Come and enjoy good food and great conversation with other Freethinkers! Bring a dish to share, bring your spouse and/or friend, and bring water, soft drinks, a bottle of beer or wine, or whatever you'd like to drink. Coffee and tea will be provided by the host(s). Socials begin at 6:00 PM and usually break up around 9:00 PM. Remember to mark your calendar; our socials are on the second Saturday of the month. PLEASE CLICK "Read more" FOR COMPLETE DETAILS ...

Many Americans take pride in the idea that their nation is the pinnacle of equality and freedom - even as they look down upon organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) who are willing to to the difficult and often unpopular work required to ensure America actually conforms to these ideals.

Citizens Project is excited to present their inaugural Citizen's Religious Freedom Institute, a one day seminar on religion in public schools.

This will be held April 17th, 2010 at The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

This seminar is for teachers, students, parents, administrators, staff, school board members, and open to the public.

If there is sufficient enrollment the program will be repeated on the 18th.

See:
www.citizensproject.org for more information.

The Freethinkers of Colorado Springs needs your help! We are in the process of a massive rejuvenation of our organization that will hopefully lead to a more viable and productive group. In an effort to increase the membership, and therefore the good works of FTCS, we are seeking your opinions and help. While many initiatives are currently in the works, we want to hear from you! Please join us on Wednesday evening, April 28th, at 7:00 p.m., at our standard location, The Gill Foundation Building at 315 East Costilla, and let your voice and thoughts be heard during an informal open discussion.

The Pikes Peak Skeptics Society invites you to Drinking Skeptically!

Location:

Rock Bottom Brewery 3316 Cinema Point Colorado Springs, CO 80922 (719) 550-3586

In a decision that may have serious implications for church-state separation, the United States Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled that the governmental use of the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance does not violate the U.S. Constitution. The court stated that the phrase does not endorse religion in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

Doug Schrepel and Laurie Clauss are excited to host the first social of the 2010 spring season on Saturday, April 10th. The festivities begin at 6:00 pm and end whenever. If you will kindly bring a delicious dish to share, we will provide tea, coffee, and other staples. Feel free to bring beer or wine if you desire. Kids are very welcome. We have several cats, so those with severe allergies to the feline species...be warned!! For cat lovers our home may be a dream come true, if they can be coaxed out of hiding (ask to see the amazing 24 pound Calvin, he could use the exercise).

On October 31st, 2009, my friend and I attended the “Legacy of Darwin Intelligent Design Conference” in Castle Rock, Colorado. The event was sponsored by Shepherd Project Ministries, who did a great job hosting the event. The event was well organized, ran smoothly, and real people were picked out of the audience to ask questions of the speakers, albeit it was limited to only a few. Luckily, I was one of them. Despite all that this, I can say it was the scariest Halloween I have ever had. Why has it taken me five months to summarize the conference?

Currents in Stem Cell Research

by Karen Hall

What is the current status of stem cell research and where can it take us? Ms. Karen Hall is the Director of Laboratory Operations at HemoGenix, a cell research laboratory. Bring yourself and your stem cells to see what the future holds! There are amazing advances in the field of stem cell research. It does far more than make clones and drive fundamentalist Christians crazy! There will be handouts although you should expect to leave with only the stem cells you came with. We meet the 4th Wednesday at the GILL Foundation Building 315 East Costilla Street Colorado Springs, CO 80903-2105 at 7PM. Open to the Public.

Dishes and Discussions! Time for us to gather and share potluck food and potluck conversation... Everyone welcome, child friendly home. We provide the basics and tea and coffee; guests (that's you) bring a food dish to share and beer or wine if you like those beverages. This month we start at 6:00 PM at the home of Gary Betchan, Rebecca Hale and Tani. the address is 6158 Briarcliff Rd 80918. Call 548-0882 if you get lost or need directions. We will be checking your guns, rosaries, bibles and others weapons at the door!