Neither wind nor rain could dissuade roughly 10,000 American atheists, secularists, humanists, free-thinkers and non-believers from 'coming out' on Saturday to express their reason-based belief systems on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The turnout at the 'Reason Rally' was on par with expectations, and a vast improvement over a similar 'God-free' rally that took place a decade ago.

 

Organizers of the event wanted to show the rich and varied population of secular citizens which, according to recent studies, is rapidly growing in the United States.

 

The Religious News Service: Atheists rally on National Mall in show of political force