BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Meetup Inc//RemoteApi//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://atheists.meetup.com/24/calendar/7720786/ical/NYC+ATHE ISTS+POPE+PROTEST+DEMONSTRATION/ X-WR-CALNAME:Events - NYC ATHEISTS POPE PROTEST DEMONSTRATION BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:NYC ATHEISTS POPE PROTEST DEMONSTRATION DESCRIPTION:New York City Atheists Meetings\n\nNYC ATHEISTS POPE DEMONSTRAT ION \nSATURDAY - APRIL 19\, 2008 - 8:30 AM \n5TH AVE. (WESTSIDE) (46/47TH S T).\n\n\nThe Pope Is Coming! The Pope Is Coming!\n\n\nDo We Care? You Bet W e Do!\n\n\nJoin Our Picket on Saturday \nTo Protest Pope's Policies\n\n\nA Peaceful\, Fun Demonstration with Lunch Afterwards\n\n\nFun\, fun\, fun! Ca n you do good and have fun at the same time?\n\n\nOf course you can! Meet l ike-minded people! Smell Fifth Avenue in the morning! \nMingle with other s ecularist groups who will be peacefully protesting\;humanists\, homosexuals \, ex-priests\, Planned Parenthood\, Abortion rights advocates\, Women's Ri ghts. They will all be there.\n\n\nIt will probably be the only Pope picket you will attend in your lifetime. \nIt will be something to tell your gran dchildren about: \nI picketed the Pope in 08!\n\n\nCome Saturday morning to join us on the West side of Fifth Avenue between the 46th and 47th Street between 8 a.m. and noon\, when Pope Benedict is scheduled to visit St. Patr ick's Cathedral to conduct a 9:15 a.m. Mass. We will provide placards for y ou to carry if you wish. While we mingle\, laugh and tell Pope jokes\, we w ill also let the world know that we think the Pope is wrong on a lot of thi ngs:\n\n\nThe Pope is wrong when he says in his latest Encyclical that we A theists are the cause of all the troubles of the world. We are proud of Ath eists' contributions to the world\, to science and to the good of mankind. We feel\, moreover\, that the Church must take responsibility for all the h arm it has caused\, including the sexual abuse of children and the deaths o f millions due to the church's repressive tactics on medical advances.\n\n\ n* We oppose the immoral position of the Catholic church on scientific prog ress\, birth control\, condoms\, abortion\, stem cell research and other me asures that Atheists feel should be lifestyle choices of individuals and th e decisions of the scientific community.\n\n\n* We feel the Catholic church should reimburse New York City for all the expenses the Pope's visit has c aused taxpayers to incur including increased security\, and overtime pay fo r police\, sanitation and fire departments. As advocates of the Separation of Church and State\, and taxpayers in New York City\, we do not wish to un derwrite the expenses for the visit of a leader of any religion.\n\n\nPleas e be assured that this is a peaceful demonstration\, and that we will fully cooperate with the security measures that are being instituted by the NYC Police Department.\n\n\nOur president\, Kenneth Bronstein\, has been workin g closely with the Police Department\; they know we will be there and that we are law-abiding citizens. Bronstein has worked closely with the police i n our previous demonstrations.\n\n\nRemember\, the security measures are fo r our protection too\, and to assure that we are able to exercise our const itutional right of free speech. The police know this and have assured us th at our rights will be protected.\n\n\nEVENT SUMMARY.\n\n\nWHAT: New York Ci ty Atheists: demonstration against the Pope's policies\n\n\nWHEN: Saturday\ , April 19th\, from 8 a.m. to noon. Afterwards\, we gather for lunch and an impromptu discussion of the event for future knowledge.\n\n\nWHERE: Fifth Avenue between 46th and 47th Streets \n\n---------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- \nNew York City Atheists Inc. is a non-profit\, non-partisan educational and action association dedicated to separation of church and state\, the promulgation of a lifestyle philosoph y based on science and reality and the building of a society based on scien ce\, equality and the good of all humankind. All are welcome to our meeting s: freethinkers\, agnostics\, humanists and other seekers of truth. \n----- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- \nTh is meetup is sponsored by the New York City Atheists. Please visit our web page for more information: \nhttp://nyc-atheists.o...\n\nNew York\, NY 100 01 - USA\n\nSaturday\, April 19 at 8:30 AM\n\nAttending: 28\n\nDetails: htt p://atheists.meetup.com/24/calendar/7720786/ LAST-MODIFIED:20080421T203022Z UID:event_7720786@meetup.com CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20080411T172154Z DTSTAMP:20091210T164220Z DTSTART:20080419T123000Z DTEND:20080419T143000Z GEO:40.75;-73.99 LOCATION:POPE PROTEST - 5TH AVE. / 47TH ST\, - New York\, NY 10001 - USA URL:http://atheists.meetup.com/24/calendar/7720786/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR