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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Reason_Rally-Crowd-3.JPG/300px-Reason_Rally-Crowd-3.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="375" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Reason_Rally-Crowd-3.JPG/450px-Reason_Rally-Crowd-3.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Reason_Rally-Crowd-3.JPG/600px-Reason_Rally-Crowd-3.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2389" data-file-height="2986" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Atheists" class="mw-redirect" title="Atheists">Atheists</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irreligious" class="mw-redirect" title="Irreligious">irreligious</a> people gathered for the Reason Rally on the <a href="/wiki/National_Mall" title="National Mall">National Mall</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The first <b>Reason Rally</b> was a public gathering for <a href="/wiki/Secularism" title="Secularism">secularism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Religious_skepticism" title="Religious skepticism">religious skepticism</a> held on the <a href="/wiki/National_Mall" title="National Mall">National Mall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, on March 24, 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-About_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rally was sponsored by major <a href="/wiki/Atheism" title="Atheism">atheistic</a> and secular organizations of the United States and was regarded as a "<a href="/wiki/Woodstock" title="Woodstock">Woodstock</a> for atheists and skeptics". A second Reason Rally was held June 4, 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a> in Washington, D.C. </p><p>Speakers and performers at the first rally included biologist <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dawkins" title="Richard Dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a>, physicist <a href="/wiki/Lawrence_M._Krauss" class="mw-redirect" title="Lawrence M. Krauss">Lawrence M. Krauss</a>, musician <a href="/wiki/Tim_Minchin" title="Tim Minchin">Tim Minchin</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/MythBusters" title="MythBusters">MythBusters</a></i> co-host <a href="/wiki/Adam_Savage" title="Adam Savage">Adam Savage</a>, actor-comedian <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Izzard" title="Eddie Izzard">Eddie Izzard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Provenza" title="Paul Provenza">Paul Provenza</a>, <a href="/wiki/PZ_Myers" title="PZ Myers">PZ Myers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jessica_Ahlquist" title="Jessica Ahlquist">Jessica Ahlquist</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Barker" title="Dan Barker">Dan Barker</a>, and magician <a href="/wiki/James_Randi" title="James Randi">James Randi</a>, and others.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The punk rock band <a href="/wiki/Bad_Religion" title="Bad Religion">Bad Religion</a> performed and other notables (Rep. <a href="/wiki/Pete_Stark" title="Pete Stark">Pete Stark</a>, Sen. <a href="/wiki/Tom_Harkin" title="Tom Harkin">Tom Harkin</a>, comedian <a href="/wiki/Bill_Maher" title="Bill Maher">Bill Maher</a>, magician <a href="/wiki/Penn_Jillette" title="Penn Jillette">Penn Jillette</a>) addressed the crowd by video link. Participants recited the <a href="/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pledge of Allegiance (United States)">Pledge of Allegiance</a>, deliberately omitting the phrase "under God", which was added by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Congress">U.S. Congress</a> in 1954. Veterans of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Armed Forces">U.S. Armed Forces</a> were represented, and a retired <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">Army</a> colonel, Kirk Lamb, led veterans in an affirmation of their secular <a href="/wiki/United_States_Uniformed_Services_Oath_of_Office" title="United States Uniformed Services Oath of Office">military oaths</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Speakers urged those assembled to contact local and national representatives and ask them to support church-state separation, science education, marriage equality for gays and lesbians, and ending government support of faith-based organizations, among other causes.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the official website of the first rally, the aim of the Reason Rally was to "unify, energize, and embolden secular people nationwide, while dispelling the negative opinions held by so much of American society."<sup id="cite_ref-About_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The website had predicted it would be "the largest secular event in world history." <i><a href="/wiki/The_Atlantic" title="The Atlantic">The Atlantic</a></i> said 20,000 people were in attendance.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Religion_News_Service" title="Religion News Service">Religion News Service</a></i> said 8,000–10,000.<sup id="cite_ref-winston_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winston-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The documentary <i><a href="/wiki/The_Unbelievers" title="The Unbelievers">The Unbelievers</a></i> says that over 30,000 people attended the rally.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are no official crowd estimates of events on the Mall. </p><p>The second rally, the Reason Rally for 2016, was billed as "a celebration of fact-driven public policy, the value of <a href="/wiki/Critical_thinking" title="Critical thinking">critical thinking</a>, and the voting power of secular Americans".<sup id="cite_ref-Speak_Up_for_Reason!_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speak_Up_for_Reason!