Olive Branch Is Not Extended to Atheists
From Times Wire Reports
Gov. Bill Owens and Colorado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera declined to extend an official welcome to the Atheist Alliance for its national convention this weekend, and attendees said they felt slighted.
Rivera said he refused to offer a letter of welcome in part because the group scheduled its convention during Easter and just days after Passover.
“Anybody in the United States is welcome to express their beliefs and opinions,” Rivera said. “I just think it’s bad timing.”
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