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== Atheist Alliance International's hiring of David Silverman and his subsequent resignation ==

''See also:'' [[Atheist Alliance International's hiring of David Silverman|Atheist Alliance International's hiring of David Silverman and his subsequent resignation]] and [[Rebecca Vitsmun]]

[[File:Sikivu Hutchinson.JPG|thumbnail|150px|left|[[Sikivu Hutchinson]] ]]
In October 2019, he was hired to be the Executive Director of [[Atheist Alliance International]] (AAI)<ref>[https://www.atheistalliance.org/presidents-corner/david-p-silverman-appointed-executive-director/?fbclid=IwAR2F4FI62mvegNVY_eRqfd3jGrZu0D_FYuzqr3QiPnS-RutuBGG1qYhiCw4 David P. Silverman Appointed Executive Director]</ref> In December 2019, the atheist blogger David G. McAfee reported that David Silverman has been suspended by AAI pending an investigation into an alleged inappropriate touching incident which allegedly occurred against the atheist woman [[Rebecca Vitsmun]].<ref>[https://www.patheos.com/blogs/nosacredcows/2019/12/david-silverman-suspended-pending-investigation-into-touching-incident/ David Silverman Suspended Pending Investigation Into Touching Incident]</ref> 
Silverman contends that he did not inappropriately touch Rebecca Vitsmun.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI6Xad0rGeo Silverman / Vitsmun Hearing with commentary #Metoo FINALLY Meets Due Process #TakeBackTheLeft]</ref> 

Rebecca Vitsmun filed a restraining order against Silverman, but the judge denied her petition because the judge did not see a pattern of sexual harassment against her by Silverman.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI6Xad0rGeo Silverman / Vitsmun Hearing with commentary #Metoo FINALLY Meets Due Process #TakeBackTheLeft]</ref> Rebecca Vitsmun has filed a [[battery]] allegation with the police against atheist David Silverman and indicates he caressed her sacrum without her permission (the [[Sacrum|sacrum]] is a bone at the base of the lower back that is above the tailbone).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI6Xad0rGeo Silverman / Vitsmun Hearing with commentary #Metoo FINALLY Meets Due Process #TakeBackTheLeft]</ref> On March 4, 2020, Silverman mocked Vitsum's allegation and referred to the whole affair of Vitsum's allegation of him caressing her sacrum without her permission as "#sacrumgate" on Twitter (see: [https://www.conservapedia.com/File:David_Silverman%27s_Twitter_post_on_3-4-2020.png David Silverman's Twitter post on 3-4-2020]).<ref>[https://twitter.com/MrAtheistPants/status/1235307430378168324 Because I have to. #sacrumgate, David Silverman on Twitter, Mar 4, 2020 - Twitter]</ref>

David Silverman resigned his position as Executive Director of Atheist Alliance International in December of 2019.<ref>[https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2019/12/20/after-misconduct-allegation-david-silverman-has-left-another-atheist-group/ After Misconduct Allegation, David Silverman Has Left Another Atheist Group] by BY [[Hemant Mehta]]</ref><ref>[https://www.patheos.com/blogs/nosacredcows/2019/12/david-silverman-leaves-yet-another-atheist-group-after-misconduct-investigation/ David Silverman Leaves Yet Another Atheist Group After Misconduct Investigation] by DAVID G. MCAFEE</ref><ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/12/20/david-silverman-is-out-again/ David Silverman is out, again] by PZ Myers</ref> 

The atheist [[David Smalley]] did an interview with Rebecca Vitsum and she gave her account of David Silverman touching her sacrum without her permission, her thoughts about the matter and her court hearing endeavoring to get a restraining order against David Silverman (see: [https://www.spreaker.com/user/smalleyandhyso/447-vitsmun Rebecca Vitsmun Responds]).<ref>[https://www.spreaker.com/user/smalleyandhyso/447-vitsmun Rebecca Vitsmun Responds]</ref> The judge rejected her petition because the judge did not see a pattern of sexual harassment against her by Silverman.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI6Xad0rGeo Silverman / Vitsmun Hearing with commentary #Metoo FINALLY Meets Due Process #TakeBackTheLeft]</ref>

The atheist [[Sikivu Hutchinson]] wrote about the hiring of David Silverman the organization Atheist Alliance International:
{{Cquote|The recent decision by Atheist Alliance International (AAI) to hire the former leader of American Atheists, David Silverman, to its executive director position is yet another indication that this business-as-usual rehab strategy also applies to movement atheism, which can be just as corrupt, cronyistic, and swaggeringly hostile to women as corporate America.<ref>[https://rewire.news/religion-dispatches/2019/10/14/hiring-of-accused-atheist-leader-is-reminder-that-metoo-is-still-needed-in-organized-atheism/ Hiring of Accused Atheist Leader Is Reminder That #MeToo Is Still Needed in Organized Atheism] by Sikivu Hutchinson, Rewire News</ref>}} 

There were [[Atheist feminism|atheist feminists]]/[[SJW atheists|progressive atheists]] attempting to get Atheist Alliance International to fire Silverman.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjrvE1q7uD8 David Silverman (Former President of American Atheist) talks to us about allegations against him.]</ref>  David Silverman indicated that [[Secular Woman]] and its president [[Monette Richards]] were trying to get the United Nations to revoke AAI's special consultative status with the UN in order to punish AAI for hiring Silverman.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjrvE1q7uD8 David Silverman (Former President of American Atheist) talks to us about allegations against him.], Silverman starts mentioning this matter at the 51:29 point of the video</ref>