-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The weekend of the Rally included advocacy events and conference sessions. The expected crowd attendance was 30,000 but only about 15,000 to 20,000 actually attended the rally, according to the organizer's estimate.<sup id="cite_ref-Zaimov_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zaimov-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mehta_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mehta-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Purpose_of_the_first_rally">Purpose of the first rally</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reason_Rally&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Purpose of the first rally"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to the first rally's official website, the event had three main goals:<sup id="cite_ref-About_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-About-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>To encourage attendees (and those who couldn’t attend) to <a href="/wiki/Coming_out" title="Coming out">come "out</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Closeted" title="Closeted">closet</a>" as secular Americans, or supporters of secular equality.</li> <li>To dispel stereotypes ("there is no one 'True Atheist' "). Participation by <a href="/wiki/Nontheism" title="Nontheism">non-theists</a> of all political persuasions, ethnicities, genders, and backgrounds was encouraged. The intent was to show that there are secular Americans in every major demographic.</li> <li>Legislative equality. Secular Americans should be permitted to run for public office and adequately represent non-theists, just as theists in office represent their constituents. Non-theists deserve a seat at the table just as theists do; the rally should put secular values "on the radar" of American voters.</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/David_Silverman_(activist)" title="David Silverman (activist)">David Silverman</a> was the creator and executive producer of the event, and the president of the Reason Rally Coalition. Organizers said the aim of the rally was twofold: to unite individuals with similar beliefs and to show the American public that the number of people who don’t believe in God is large and growing. “We have the numbers to be taken seriously,” said Paul Fidalgo, spokesman for the <a href="/wiki/Center_for_Inquiry" title="Center for Inquiry">Center for Inquiry</a>, which promotes the <a href="/wiki/Scientific_method" title="Scientific method">scientific method</a> and reasoning and was one of the organizations sponsoring the rally. “We’re not just a tiny fringe group.”<sup id="cite_ref-Washington_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Washington-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to rally spokesman <a href="/wiki/Jesse_Galef" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesse Galef">Jesse Galef</a>, diversity with the attendees was a focus this year, he stated 'We can't succeed if we are only coming from one demographic'". Comparing the 2012 rally to the 2002 Godless rally which was mainly over-40 white men, the attendees were "largely under the age of 30, at least half female and included many people of color".<sup id="cite_ref-winston_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winston-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Speaking to <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a> prior to the rally, American Atheist president David Silverman stated that this is a coming-of-age event for atheists, "We'll look back at the Reason Rally as one of the game-changing events when people started to look at atheism and look at atheists in a different light".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With goals of bringing unity, energy, and visibility to the secular demographic, the rally can be seen as a manifestation of the <a href="/wiki/Secular_movement" title="Secular movement">secular movement</a> that emerged in America and elsewhere in the first decade of the twenty-first century. Writing for <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a></i> Sarah Posner states that the Reason Rally was modeled on the LGBT movement, encouraging people to 'come out' about their non-belief and working to humanize atheism by getting "people to personalize someone they'd always thought of as an 'other.'" Once people realize that their neighbor, co-worker or family member is an atheist it goes a long way towards acceptance. Politics played a large part of the Rally according to Posner; considering that there is only one openly atheist American Congressperson, there is a lot of work to still be done.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Response_to_the_first_rally">Response to the first rally</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reason_Rally&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Response to the first rally"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reason_Rally-Crowd-2.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Reason_Rally-Crowd-2.JPG/220px-Reason_Rally-Crowd-2.