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Who We Are
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The Atlanta Freethought Society is
a non-profit educational organization that exists to provide a community
for non-theists in the Metro Atlanta, Georgia area through educational,
advocacy, and social activities.
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Our Mission
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Enrich and empower our membership through
education and activism
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Educate the public about non-theists and
church-state separation
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Defend and promote the separation of
church and state
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Provide a social and intellectual
community for freethinkers
Learn more about us
including our goals, history, and leadership structure.
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AFS
2011 DEBT REDUCTION CAMPAIGN RAISED $32,075:
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Last year's Debt Reduction Drive raised
$16,075.50, which with the match from our anonymous donor means
the society's debt was reduced by $32,075--a 26%
reduction in the amount we owe on the Atlanta Freethought
Hall. The means our interest payments have been reduced
by over $120 a month. Although the
anonymous donor match offer has expired, there are still plenty of
opportunities to contribute to AFS. We are a 501(c)(3)
organization, and donations are tax-deductible
for those who itemize deductions. We still have over $90,000 in
debt; donors may contribute to AFS generally, or they may still
request that their donations be earmarked to reducing the debt. Continuing
to reduce that debt will reduce the our interest payments, freeing up
money for publishing and activism. Copies of the
Society's financial reports are available at Atlanta Freethought Hall, or
a copy of the latest Treasurer's Report
may be downloaded here.
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Stay Informed...
Join an AFS Email List
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AFS has an eNews
announcement email list for those who would like to stay informed about
activities and news relating to AFS in addition to several email discussion
groups. You can subscribe to our eNews list
through our Contact Us Form or for more info on
our general email lists, click
here.
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AFS on Meetup, MySpace,
& hi5
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To aid in our online outreach, AFS has several
online profiles and groups.
Visit AFS on
Facebook.
AFS now has a Meetup group. If you are a member
of Meetup, join the AFS Meetup group.
AFS has a profile on MySpace.
If you have one of the over 200 million profiles on MySpace, please help us
network there by adding us to your MySpace Friends List.
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Activities Overview
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May 2012
The AFS Monthly Program on
Sunday, May 13 will feature a talk by Robert
Blaskiewicz on "Conspiracy Theories, or Why Does the
Antichrist Want to Vaccinate You With Nanothermitic Aspartame?" The
program will be at 1:00 p.m. at Atlanta
Freethought Hall, and will be preceded by a potluck
lunch at noon.
Robert Blaskiewicz ("The Conspiracy Guy") is a
Marion L. Brittain Fellow at Georgia Tech, where he teaches writing and
research classes that take extraordinary claims as their topic. He is a
coeditor of the website
Skeptical Humanities, edits a pedagogy column for the James Randi
Educational Foundation, and writes
a monthly column as
"The Conspiracy Guy" for the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. In the
fall, he will take up a position as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire.
Atlanta Freethought Hall is located at 4775 N. Church Lane
SE, in Smyrna, GA. To get there, take I-285 (the perimeter road around
Atlanta) to Exit 16 (Atlanta Road). Turn toward Atlanta. Go ½ mile and
then turn right onto N. Church Lane. Atlanta Freethought Hall is on the
left.
See the Activities page
for information on past events and other meetings of interest in the
Atlanta area.
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AFS ELECTION RESULTS: Atlanta Freethought Society Elects Leaders for 2012
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AFS President Steve Yothment, Vice President for Internal Communications Judy Thompson,
Vice President for External Communications Michael Buckner, Treasurer Diane Buckner,
and Secretary Dennis Martin were all re-elected to their positions.
(All officers are elected annually.)
Bob Konopelski, Rick Pace, and
Lew Southern were elected to the board, while Mark
Banks, Steven Fant, and Laura Ross
continue on the board. (Board members are elected for two-year terms; with
half the board up for re-election each year.) |
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Separation of Church
& State
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Not only does the US Constitution mandate the
separation of church and state, but it is even more clearly in the State
of Georgia Constitution.
Paragraph VII. Separation of church and state
No money shall ever be taken from the public
treasury, directly or indirectly, in aid of any church, sect, cult, or
religious denomination or of any sectarian institution.
--State of Georgia
Constitution
Article 1. Bill of Rights, Section II
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