Clark Adams
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Clark Adams (1969- May 23 2007), American freethought leader and activist
Clark Adams was born in July 1969 in Louisville, Kentucky. As a child, he was attending Catholic school, but became skeptical of the church's teachings at an early age. After reading material from American Atheists, he became, in his words, "a pretty hard core atheist" in college.[1]
While attending a "Freethought Blitz" weekend in the Birmingham, Alabama, area, he became friend with many influental atheists. The same year, he became active with the Alabama Freethought Association and the Atlanta Freethought Society. He served as the primary organizer of the annual celebration Lollapalooza of Freethought. He also became a moderator of the newsgroup alt.atheism and organized three real-life meetings with participands of alt.atheism.
For many years, Clark Adams was a member of the Internet Infidels board, serving as its public relations director for many years and then as president.[2] [3] [4]He was also, in his words, a freethought "conference junkie," attending and often speaking at many events within the community of freethought.[5]
Clark Adams actively promoted the Secular Student Alliance and was one of the founders of the Secular Coalition for America. In his hometown, he founded and was deeply involved with the Las Vegas Freethought Society, which he described as "a local group of fun godless heathens in Sin City." He was also for a time president of the Humanist Association of Las Vegas and Southern Nevada, a chapter of the American Humanist Association. Shortly before his death, he became an AHA life member.
23rd of May 2007 Clark Adams was found dead by a couple of friends in his department where he had committed suicide.