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Reason_Rally-Crowd-2.JPG/330px-Reason_Rally-Crowd-2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Reason_Rally-Crowd-2.JPG/440px-Reason_Rally-Crowd-2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3702" data-file-height="2468" /></a><figcaption>Reason Rally crowd</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Greg_Graffin_of_Bad_Religion_sings_the_National_Anthem_at_the_Reason_Rally._National_Mall,_Washington,_DC,_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Greg_Graffin_of_Bad_Religion_sings_the_National_Anthem_at_the_Reason_Rally._National_Mall%2C_Washington%2C_DC%2C_2012.jpg/220px-Greg_Graffin_of_Bad_Religion_sings_the_National_Anthem_at_the_Reason_Rally._National_Mall%2C_Washington%2C_DC%2C_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Greg_Graffin_of_Bad_Religion_sings_the_National_Anthem_at_the_Reason_Rally._National_Mall%2C_Washington%2C_DC%2C_2012.jpg/330px-Greg_Graffin_of_Bad_Religion_sings_the_National_Anthem_at_the_Reason_Rally._National_Mall%2C_Washington%2C_DC%2C_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Greg_Graffin_of_Bad_Religion_sings_the_National_Anthem_at_the_Reason_Rally._National_Mall%2C_Washington%2C_DC%2C_2012.jpg/440px-Greg_Graffin_of_Bad_Religion_sings_the_National_Anthem_at_the_Reason_Rally._National_Mall%2C_Washington%2C_DC%2C_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3056" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Greg_Graffin" title="Greg Graffin">Greg Graffin</a> of <a href="/wiki/Bad_Religion" title="Bad Religion">Bad Religion</a> sings the National Anthem at the Reason Rally.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:26-Jessica_Ahlquist-1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/26-Jessica_Ahlquist-1.JPG/220px-26-Jessica_Ahlquist-1.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="275" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/26-Jessica_Ahlquist-1.JPG/330px-26-Jessica_Ahlquist-1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/26-Jessica_Ahlquist-1.JPG/440px-26-Jessica_Ahlquist-1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1350" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Ahlquist" title="Jessica Ahlquist">Jessica Ahlquist</a> speaks at the Reason Rally</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Support_of_the_first_rally">Support of the first rally</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reason_Rally&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Support of the first rally"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Huffington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Huffington Post">Huffington Post</a></i>, Staks Rosch praised the rally. He stated that atheists "face a great deal of discrimination and fear of discrimination for being outspoken" and that many "fear having their families disown them, losing their jobs, or simply being harassed by the religious."<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_Niose" title="David Niose">David Niose</a>, the president of the <a href="/wiki/American_Humanist_Association" title="American Humanist Association">American Humanist Association</a> stated that "The secular demographic does not claim to have a monopoly on rationality, but it does feel that it has something to offer. By rallying in Washington, seculars are not whining about some imagined victimization, but rather they are exercising a voice that has been silenced for too long."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Phelps" title="Nathan Phelps">Nate Phelps</a>, an atheist and estranged son of <a href="/wiki/Fred_Phelps" title="Fred Phelps">Fred Phelps</a>, the founder of the fringe group, <a href="/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church" title="Westboro Baptist Church">Westboro Baptist Church</a>, supported the Reason Rally and was among the event's speakers.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Criticism_of_the_first_rally">Criticism of the first rally</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reason_Rally&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Criticism of the first rally"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Reason Rally elicited criticism for the <a href="/wiki/Antitheism" title="Antitheism">antitheist</a> rhetoric and tone that some speakers employed. Editorial writers such as Nathalie Rothschild argued that "the combination of non-belief, self-victimisation and religion-bashing make for a pretty negative and weak ground for common identification".<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tom Gilson,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and representatives of various religious communities, such as <a href="/wiki/Rabbi_Brad_Hirschfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Rabbi Brad Hirschfield">Rabbi Brad Hirschfield</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Jewish_Center_for_Learning_and_Leadership" title="National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership">National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership</a><sup id="cite_ref-fox_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fox-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/William_Anthony_Donohue" class="mw-redirect" title="William Anthony Donohue">William Anthony Donohue</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_League_(U.S.)" title="Catholic League (U.S.)">Catholic League</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-League_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-League-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> all voiced disapproval the event. </p><p>Some notable speakers of the atheist community like Richard Dawkins encouraged mockery and ridicule of religious people in his speech, which elicited a response from others.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Though mockery of religion was not the aim of the rally, it happened quite often and was seen more than the positive portrayals of secularism.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notable_speaker_quotes_of_the_first_rally">Notable speaker quotes of the first rally</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reason_Rally&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notable speaker quotes of the first rally"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Provenza" title="Paul Provenza">Paul Provenza</a> stated “We're not here today to bash anyone's religion… but, hey, if it happens it happens.”