Spring 2002

May 19,2002 2:30PM Members of the Campus Freethought Alliance met for a discussion/mini-golf tournament on Thursday, May 16. The conversation was lively, and the game was spirited. The scores:

• Matt David (president): 56
• Amanda Cotton (treasurer): 54
• Nick Novak (co-vice president): 49
• Will Langston (faculty sponsor): 42

The course was a par 43.

Our next outing will be a bowling tournament on Friday, June 14. In bowling, high scores win (good news for some).

April 28,2002 3:06PM There will be a lunch meeting on May 08th [Wednesday] at the KUC Grill @ noon. We will meet to discuss summer events.

April 26,2002 4:50PM New officers have been recently announced. Our two new co-Vice-presidents are sophmores: Nick Novak and Erin Barger. Our Treasurer is sophmore Amanda Cotton, and familiar face, Timmy Gibson is our Secretary and Web Administrator. Dr. Will Langston will now be serving as our Faculty Advisor.

April 22,2002 4:47PM DJ Grothe [a representative of the National Camups Freethought Alliance] will speak on Thursday, April 25 5pm at the LRC Lecture Hall (room 221). The topic of the evening will be "Religious Threats to Academic Freedom." People are needed to put up signs to advertise this.

April 14,2002 11:42PM Our next Meeting will be Wednesday, April 24 at 7pm in BAS S307. At this meeting, we will voting on new officers for the upcoming Fall 2002 semester.

April 03,2002 Our next Meeting will be Wednesday, April 10 at 7pm in BAS S307. At this meeting, we will discuss future events, which includes a possible protest at the Court House. We will also watch Dogma!

March 27,2002 We are currently protesting the Rutherford County Commission's intolerance in posting the 10 commandments in the county courthouse. The commissioners are aware that posting the 10 commandments is a violation of the establishment clause of the first amendment to the US constitution. They are currently working on a way to go around the law and post the commandments anyway. Fighting to do this will cost a minimum of $25,000, an amount the commission is willing to spend, in spite of the current budget situation in Tennessee. The commission also knows (from speakers at a public forum) that their actions are causing a great deal of pain to members of the community. In spite of their professed Christianity, they are ignoring the pain caused by their intolerance. They are also willing to denigrate the commandments themselves by calling them nothing more than a historical document with no religious significance. The Campus Freethought Alliance at MTSU believes that the 10 commandments belong in churches, homes, and the hearts of people who believe them. The commandments do not belong in public buildings. The move to post the commandments has already begun to divide the community and take up valuable commission time. Join the Campus Freethought Alliance at MTSU in protesting the Rutherford County Commission's decision.

• Find your county commissioner by clicking here.
• Email, write, or call your county commissioner and let him or her know that you do not want the commandments posted. Contact information is available by clicking here.
• Some talking points to consider:
• The commission should not pick and choose which laws to obey.
• The commission should deal with zoning, schools, garbage collection, etc. Dictating religion is not in the job description.
• Tolerance is an American value and a Christian value.
• If the county has extra money, spend it in the schools, use it to reduce the county's debt, or return it to taxpayers.
• You do not have to be against religion to be against posting the commandments. Freedom to worship as you choose is a fundamental American right, and it is one of the most important rights that we have. Any effort to erode that right is a step in the wrong direction.
• Join the Campus Freethought Alliance at MTSU in a protest that will coincide with the hanging of the 10 commandments. Information on the protest will be available soon.
• Join the ACLU in a class action lawsuit to remove the 10 commandments from the county courthouse.

The Campus Freethought Alliance at MTSU will be hosting information tables on Tuesday, April 2 and Wednesday, April 3, outside the KUC on the MTSU campus. We'll be there from 9:00 - 3:30. Stop by to learn more, sign a petition, and join the organization.

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