By Eric Jayne
Local baseball fans gave up their soles to atheists this past Saturday at CHS Field in downtown St. Paul. The fourth annual atheist-themed St. Paul Saints game integrated a shoe drive this year which was advertised as “Leave Your Soles at the Gate” and it was sponsored by Minnesota Atheists, Foundation Beyond Belief, and Humanists of Minnesota. The 400 pairs of shoes we collected benefits Soles4Souls whose mission is to fight poverty through the collection and distribution of shoes and clothes. Not only was this collaborative achievement a lot of fun, but it also embodies the natural compassion of people whether they are religiously faithful, atheist, or somewhere in between.