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National Atheist Party Cancels Convention Due To Lack Of Funding
CBS-WTIC - News Talk ^ | August 30, 2012 | CBS Connecticut)

Posted on 08/30/2012 12:46:27 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

BOSTON (CBS Connecticut) — The National Atheist Party is canceling its secular convention due to a lack of funding.

Troy Boyle, the party’s president, announced on its website won’t be holding NAPCON 2012 in Boston in October because it would bankrupt the group.

“After this year’s amazing Reason Rally, and flush with our successful recruiting and a spike in donations, we decided to hold our OWN secular event. NAPCON 2012 was supposed to be our biggest and best public event; our chance to show the U.S. that we could fund and organize a large, noteworthy and impressive ‘Secular Summit’ that would attract media buzz and even more interested members and donations. The reality is that we can’t,” Boyle said in the press release. “The donations simply aren’t there and if we went ahead with the event as planned, it would bankrupt us.”

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The party – which was founded in March 2011 – states on its website that it “is a Constitutional movement dedicated to the preservation of the Founding Fathers’ vision of a secular nation.” Officials hope to develop it into a full-fledged political party.

(Excerpt) Read more at connecticut.cbslocal.com ...


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KEYWORDS: 201103; atheist; atheists; boyle; fundingtheleft; nap; napcon; progressives; troyboyle
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

Not enough people believe in them?


21 posted on 08/30/2012 1:03:59 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93destr)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
the Founding Fathers’ vision of a secular nation.”

In 1787, the very same year the Constitution was written and approved by Congress,that same Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance. In it they emphasized the essential need to teach religion and morality on the schools.

Here is the way they said it:

Article 3: Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.

22 posted on 08/30/2012 1:05:57 PM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Atheism is unsuccessfully attempting to deal with a huge problem concerning sexist behavior at their conventions.

Not linking to anything, but anyone is welcome to google "Elevatorgate".

23 posted on 08/30/2012 1:06:01 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (Schadenfreude!)
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To: MrB

I’m sure some are pretty good folks, who just bought into the Ayn Rand type of philosophy. The rest want to force us to remove our religious beliefs entirely from society. Those can go pound sand.


24 posted on 08/30/2012 1:06:40 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (God, family, country, mom, apple pie, the girl next door and a Ford F250 to pull my boat.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

HUH founding fathers wanted a atheist country, they’ve took too much crack cocaine obviously


25 posted on 08/30/2012 1:09:20 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Officials hope to develop it into a full-fledged political party.

So they have faith after all.

26 posted on 08/30/2012 1:10:13 PM PDT by randog (Tap into America!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

What a noble group. At least they fight for what they believe in....er..nevermind.


27 posted on 08/30/2012 1:10:41 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
...due to a lack of funding.

Maybe they could say a prayer?

5.56mm

28 posted on 08/30/2012 1:11:03 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

With apologies to the underground comix artist Gilbert Shelton, hope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no hope.


29 posted on 08/30/2012 1:13:56 PM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Maybe they should take up a collection?

...or are atheists much less financially generous than Christians?

...they don't have a prayer.

Cheers!

30 posted on 08/30/2012 1:16:45 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: mjp

“Article 3: Religion, morality, and knowledge being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.”

This would not pass today’s Congress.


31 posted on 08/30/2012 1:21:42 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Obama MUST Go. Sarah herself supports Romney.)
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To: cripplecreek

You stole my punch line!


32 posted on 08/30/2012 1:28:58 PM PDT by G Larry (Progressives are Regressive because their objectives devolve to the lowest common denominator.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
Proverbs 1:7 (KJV)
33 posted on 08/30/2012 1:37:59 PM PDT by crosshairs (America: Once the land of the free. Still the home of the brave.)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife
The revolution will NOT be televised!
34 posted on 08/30/2012 1:57:25 PM PDT by The Duke
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To: 1rudeboy
God will provide. Oh, wait a minute . . . .

LOL! Good one.

35 posted on 08/30/2012 3:13:33 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle (Liberals, at their core, are aggressive & dangerous to everyone around them,)
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