On December 27, 2014, Frederick Clarkson wrote in his diary about Religious Freedom Day, The Christian Right Does Not Want You To Know About This Day - updated:
What if we seized this day to think dynamically about the religious freedoms we take for granted at our peril; freedom that is in danger of being redefined beyond recognition. What if we decided to seize this day to consider our best values as a nation and advance the cause of equal rights for all?We would like to do that. Rather than continuing the tradition of ignoring National Religious Freedom Day on January 16, let's make it an event. Let's have so many people writing and talking about this that the mainstream media sit up and take notice. Let's discuss what religious freedom means to each of us. Let's seize this as a day embraced by people of goodwill from all backgrounds and beliefs. Let's dominate the newspapers, the Internet, the airwaves, wherever we can make our presence felt; and let the American people know about this day, its origins, and the real meaning of religious freedom. It's not the freedom to impose your religion on me.
Please follow me below the diversity curlicue for more information. The Day is one week from today. Some of us have been thinking about and discussing this since December. This diary is to invite everyone to join in. We also invite you to spread the word to any other groups you think might be interested, which hopefully would be nearly all of them. We will need writers, speakers, recommenders, republishers, tweeters, followers, social media enthusiasts, vloggers, and popcorn poppers. Please consider participating as much as you can. The more, the merrier.