Good News

I am too used to reading horrible news from the US about states discriminating against queers, struggles Intelligent Design proponents who are trying to get their stuff into schools, blatant disregard for the First Amendment, etc. For once I've found an article that is uplifting.

It seems some atheist ads have been having a pretty big impact in the states. The Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry have boomed after putting up some billboards, and are looking at having new types of events:

And now parents were coming out of the woodwork asking for family-oriented programs where they could meet like-minded nonbelievers.

“Is everyone in favor of sponsoring a picnic for humanists with families?” asked the board president, Jonathan Lamb, a 27-year-old meteorologist, eliciting a chorus of “ayes.”

The article goes on to discuss the growing percentage of Americans willing to identify themselves as having no religion.