Congratulations to the RIAS 2009 Scholarship Winner Brandon Dobro
Rhode Island Atheist Society is pleased to announce its first scholarship contest winner. Brandon Dobro is a 20 year old junior studying at Bryant College majoring in marketing. Brandon's essay on "the importance of the separation of church and state" won him the $1000.00 scholarship.
Welcome to Rhode Island Atheist Society. We are a growing group of atheists, agnostics, and freethinkers who feel that religion has too much power in today’s society. We support the separation of church and state and feel that not enough is being done to ensure that wall between them stays strong. The Catholic Church, among others, has a tremendous amount of power over the laws in Rhode Island. The non-believers of this state have no such advocate. We would like to change that.
You may be fed up with religion's influence in politics and war, and their efforts against scientific advancement. You may be tired of bigotry, intolerance, and interference with our fundamental human rights. You may simply be tired of imaginary beings getting more respect than human beings. If any of these are true, then you have come to the right place.
Had enough of politics as usual, religious fanatics, superstitions and the lack of logic in todays society? Yearning to talk with someone rational for awhile? Meet with other local freethinkers for some refreshing and sane conversation.
