Seth Andrews at Reason Rally 2016

I was at the very first reason rally four years ago and I took my camera and I documented the day as best I could and then I produce kind of a polished short form chronicle of the day and you can find it easily on YouTube it's called the reason rally a secular celebration for the 2016 reason rally I wanted to again record the day but I didn't want to produce the same thing the same way I wanted to try something different so what you're about to see is more of a raw random collection of reason rally moments and of a man on the street vibe to it just whatever happens next and something unexpected happened as I was shooting video I bumped into so many amazing wonderful thinking atheist viewers and listeners and I was engaging them so much and we were having so many wonderful conversations I didn't spend as much time actually documenting the day as I thought I might so I've asked our listeners to submit some of their own photos and images from the reason rally to help color that day to help tell that story for you so I hope you enjoy my chronicle of the 2016 reason rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC I just happened to see this yeah we've got a van here that says defend the children stop wash D see the cost of Tolerance bathroom bill is that a toilet oh this is all about trends this is a trans thing - the angry finger of Yahweh here can zoom in on that pointing uh dangerously close to his diaper I feel the power Jesus my family he's up there if I'm worried let's go find out what's happening get the reason rally there's the Lincoln Memorial it's you know I've seen it I don't know how many times and it's always amazing it always kind of gives you this and look all the touring people you've got all these young people with ball caps on them those aren't ray comforts people are they hey what's your name my name's Anthony Anthony why are you here brother I am here to represent non believing Americans to show the world that we exist and that we are a voting group and that we are just not invisible and that we have rights just like everybody else and we are not evil or bad people I'm a different layout this year look at leas white chairs everyone it's like somebody's wedding and a stage that will soon be abuzz with activity so I'm here with the myth that this Milwaukee guys hey what's going on sup you guys are doing something behind the scenes what is it we are well we're setting up the live broadcast so we're gonna broadcast that out to the nation actual world we're premiering man in Jesus today feature-length film so barring the trailer right before wu-tang comes on away that's a real thing I thought it was a gag or a joke it's a real film real city trailer right before the wu-tang goes on the burger we'll just trailer be available online for anybody later or right after reason rallies done it's gonna be uploaded and live YouTube search this sucker and it comes out next year yes there's the soundcheck going on behind me so whatever what are your names I'm Lindsey for Mike for why you guys here today well we're here because we're secular humanists and we want to promote you know reason and well we're specifically here as volunteers so I'm gonna be your photograph in the event which I'm super excited about doing something she does have an amazing anyone has a question because it kicked me so I know better asked me sign on the back what are your names hi I'm sorry to ambush you with a camera but that's what I do I'm gonna run thank you for the kind words I'm gonna run down here and see what Westborough is doing it looks like the police are asking Westborough to leave fornicator idolatry adulterers effeminate sodomite thief toughness drunkard or pilar coward man leading members partiers now don't go away sorceress druggies liars lustful porn Watchers immodest women and hypocrites hateful and selfish they found another spot see where they lay out it's tyranny that there that they were required to abide by city ordinances what's the shirt made oh it's a Greek for a theist atheist it's my judo shirt yeah your people come up with that hat you're definitely incognito exactly and you came from where I flew all the way from Puerto Rico to be here at the rally all the way for this event just for this whose voice is that who is that guy oh my god that's just surreal feeling guys right it's surreal so Bill Nye had this Kickstarter for his movie or he wants to change the world about climate change I managed to save up a thousand dollars being in the military and so I bought the highest reward which was a trip down to his uh his point he was having it down to him and I had part and there I met him he signed a few posters got the Shakers man looks like he signed something else - yeah it's on my phone so you know it was I'm hoping like one day I can meet him again so I could be like hey you ever sign in this phone and you know you came away with a great story if nothing else man what is that you're holding a chance for American aid my pigs will fly like Oh America has an atheist president of course ray is over here pitching his film did he did he sign the book for you oh of course let's see it I guess we'll have to go say hi to right now oh you have to go say hi wait he signed the unholy Bible mr. comfort sounds like him yeah sounds like a mattress can we talk about this guy for just second I mean how is this not theological masturbation it's not changing anybody's mind nobody listening nobody cares there's a story behind this shirt what's your name my name is David clean right let me get a good look at the shirt I live in Seattle Washington all right two fabulous shirt what's the store and this is the local drag queen you see the new Space Needle there okay and she two years ago a pride there were some sign holding fundies that were marching opposite to the parade and we had a clash and she picked up the microphone and just sent him to school and there was a viral video and it was all over the world and be insurance she's memorialized forever mama tits I'm sorry her name is mama - mama tits well that'll look great on a business card but I mean we just met taking pictures we've got a Bible believer a Bible creature who has what looks like the ram's horn is he sounding the trumpet is this a is this a call to battle it's not just a book written by men it's a book written by anonymous products have an extremely primitive time and culture okay right you can't give me verification for any one of the authors of any of the books of the Bible beyond quoting the Bible itself you can't even be verification beyond any first century historian not one first century historian verifies anything that you're saying give me one sentence if you're gonna live like I'm a typical guy if you're going to preach the Bible what do you use outside the Bible to verify its authenticity I never did bump into ray comfort perhaps that's another encounter for another day their religious protesters are fun to talk about but the day certainly wasn't defined by the preachers the prophets of doom the cynics and the naysayers the reason rally 2016 was defined by the secular men women and young people who traveled from across the United States and from other countries to be a part of this day there was a connection here a real sense of family and a desire to send a message from the heart of our nation's capital the message that this country doesn't belong to any religion that the church state wall should be built up and reinforced that the attitudes and decisions we foster in the 21st century should not be rooted in often harmful mythology that we are at our best when we're in pursuit of the evidence when we embrace science and reason and when we put aside the pettiness and division so often born of bad ideas some out there will focus only on what the reason rally wasn't this video is just a small snapshot of what it was a day filled with enthusiasm smiles laughter good cheer and goodness no gods required you you

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Keywords: atheist, atheism, The Thinking Atheist, Seth Andrews, Reason Rally, Reason Rally 2016, secular, church and state, Lincoln Memorial, religion, God

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Length: 14min 8sec (848 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 08 2016