18 people made up the Atheist Vuvuzela Marching Band which paraded down Texas Avenue while playing "Jingle Bells" on vuvuzela horns.
News 3 spoke with the leader of the group who said they weren't protesting Christmas or the parade but were there to announce their presence in the community...
"We just wanted to say hey, we're here, its' ok, you know. We didn't intend to be specifically offensive to anyone, you know, we just wanted to say we're here too," said Keri Bean of the Brazos Valley Atheist Vuvuzela Marching Band.
Bean organized the Brazos Valley Vuvuzela Marching Band and said they chose to perform "Jingle Bells" to stay with the Christmas spirit of the parade.
"When we were walking around we would say, 'Merry Christmas' or 'Happy Hanukkah', 'Merry Kwanzaa', there's a whole bunch of different holidays that happen now, so we wanted to make sure that everyone was represented," Bean said.But then, you can't please everybody...
"Wasn't exactly happy about the Christmas Parade this year, I spent many years teaching my children to love and respect other people and to love the fact that they were children of God and I don't feel that they should be influenced in any other way especially not at a Christmas parade," said Tina Corgey, who is a lifelong Bryan resident.
Corgey brings her three kids to the B/CS Christmas Parade every year.
She said she was disgusted by what she saw on Sunday.
"If you have younger children they weren't going to understand but I have older children, a teenager, 8-year-old and they were curious and they asked questions and it was hard for them to believe and understand that there are actually people out there that don't believe in God," Corgey said.http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/12/more_evil_atheists_waging_the.php#commentsThey ASKED QUESTIONS?!? A teen-ager ASKED QUESTIONS? Oh, the humanity! Right now I am clutching my pearls and may any minute succumb to an attack of the vapors.
And you better keep those kids inside, Tina. No telling what they will see out there in the wide wicked world. They might see a Jew or a gay couple or a Negro, or even a godless atheist.
The horror...the horror...