{"id":1807,"date":"2012-12-21T19:55:36","date_gmt":"2012-12-21T19:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2012-12-24T18:02:36","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T18:02:36","slug":"christian-science-monitor-mention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/2012\/12\/21\/christian-science-monitor-mention\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Science Monitor mention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new article in The Christian Science Monitor titled &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/USA\/Latest-News-Wires\/2012\/1221\/Winter-Solstice-prompts-gatherings-of-druids-spiritualists-and-doomsday-party-goers\/(page)\/2\">Winter Solstice prompts gatherings of druids, spiritualists, and doomsday partygoers<\/a>&#8221; mentioned the Freedom From Religion Foundation&#8217;s holiday freethought banner which was placed on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre following city approval.<\/p>\n<p>The byline of the article reads,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>The winter solstice was celebrated at Stonehenge in England \u2013 and New Hampshire \u2013 Friday morning, Dec. 21, 2012. In Pennsylvania, atheists marked the winter solstice by hanging a banner next to a nativity scene.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Within the article, the Citizen&#8217;s Voice article in which I was pictured and interviewed was mentioned:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>In\u00a0Wilkes-Barre, Penn., a banner proclaiming religion a myth has joined a Nativity display and menorah in a northeastern\u00a0Pennsylvania\u00a0town square.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Two Wilkes-Barre men paid a $50 fee to hang the banner supplied by the\u00a0Freedom From Religion Foundation\u00a0in the same public square that the town&#8217;s\u00a0Christmas\u00a0tree has been erected.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The banner reads, in part, &#8220;At this Season of the Winter Solstice, Let Reason Prevail.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Justin Vacula and Rodney Collins paid the fee for the banner&#8217;s display. The NEPA Freethought Society members say the city is being courageous to allow diverse viewpoints.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Vacula tells\u00a0The Citizens&#8217; Voice of Wilkes-Barre\u00a0that atheists are entitled to share their views if religious displays are allowed on public land.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A city spokesman says Wilkes-Barre can&#8217;t discriminate and endorses no religious beliefs.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the full article linked above.<\/p>\n<p>See all posts pertaining to the FFRF banner here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/category\/ffrf-banner\/\">https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/category\/ffrf-banner\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new article in The Christian Science Monitor titled &#8220;Winter Solstice prompts gatherings of druids, spiritualists, and doomsday partygoers&#8221; mentioned the Freedom From Religion Foundation&#8217;s holiday freethought banner which was placed on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre following city approval. The byline of the article reads, The winter solstice was celebrated at Stonehenge in England \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,22,25,32,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ffrf-banner","category-local","category-me-in-the-media","category-nepa-freethought-society","category-separation-of-church-and-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/justinvacula\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}