AMERICAN ATHEISTS MEDIA ALERT

 

 
KAGIN, RANKIN DEBATE: WAS THE U.S.
ESTABLISHED as a CHRISTIAN NATION?
Monday, April 27, 2009 ~ University of Southern Maine
 
EDWIN KAGIN, National Legal Director of American Atheists will debate the Rev. John C. Rankin of the Theological Education Institute at the University of Southern Maine on Monday, April 27, 2009.  The Question will be: "Was the United States Established as a Christian Nation?"
 
The debate, sponsored by the Southern Maine Association of Secular Humanists (SMASH) will take place at 7:00 PM in the Hannaford Lecture Hall at USM Portland,
 
Edwin Kagin, AA Legal Director is also co-founder (along with wife Helen) of the renowned CAMP QUEST, a secular summer camp for Atheist, Humanist and Freethinking youngsters.  He is a leading national critic of "creationist" pseudoscience, and author of numerous articles and the best-selling book "Baubles of Blasphemy."  He is also host of the Internet radio program "Answers in Atheism."
 
The Rev. John C. Rankin is President of the Theological Education Institute and a graduate of Harvard Divinity School.  As a youth, he was a Unitarian and strongly influenced by the teachings of Charles Darwin.  He is the author of several books including "First the Gospel, Then Politics."` He is an alumnus of the Fellowship of Christians in Universities and Schools (FOCUS).
 
For more information, visit the SMASH Facebook web site at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22116550413 or contact maine@secularstudents.org .
 
WHO and WHAT: A "spirited" debate between Edwin Kagin and Rev. John C. Rankin: "Was the United States Established as a Christian Nation?"
 
WHEN: April 27, 2009 beginning promptly at 7:00 PM
 
WHERE:The Hannaford Lecture Hall at the University of Southern Maine, Portland Maine
 
MORE INFO: Southern Maine Association of Secular Humanists (SMASH) --
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=22116550413 or contact maine@secularstudents.org .
 
 
BRING EDWIN KAGIN OR OTHER OUTSTANDING ATHEIST SPEAKERS to your next Freethought event!  From debates to discussion of philosophical topics, current events reflecting the intersection of politics and religion, or the separation of church and state, the Bureau is an outstanding resource!  Visit http://www.atheists.org/about/speakers_bureau for more details.
 
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