Jessica Ahlquist – Activist for Separation of Church & State
Name: Jessica Ahlquist Born: 1995 Location: Cranston, Rhode Island Organization Affiliation: Secular Student Alliance and American Atheists Label: Atheist, Humanist Jessica Ahlquist decided to take on her high school in Cranston, RI over a prayer banner in her school. It was a religious prayer that everyone had to view anytime they were in the gym. It had been a gift from a former class a very long time ago. To find out more click...
Read MoreTeresa MacBain – Public Relations Director, American Atheists
Name: Teresa MacBain Born: 1967 Location: Cranford, New Jersey Organization Affiliation: American Atheists (AA), The Clergy Project- Executive Director, Humanists of Florida Label: Atheist, Humanist Former Religious Affiliation: Methodist Teresa MacBain is a former Methodist Pastor from Tallahassee, FL. In March of 2012 at the American Atheist Convention she came out as an atheist. She was met with a lot of backlash, death threats, and hateful comments. But her husband and son kept their heads up and moved to New Jersey for her new job as the Public Relations Director at American...
Read MoreJames Croft – Humanist Community at Harvard
Name: James Croft Born: 1983 Location: Cambridge, MA Organization Affiliation: Humanist Community at Harvard, Spirit Series, The New Humanism, & Harvard Graduate School of Education Label: Humanist &...
Read MoreKris Leeds
Name: Kris Leeds Born: 1978 Location: Philadelphia, PA Organization affiliation: GSHM, UAA, WAA Label: Atheist, Antitheist, Humanist, Secularist, Constitutionalist (Yes, I just made that up, feel free to ask me about it). Former Religious Affiliation: I’ve been Catholic, Protestant, Presbyterian, and Methodist (None of them made sense). Letting Go of God It seems like a lot of people are having trouble with this for some reason, so here’s the thin: I’m an atheist. I’ll let you recover from that shock for a moment, and let that sink in … Good? Okay....
Read MoreRachael Cline
Name: Rachael Cline Born: 1985 Location: New York City Former Religious Affiliation: Christian My Story: I was raised in a conservative Christian family and I came to the (post-Jesus) light as a teenager after questioning the highly illogical teachings I was spoon fed at home & at Jesus Camp. Since then, I have been joyfully embracing the beauty of living for this life, not some notion of an afterlife. I am happy and proud to say that I recently celebrated eleven years as a Free Thinker. It wasn’t until this year that I stumbled across the secular community of Humanists and have...
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