Subject: Re: "The Religion of Secularism"
From: "Barrett Brown" <barriticus@gmail.com>
Date: 9/11/08, 20:42
To: EllJhns8@aol.com

Ha. Not exactly. I'm proposing that we send out a sarcastic press
release to any and all individuals and institutions, from Mitt Romney
on down, who have claimed that secularism is a religion. We will ask
that they sign a petition to the effect that secularism is now a
religion and that all of operations should be tax-free. This will get
us massive amounts of attention, and thus donations and support. It's
the same principle as the Flying Spaghetti Monster - journalists love
sarcastic sorts of attacks such as those and are inclined to write
about such things.

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 7:55 PM,  <EllJhns8@aol.com> wrote:

In a message dated 9/11/08 7:54:36 PM, EllJhns8 writes:



Are you proposing we create a religion "of secularism" to get all the tax
and other breaks the religious have and use that to challenge those special
rights?

Ellen









Ellen



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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: EllJhns8@aol.com
To: EllJhns8@aol.com
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:54:36 EDT
Subject: Re: "The Religion of Secularism"

In a message dated 9/11/08 6:27:44 PM, EllJhns8 writes:



I had a neat idea last night while stumbling around Brooklyn; would
you like to chat via phone sometime soon? 512-560-2302.


Are you proposing we create a religion to get all the tax and other breaks
the religious have and use that to challenge those special rights?

Ellen




Ellen



**************
Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the
latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com.
(http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)