This group was organized to develop and support the atheist community, to provide opportunities for socializing and friendship, to promote secular viewpoints, to encourage positive atheist culture, to defend the first amendment principle of state-church separation, to oppose discrimination against atheists and to work with other organizations in pursuit of common goals. We meet twice a month in various Bay Area locations. In the future we plan to hold special sessions with guest speakers, movie …

Meet other freethinkers, atheists and nonbelievers in the greater Sacramento area. We gather to discuss beliefs and philosophies, hear provocative speakers, and make new friends. We have regular meetings, book discussions, film screenings, potlucks and other social events.

I'm here at Naomi's Coffee in beautiful Morgan Hill, drinking my Americano. On a casual search on my iPhone yellow pages app, within a 10-mile radius, I find over 60 churches and about 10 practitioners of alternative medicine. Sheesh! I did a search in meetup for a freethinking group, and the nearest ones are in Santa Cruz and San Jose. I figure there MUST be people in the Morgan Hill/Gilroy area who celebrate science, skepticism, and rational thought--People who aren't prone to believing there …