<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dawkins" title="Richard Dawkins">Richard Dawkins</a> spoke about the differences between the US and the UK, which does not have separation between church and state. "The American Constitution is a precious treasure, the envy of the world".<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also stated "Mock them, ridicule them in public. Don't fall for the convention that we're all too polite to talk about religion. Religion makes specific claims about the Universe which need to be substantiated and challenged."<sup id="cite_ref-League_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-League-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Haggerty_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haggerty-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kwon_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kwon-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mythbuster" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythbuster">Mythbuster</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Adam_Savage" title="Adam Savage">Adam Savage</a> stated "Everything that we have that makes our lives possible exists because human beings have... made predictions based on those tests and then improved upon them. This is reason: the human capacity to make sense of the world."<sup id="cite_ref-5//1/2012_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5//1/2012-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Silverman_(activist)" title="David Silverman (activist)">David Silverman</a>, president of <a href="/wiki/American_Atheists" title="American Atheists">American Atheists</a> stated "If the atheists weren't closeted, it would be harder to hate us, because in the end, you can't hate what you already love."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Magician <a href="/wiki/Penn_Jillette" title="Penn Jillette">Penn Jillette</a> stated "I can make the argument...that the only ones with true morality are us, the atheists. We are doing good because it's good and are doing right because it's right, and not for reward or punishment. We have love for each other, we have community, we have charity."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Maher" title="Bill Maher">Bill Maher</a> said, "When it comes to religion, we're not two sides of the same coin, and you don't get to put your unreason upon the same shelf with my reason. Your stuff [religion] has to go over there, on the shelf with <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Thor" title="Thor">Thor</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Kraken" title="Kraken">Kraken</a>. With the stuff that is not evidence based, stuff that religious people never change their mind about, no matter what happens."<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2016_rally_(the_second_rally)"><span id="2016_rally_.28the_second_rally.29"></span>2016 rally (the second rally)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reason_Rally&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 2016 rally (the second rally)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The second quadrennial Reason Rally was held on June 4, 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Memorial" title="Lincoln Memorial">Lincoln Memorial</a> in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> Event organizers were targeting an attendance of 30,000 people but the organizers estimated only 15,000 to 20,000 showed up and another source estimated even less actually came to the rally.<sup id="cite_ref-Zaimov_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Zaimov-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Mehta_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mehta-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Reason Rally for 2016 was billed as "a celebration of fact-driven public policy, the value of <a href="/wiki/Critical_thinking" title="Critical thinking">critical thinking</a>, and the voting power of secular Americans".<sup id="cite_ref-Speak_Up_for_Reason!_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Speak_Up_for_Reason!-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The weekend of the Rally included advocacy events and conference sessions. </p><p> One of the featured speakers at the rally was <a href="/wiki/John_de_Lancie" title="John de Lancie">John de Lancie</a>. Speaking in reference to his <i>Star Trek</i> character <a href="/wiki/Q_(Star_Trek)" title="Q (Star Trek)">Q</a>, de Lancie said:<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>My name is John de Lancie, and I am a god. At least, I've played one on TV. And I'm here to tell you as a god that I was created by humans. And the words I spoke were written by men and women ... My creators took great care in exalting me to the position I hold today. And just like all the gods before me—Zeus, <a href="/wiki/Baal" title="Baal">Baal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yahweh" title="Yahweh">Yahweh</a>—my god creators wanted you to believe that I am the omnipotent one. The <a href="/wiki/Alpha_and_Omega" title="Alpha and Omega">alpha and the omega</a>… Truth be told… I don't exist any more than the thousands of other gods that humans have created, worshiped, and died for since the beginning of time. But if you insist on believing in me, you do so at your own risk… I will lead you down the path of ignorance, intolerance, and bigotry… All because you believe.