Atheists to celebrate Darwin Day in Coconut Creek

A godless minority will gather Saturday to celebrate the birthday of Charles Darwin and promote unconstrained scientific inquiry.

More than 200 atheists are expected at Fern Forest Nature Preserve in Coconut Creek for Darwin Day, an international festival that celebrates the importance of scientific inquiry and the accomplishments of Darwin, who in 1838 brainstormed the theory of evolution by natural selection.

Many Americans derisively call them nonbelievers, secular humanists, even heretics. These atheists believe in evolution, stem-cell research, civil rights and the separation of church and state.

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