Wyndgate Country Club cancels Dawkins Speech. (Doesn't want THOSE people...)

[PassingFair]

I'm going to see Richard Dawkins speak tonight! I'm SO excited to meet him.

I accidentally got the last two tickets
of his sold-out lecture tonight, when I
called to inquire about protests being
organized because a local country club
just CANCELLED the fundraiser because they
didn't want atheists coming there!

The event was moved to another location,
and there was a last minute cancellation, so
I got tickets for myself and my husband.

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/canceled_michigan_speech_has_a.html

Hello, early Christmas present!

A part of me wishes that I was protesting at the
other venue. Maybe we can show up there and support
the protest groups....I'm going to see Richard Dawkins speak tonight!

[trotsky]

1. And shockingly, there are plenty of believers on DU who see absolutely no problem with this.

I mean, it's just a group of people being turned away from using a facility. It's not like that's REAL discrimination, right?



Congrats to you, though! Have never seen him speak in person but it would be a nice treat.

[PassingFair]

2. The Center for Inquiry told me that they were looking into a lawsuit.

Apparently, Michigan laws prevent venues from
discriminating against individuals, but not
organizations.

Don't you just LOVE the "Cukoo for CocoPuffs"
picture that the media uses for Dawkins these
days?




I noticed that the same picture used in the article
was used by O'Lielly.

[Ian David]

3. There's a protest today

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=258802557488764