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reason_Rally&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Godless_Americans_March_on_Washington" title="Godless Americans March on Washington">Godless Americans March on Washington</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_States" title="Irreligion in the United States">Irreligion in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_atheism" class="mw-redirect" title="New atheism">New atheism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secular_humanism" title="Secular humanism">Secular humanism</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reason_Rally&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Aratani, Lori, " 'Godless Rally' in D.C. for Recognition and Respect", <i><a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>, C1, C10; 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href="/wiki/Brazilian_Association_of_Atheists_and_Agnostics" title="Brazilian Association of Atheists and Agnostics">Brazilian Association of Atheists and Agnostics</a></li></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_countries_by_irreligion" title="List of countries by irreligion">Countries by irreligion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disestablishmentarianism" title="Disestablishmentarianism">Disestablishmentarianism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Secular_ethics" title="Secular ethics">Secular ethics</a></li></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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Stenger">Victor J. Stenger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Schmidt-Salomon" title="Michael Schmidt-Salomon">Michael Schmidt-Salomon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former New Atheists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali" title="Ayaan Hirsi Ali">Ayaan Hirsi Ali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PZ_Myers" title="PZ Myers">PZ Myers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Major works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_End_of_Faith" title="The End of Faith">The End of Faith</a></i> (2004)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atheist_Manifesto:_The_Case_Against_Christianity,_Judaism,_and_Islam" title="Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam">Atheist Manifesto</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Manifesto_of_Evolutionary_Humanism" title="Manifesto of Evolutionary Humanism">Manifesto of Evolutionary Humanism</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Breaking_the_Spell_(Dennett_book)" title="Breaking the Spell (Dennett book)">Breaking the Spell</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_God_Delusion" title="The God Delusion">The God Delusion</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Letter_to_a_Christian_Nation" title="Letter to a Christian Nation">Letter to a Christian Nation</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Root_of_All_Evil%3F" title="The Root of All Evil?">The Root of All Evil?</a></i> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/God_Is_Not_Great" title="God Is Not Great">God Is Not Great</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/God:_The_Failed_Hypothesis" title="God: The Failed Hypothesis">God: The Failed Hypothesis</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Portable_Atheist" title="The Portable Atheist">The Portable Atheist</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Godless_(Barker_book)" title="Godless (Barker book)">Godless</a></i> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Institutions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Clergy_Project" title="The Clergy Project">The Clergy Project</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitchstone_Publishing" title="Pitchstone Publishing">Pitchstone Publishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Dawkins_Foundation_for_Reason_and_Science" title="Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science">Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Opposition</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Go_God_Go" title="Go God Go">Go God Go</a>" (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Darwin%27s_Angel" title="Darwin's Angel">Darwin's Angel</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Dawkins_Delusion%3F" title="The Dawkins Delusion?">The Dawkins Delusion?</a></i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Irrational_Atheist" title="The Irrational Atheist">The Irrational Atheist</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atheist_Delusions" title="Atheist Delusions">Atheist Delusions</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Case_for_God" title="The Case for God">The Case for God</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unscientific_America" title="Unscientific America">Unscientific America</a></i> (2009)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rage_Against_God" title="The Rage Against God">The Rage Against God</a></i> (2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Evolution_of_Atheism" title="The Evolution of Atheism">The Evolution of Atheism</a></i> (2015)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blasphemy_Day" title="Blasphemy Day">Blasphemy Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ex-Muslims" title="Ex-Muslims">Ex-Muslims</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster" title="Flying Spaghetti Monster">Flying Spaghetti Monster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Out_Campaign" title="Out Campaign">Out Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RationalWiki" title="RationalWiki">RationalWiki</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Reason Rally</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regressive_left" title="Regressive left">Regressive left</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; 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