| Purpose: |
RHODE ISLAND ATHEISTS IS A NON-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO BUILDING A POSITIVE COMMUNITY FOR NON-THEISTS; FOSTERING SECULAR VIEWPOINTS; SUPPORTING CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOCIETY; PROTECTING AND PROMOTING THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE. RHODE ISLAND ATHEISTS IS ORGANIZED AS A NONPROFIT EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION TO DEVELOP AND SUPPORT THE ATHEIST, RATIONALIST, SECULAR HUMANIST, AGNOSTIC, SKEPTIC AND NON-THEIST COMMUNITIES; TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOCIALIZING AND FRIENDSHIP AMONG THESE GROUPS; TO PROMOTE AND DEFEND THEIR VIEWS; TO PROTECT THE FIRST AMENDMENT PRINCIPLE OF STATE-CHURCH SEPARATION; TO OPPOSE ANY DISCRIMINATION BASED UPON RELIGIOUS CONVICTION, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT IS DIRECTED AT THE NON-RELIGIOUS; TO EXPOSE THE DANGERS OF SUPERNATURALISM AND SUPERSTITION; TO PROMOTE SCIENCE; AND TO WORK WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS IN PURSUIT OF COMMON GOALS. THIS ORGANIZATION SHALL OPERATE IN AN OPEN, DEMOCRATIC MANNER, WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION AS TO GENDER, RACE, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION, ETHNIC ORIGIN, NATIONALITY OR DISABILITY. |
