Celebrity Atheists

We're in talks with several different people who happen to be celebrities and freethinkers.  While there has been no formal agreement and it would be premature to mention names, we can tell you that the conversations are going well and we are hopeful that schedules and desire will permit and we'll have several celebrities at the Reason Rally.

Hollywood has a large number of atheists and freethinkers in it's ranks but many times A-list celebs keep that part of their world to themselves.  However, we feel that it would help shed some light on atheism to "come out" of the religious closet and show that atheist celebrities can appeal to all audiences who can accept them in move/TV parts and as an atheists at the same time.

Stay tuned as we continue talking with celebrities and please take our new poll that asks which celeb you would most want to see and the Reason Rally.

Speakers [Updated]

We continue to make the Reason Rally the best possible event and would like to update our speakers list. As you may know we started with eight speakers and have added two more this week.  Jamila Bey and Hemant Mehta have been added to the list of fantastic speakers and we are thrilled to add their perspective of atheists and freethinkers to this diverse selection.

Stay tuned for our blog next week which should include some information about the festival itself.

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Speakers at the Reason Rally

As things begin to move at a more rapid pace, Reason Rally is excited to give you a short list of speakers we already have in place.  While we are in talks to have more speakers including a few surprise celebrity speakers we think we have started off with an all-star line up.

Speakers so far are:
Richard Dawkins, Michael Edwards, Sean Faircloth, PZ Myers, James Randi, David Silverman, Roy Speckhardt, Todd Stiefel

We Have a Date

The Reason Rally is thrilled to announce a date for this historic event.  March 24, 2012, freethinkers of all stripes will be welcomed to the Washington Mall in Washington D.C. for a day of celebration.  Plan your trip now as we expect a huge turnout for this gathering.

More news to follow soon and don't forget to "friend" us on Facebook or "follow" us on Twitter and YouTube.

See you all soon.

Reason Rally Poll Question

We would like to thank all who voted in our poll.  Based on your voting and on comments posted on all our social media outlets we have a very clear understanding of when you would like to have the rally.  Now if we can only get the city of Washington D.C. to cooperate.

We'll be adding another poll soon and would love your continued input into this historic event.

More news as it becomes available.

Thank You

What a response we've had in the last 24-hours.  Hundreds of people have posted comments on Facebook and Twitter, Subscribed to our YouTube channel or sent emails to reasonrally.org volunteering to participate in this exciting event.  It's been a fantastic day to say the least.

The biggest question so far has been "when exactly is the rally." and I wish I could tell you.  Unfortunately our first date was turned down for the permit so with the help of the board we have been discussing the next best possible time.  In fact, take the poll next to this post and help by giving your suggestion.  It will only be up for a week, so please hurry and tell all you friends to cast their vote so we can apply for the date as soon as possible.

Thanks again and we'll see you there,
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Welcome

Welcome to the new Reason Rally Blog.  We will keep you posted on any happenings for the Reason Rally and we look forward to seeing you there.