Godless Americans March on Washington

The Godless Americans March on Washington (GAMOW) occurred on the National Mall in Washington, DC on November 2, 2002 with the participation of many atheists, freethinkers, agnostics, and humanists. The public cable network C-SPAN documented the event on video.

The event started at 11:00 A.M. near the Washington Monument, led by the American Atheist's banner promoting the separation of church and state. About halfway down the Mall the people were confronted by counter-protesters. However, the people continued to proceed to the other end of the Mall in front of the Capitol. At 11:30 A.M., the rally started and featured over 20 speakers and musical entertainment. The rally lasted for about 4 hours.

The event was marked by many slogans and banners on shirts, badges, etc., including "What Our Schools Need is a Moment of Science!", "Atheism is Myth-Understood!", "Secular Humanists for a Secular America", "Citizen–Atheist–Patriot". The official T-shirt for the march showed a picture of the Capitol and the American Flag with the statement "Free, Proud and on the Move–GODLESS AMERICANS".

Many speakers delivered speeches at the March. A few noted speakers were Frank Zindler, editor of the American Atheist Magazine, Margaret Downey of the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia and Ed Buckner, executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism, etc.( see Event Speakers The speeches delivered were basically on theism, atheism and related themes. Ed Buckner reportedly attacked the way theists perceive atheists as lacking morality.

Over two thousand atheists, freethinkers, agnostics, and humanists gathered in a mile-long parade down The Mall to rally for several causes, including civil rights, church-state separation, and a greater voice in the national political process.

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