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This group is all about the freedom of expression, from an Atheist point of view. As the nonbelieving minority in a quasi-theocracy, it is essential to all we hold dear that our voices never fall silent.

Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Free_Speech_Atheists/
Location: Virginia Beach/Norfolk
Members: 158
Latest Activity: Nov 12, 2012

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Hey all, We've moved to Virginia Beach... We are currently looking into setting up another meet up with everyone. So keep coming back and post some thoughts.

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**We have a carpool going so if you'd like to meet with us and enjoy a road trip, please let us know.**

Our Last Gathering:
Sept. 16, 2009

We met up with Richard Dawkins to hear his lecture on his new book,"The Greatest Show On Earth." As always, he was well spoken, educated, and humorous. After the lecture, we all gathered in a rather large line to get our favorite Dawkins books signed. It was well worth the trip.

All this followed by a nice dinner with like-minded friends. Thank you Matt L for informing us of the Dawkins lecture.

Not sure when we will be able to have our next meeting but check back for updates.

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Comment by Sahil Khanna on January 6, 2011 at 3:11am: Hey are you guys still active in the Norfolk area?

Comment by Tracy on September 1, 2009 at 7:32pm: Your intro is perfect. Absolutely LOVE your theme, your group, and what you stand for!

Comment by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! on June 25, 2009 at 9:44pm: REV, all arguments aside I want you well brother. I cant imagine suffering such pain in the testicles or the penis. I put a high value on a good sex life. And you are being deprived of that by this injury. Are you being treated by a different doctor now?

Comment by Gecko, Seth...brother of Richie! on June 25, 2009 at 9:41pm: O Im down with the Grand Canyon gurlfriend!! Or,Or check it out........YELLOWSTONE. Atheist right in the middle of a supervolcano!! Can you imagine the praying for an eruption that would go on.

Comment by Jo Jerome on June 25, 2009 at 2:12pm: Meetup at a burning man festival - that would be cool.

For once, instead of having the big everyone-fly-in-from-everywhere gathering in some major city, I think we should have it in some off the wall, remote place. Like the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Of course, no bias at all just because I live in an off the wall/way-far-from-any-major-city location. :-P

Comment by Reverend AtheiStar on June 24, 2009 at 11:54pm: Jaqueline,

Being a sufferer of PVPS (Post Vasectomy Pain Sydrome) I fully understand! It has greatly reduced by sex life since I got it done, though things have gotten better (pain-wise, at least) recently. That said, I just couldn't grasps what it was like before this. It's one thing to read about others suffering. It's a whole nother ball game (pardon the pun) to actually go through it! The point being, you can't blame men too much for not understanding. Without going through something comparable, we just don't know.

Comment by Reverend AtheiStar on June 24, 2009 at 11:50pm: Again, let me show you our pain in our support group:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/VasectomyPain/

p.s. Hit each testicle with a hammer if you'd like to empathize!

Comment by Reverend AtheiStar on June 24, 2009 at 11:48pm: Mary,

Most of the members of the original FSA (yahoo) live in places that are so far apart it's inconvenient, to say the least, to meet in person. That's why we meet online. It's not really a big deal. We can still have great conversations! We just can't physically interact.

Comment by Reverend AtheiStar on June 24, 2009 at 11:43pm: SGecko,

It's not that we're a minority of men. It's that it happens, at all, and that these money hungry doctors don't fully list the potential risks that slicing your nutsack open and cutting tubes in there entails. The fact of the matter is that you should view this horrific, torturous procedure for what it is before you get it: a loaded gun pointed straight at your genitals. Spin the chamber, pull the trigger and hope for the best. Maybe you'll fall into the majority and you'll get an empty chamber. But what if you don't? What if you spin and pull and the gun goes off? Do you really think these fucking statistics matter even the slightest to you?!!! Actually, they make things soooooooooooooooo much worse!!! Because now, not only are you in terrible pain, but you have this overbearing feeling of unfairness and raging jealousy to deal with!