, Freethinkers and other nonbelievers; works for the total separation of church and state; and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.)
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