The Center for Inquiry, proclaims that it is the largest organization representing nonreligious Americans. Its President and Chief Executive Officer Ronald A. Lindsey submitted a letter to President Obama on Feb. 5th expressing discontent that the President hasn’t delivered upon his campaign promises concerning Faith-Based Initiatives. 

Upon reading this letter, I sensed a disconnect between a secular leader and the common good of society. Now President Obama can speak for himself and doesn’t need someone like myself to defend him. Personally, I took exception to the letter and overall think that secular opposition to Faith Based Initiatives lacks proper perspective that would easily be exposed in a debate.  

I’m proposing that Ronald Lindsey and Brian Worley have a public debate upon the merits of Faith Based Initiatives. This would be a secular debate focusing upon the subject “Should non-theist’s be opposing faith-based initiatives?”  

Ex-Minister finds that Faith Based Initiative opposition is misguided and finds it strange that the non-theist community which loves to argue upon most topics largely have lock jaw upon this issue! I’ve targeted Lindsey because: 1) he is a secular leader 2) he should be favored in a debate and is considered passionate enough to challenge others 3) this is the man whom initiated a blasphemy contest that encouraged non-theist to take liberties against good people of faith.  

I’m not in Latvia anymore and this is something that would help put the organization on the map. Should Mr. Lindsey feel that his position is strong enough to take my challenge, this should be a newsworthy event that the media should get involved in. How?  We would need the facility and everything else involved to make this happen! Ex-Minister has no funding and might need a sponsor should there be any expenses. Should Lindsey choose to ignore the request, I would ask Christian friendly media to push the issue! I’m not brash or arrogant to predict the outcome,  but I promise that this should be interesting, entertaining and that people of faith would probably find such a debate enjoyable!

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