Godless Americans March on Washington
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The Godless Americans March on Washington (GAMOW) occurred in Washington, DC on November 2, 2002. The event featured over two thousand atheists, freethinkers, and humanists in a mile-long parade down The Mall to rally for several causes, including:
- civil rights,
- church-state separation, and
- a greater voice in the national political process.
Ellen Johnson, president of American Atheists and director of the Godless Americans March On Washington Task Force announced at the event the formation of the Godless Americans Political Action Committee.
[edit] Event speakers
Speakers at the event include:
- Michael Newdow
- Ed Buckner, Executive Director of the Council for Secular Humanism
- Taslima Nasrin, Bangladesh feminist and dissident writer
- Eddie Tabash, California attorney
- Douglas Campbell, Green Party candidate for Governor of Michigan
- August Brunsman, Secular Student Alliance founder
- Michael Rivers, Director of American Atheists in Utah
- Kathleen Johnson, Founder of the Military Atheists And Freethinkers, which provided security at the event
- Norm Allen, from the African American Humanists;
- Larry Darby, from the Alabama Atheists;
- Bobbie Kirkhart from the Atheist Alliance International;
- Margaret Downey from the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia;
- Jim Strayer, from the Florida Atheists;
- John Scalise, from the Great Lakes Humanists;
- Harry Greenberger from the New Orleans Secular Humanists; and
- "Reverend" Chris Harper of the fictitious Landover Baptist Church (also known as Americhrist Ltd.)
