Atheist groups are on the rise:

Never thought we would see this: I guess it takes a bunch of religious whackos to get Athiests to organize.

Atheist groups are on the rise: South Florida Sun-Sentinel:

When Richard Golden put the word out that he was starting a group for atheists in Walnut Creek, Calif., about a dozen people showed up. Two years later, 80 are dues-paying members and several more drop in on twice-monthly meetings to chew on everything from particle physics to court cases.

Horrified by escalating religious violence and alarmed by the Bush administration's 'faith-based initiatives,' which make government money available to religious organizations, atheists are coming out of the closet -- and organizing.