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Michael Shermer may not be a "enthusiastic Bright" after all, as he stated in 2003 the following: "However, when it became apparent to me that the vast majority of people most likely to fall under the "bright" rubric would not use the label, I became, well, skeptical that it would succeed. For the time being I continue calling myself a skeptic."<ref>http://www.sciscoop.com/story/2003/12/31/73740/169</ref>

Michael Shermer may not be a "enthusiastic Bright" after all, as he stated in 2003 the following: "However, when it became apparent to me that the vast majority of people most likely to fall under the "bright" rubric would not use the label, I became, well, skeptical that it would succeed. For the time being I continue calling myself a skeptic."<ref>http://www.sciscoop.com/story/2003/12/31/73740/169</ref>

[[Image:GaryDeMar_main.jpg‎|thumbnail|175px|right|[[American Vision President Gary DeMar has been a vocal critic of Dawkins and the Brights Movement.]]]]

[[Image:GaryDeMar_main.jpg‎|thumbnail|175px|right|[[Gary DeMar]]]]

The Brights Movement has not been immune from religious [[conservative]]s' criticism.  [[Gary Demar]] the President of [[American Vision]] wrote the following:

The Brights Movement has not been immune from religious [[conservative]]s' criticism.  [[Gary Demar]] the President of [[American Vision]] wrote the following:

{{cquote|While the “official” site of “The Brights” espouses “a level civic/civil playing field for all worldviews [that] does not include demeaning the worldview of religious individuals,” Dawkins and Dennett are demeaning and anything but civil when it comes to contrary worldviews. Here are two examples:

{{cquote|While the “official” site of “The Brights” espouses “a level civic/civil playing field for all worldviews [that] does not include demeaning the worldview of religious individuals,” Dawkins and Dennett are demeaning and anything but civil when it comes to contrary worldviews. Here are two examples: