American Atheists’ David Silverman Addresses Crowd at Mass Mormon Resignation April 7, 2014

American Atheists’ David Silverman Addresses Crowd at Mass Mormon Resignation

By Hemant Mehta
April 7, 2014

Yesterday, while the 184th Annual General Conference of the (Mormon) Church took place nearby, two atheist groups led a mass resignation for Mormons who wanted to leave the Church for good.

Atheists prepare to drop their LDS Church resignation letters in the mailbox

Atheists of Utah and American Atheists (national) led the 75-person march around Temple Square. Afterwards, AA President David Silverman spoke to the crowd:

There were about 100 Mormon dissenters along the march path, but it doesn’t look like there were any confrontations.

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