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Freedom From Religion ad by Ron Reagan to air on Comedy Central tonight
2014-05-22T15:30:00Z Freedom From Religion ad by Ron Reagan to air on Comedy Central tonight madison.com
10 hours ago • By PJ Slinger | The Capital Times
The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation is sponsoring a commercial featuring Ron Reagan on Comedy Central tonight, where he concludes with: "Ron Reagan. Lifelong atheist. Not afraid of burning in hell."
The son of President Ronald Reagan has long been an outspoken atheist and is an honorary officer of FFRF.
The ad will air during The Daily Show, which begins at 10 p.m., and again during the Colbert Report, which airs at 10:30 p.m. It will also appear during the reruns two hours later, for a total of four showings.
Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of FFRF, said that Reagan "had done an ad for us for Air America Radio when that was on. I had in mind we could recreate this as a visual for several years and we finally made it happen."
You can watch the ad here.
While airing the ads during two of Comedy Central's most popular shows was quite costly compared to other times, Gaylor said the audience is the right fit for the message.
"Both shows are highly irreverent, and yet are considered news sources for young people, so it was the right national audience," she said. "It's kind of a splashy way to debut the ad, and then we'll air it during cheaper times."
Here's the entire text of the 30-second spot: "Hi, I’m Ron Reagan, an unabashed atheist, and I’m alarmed by the intrusions of religion into our secular government. That’s why I’m asking you to support the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation’s largest and most effective association of atheists and agnostics, working to keep state and church separate, just like our Founding Fathers intended. Please support the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Ron Reagan. Lifelong atheist. Not afraid of burning in hell."
Gaylor and her husband, Dan Barker, who is also co-president of FFRF, are in Canada for a conference.
"The irony of this whole thing is they don't get Comedy Central in Canada," she said.
The son of President Ronald Reagan has long been an outspoken atheist and is an honorary officer of FFRF.
The ad will air during The Daily Show, which begins at 10 p.m., and again during the Colbert Report, which airs at 10:30 p.m. It will also appear during the reruns two hours later, for a total of four showings.
Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of FFRF, said that Reagan "had done an ad for us for Air America Radio when that was on. I had in mind we could recreate this as a visual for several years and we finally made it happen."
You can watch the ad here.
While airing the ads during two of Comedy Central's most popular shows was quite costly compared to other times, Gaylor said the audience is the right fit for the message.
"Both shows are highly irreverent, and yet are considered news sources for young people, so it was the right national audience," she said. "It's kind of a splashy way to debut the ad, and then we'll air it during cheaper times."
Here's the entire text of the 30-second spot: "Hi, I’m Ron Reagan, an unabashed atheist, and I’m alarmed by the intrusions of religion into our secular government. That’s why I’m asking you to support the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation’s largest and most effective association of atheists and agnostics, working to keep state and church separate, just like our Founding Fathers intended. Please support the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Ron Reagan. Lifelong atheist. Not afraid of burning in hell."
Gaylor and her husband, Dan Barker, who is also co-president of FFRF, are in Canada for a conference.
"The irony of this whole thing is they don't get Comedy Central in Canada," she said.
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Bottom line, "....keep state and church separate, just like our Founding Fathers intended."
straight from the mouth of Ron Reagan!
and what they would say now.
Even though I generally feel more comfortable with atheists than fundamentalists, I cringed at several aspects of this ad… wondering if such tactics are desperate self-destructive grasping by scared wounded egos (needing lots of love, honor, and empathy). Ditto for similar tactics I've seen in many religious and political realms.
but were very concerned about organized religion playing an official role in government.
Very different motivations and impact than atheists advocating separation of church and state.