Source: Examiner.com
In a press release from the American Humanist Association, it was said that Obama will be displayed prominently in ads promoting secularism, or as some have said, as an “atheist role-model.” Following is part of the ad, followed by the press release.
Obama's Secular Humanist Upbringing Praised
For Immediate Release - Contact Fred Edwords at (202) 238-9088
fedwords@americanhumanist.org - www.americanhumanist.org
(Washington, D.C., January 19, 2009) In both editions of tomorrow's special inauguration issue of the Washington Post, a prominent ad from the American Humanist Association will appear, praising the non-religious upbringing of Barack Obama. "President Obama: Living Proof that Family Values Without Religion Build Character," the ad says. It goes on to quote from Obama's own account of his upbringing in his 2006 book, The Audacity of Hope. In his 1995 book, Dreams from My Father, Obama had written that his mother stood alone in her community as a "witness for secular humanism."
A full-sized image of the ad is available online at:
http://www.americanhumanist.org/Obama-ad.pdf.
"We hear so much these days about how traditional religious family values are necessary for raising moral children who can grow into accomplished adults," said American Humanist Association Executive Director Roy Speckhardt, father of two. "But we humanists have known for a long, long time that ethical humanist values build character. The number of moral and accomplished humanists is legion. We've been honoring the greatest of them every year since 1953 at our annual conferences. Now Barack Obama has given us the opportunity to share this truth with those from around the country who come to our nation's capital to share in the inauguration experience."