The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s well-known Ron Reagan ad is airing on the “Rachel Maddow Show,” which is enjoying unprecedented success.
“In March, the ‘Rachel Maddow Show’ finished as the highest-rated show in cable news, with an average total audience of 3.058 million viewers — the show’s best-ever performance in the 9 p.m. ET hour,” reports Forbes magazine.
The FFRF spot starts airing tonight, Monday, May 14, and will be running daily through mid-week this week and the next on the evermore popular talk show.
FFRF’s commercial, featuring the son of President Ronald and Nancy Reagan, says:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7INIhD9P0Pw
Hi, I’m Ron Reagan, an unabashed atheist, and I’m alarmed by the intrusion of religion into our secular government. That’s why I’m asking you to support the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation’s largest and most effective association of atheists and agnostics, working to keep state and church separate, just like our Founding Fathers intended. Please support the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Ron Reagan, lifelong atheist, not afraid of burning in hell.
The ad has been a major fount of publicity for FFRF, helping bring in numerous new members.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wis., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational charity, is the nation’s largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics), and has been working since 1978 to keep religion and government separate. With more than 33,000 members and 20 chapters all over the country, the organization also educates the public about nontheism.
Tax-deductible gifts to FFRF’s advertising fund will ensure that FFRF can keep running this ad.
