Deliverance at Hand! Author Delivers Impressive Talk at Meeting
By Mike Haubrich
For our October meeting at the Apple Valley Community Center, James Zimmerman gave us an informative and witty presentation. Zimmerman started speaking in front of audiences when he was just eight years old, and a few years of experience have made him into an entertaining and accomplished presenter. It does make a difference, too, to have a good book to present. Zimmerman’s autobiographical tale of growing up in, living in, and finally leaving the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society is Deliverance at Hand!: The Redemption of a Devout Jehovah’s Witness. I don’t want to give away too much of the story, because I strongly encourage people to purchase and read the book.
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By Eric Jayne
By Bernadette Chlebeck and Phil Cunliffe
Minnesota Atheists has restarted our process to change Minnesota state law to allow atheist leaders to conduct civil marriages. We began this project a few years ago but then the marriage amendment and the marriage equality legislation intervened. We knew that the Minnesota state legislature was not going to tackle both gay and atheist marriage issues in the same year.
At the September board meeting, the Board voted to sign a lease on rental space at the Wesley Center in Downtown Minneapolis for $200 per month for one year. This arrangement failed when it was later determined that the space was already rented by another tenant. The Board agreed to continue to search for affordable spaces to display our extensive collection of atheist books that is currently in storage.