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Jerry Johnston Researches Reason Rally 2016: Bobby Scott Address
At the Reason Rally in June 2016 (the “Woodstock” of atheists), my film crew and I listened to Congressman Bobby Scott, a U.S. representative for Virginia, discuss religious freedoms and share his thoughts on
Read MoreCara Santa Maria Address at Reason Rally 2016
At the June 2016 Reason Rally in Washington D.C., I stood in a crowd of people, many of whom carried signs that read, “This is what an atheist looks like,” “God hates facts,” “Get out of my pants,” and “Smile, there is no Hell.”
Read MoreBill Maher Video Address at Reason Rally 2016
Our film crew joined me in what was billed as the largest gathering of atheists at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. where Bill Maher, political comedian, cultural icon of the 21st century, and television host of HBO’s “Real Time” that attracts an audience of over six million people, addressed…
Read MoreJerry Johnston Reflects on Lawrence Krauss’ comments from Reason Rally June 2016
From the main stage of the Reason Rally at our nation’s capitol, I listened to the renowned physicist, advocate for science-based public policy, and author of A Universe from Nothing. Lawrence Krauss asked the crowd to
Read MoreJerry Johnston Interviews Larry Decker on The Religiously Unaffiliated
While filming at the atheist Reason Rally in Washington, DC, I had a quick interview with Larry Decker, the Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America. I asked Larry’s opinion of the Pew Research documentation that 21 percent of adult Americans are nones. Larry Decker is one person among the 55 million
Read MoreJerry Johnston Interviews Bill Nye on the Increasing Percentage of Non-Religious
With his fans milling around, I interviewed Bill Nye the Science Guy
Read MoreJerry Johnston Interviews William J. Murray on the Efficacy of the Pulpit in America
Despite his mother’s atheist and Marxist indoctrination, Bill Murray became a Christian. Once used by his mother, Madalyn Murray O’Hair, to have compulsory Bible reading banned from school, William J. Murray is now
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