AMERICAN ATHEISTS
http://www.atheists.org
Media Announcement

ELLEN JOHNSON ON HARRIS, "ATHEIST CLEANSING,"
MORE THIS WEEK ON ANSWERS-IN-ATHEISM INTERNET RADIO
Thursday, October 11, 2007 ~ 7:00 PM ET

ELLEN JOHNSON, President of American Atheists, will be the guest on
this week's live call-in broadcast from the new answersinatheism.net
radio program.

Hosted by attorney, Freethought activist and writer Edwin Kagin,
answersinatheism.net is a new outreach to counter religious
obfuscation, distortion and obscurantism. The show is archived and can
be accessed at http://www.answersinatheism.net .

Ms. Johnson will be talking about efforts to "cleanse" Atheists and
Atheism from public discourse, and a recent proposal by Mr. Sam Harris
that we avoid the use of the "A-word" (Atheism), and even terms like
Humanist, Freethinker or Rationalist. Harris made this suggestion at a
recent Atheist gathering. Check out the exchange of views between Sam
Harris and Ellen Johnson at http://humaniststudies.org/enews/ .

So, be sure to tune-in this Thursday, October 11, 7:00 PM ET You can
call in with your questions and opinions at 859-384-7000. There may be
a toll-free number installed by air time, so visit
http://www.answersinatheism.net .

WHO & WHAT: Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists discussing
"Atheist Cleansing," the "A-word" and Atheist Activism.

WHERE: Answers-in-Atheism internet radio at
http://www.answersinatheism.net .

WHEN: This Thursday, October 11, 7:00 PM -- check your time zone.

MORE INFO: http://www.answersinatheism.net

American Atheists is a nationwide movement which defends the civil
rights of nonbelievers, works for the separation of church and state,
and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.