Freethought Today 2004 Archives
December 2004:
Freethought Watchdog Group Sues over HHS Funding of Faith-based Mentoring -- Sign of the Season -- In The News -- "Letting Go of God" Play Extended -- State/Church Bulletin -- How Secularism Became a Dirty Word (Jacoby) -- A Theory By Any Other Name Is Not the Same (Weitzel) -- Canada to Recognize the Bible as Hate Literature (Akerley) -- Tributes to Anne Gaylor (Appleman, Shiver) -- Two Toasts to Anne Gaylor (Threinen) -- Ian's Tribute (Gaylor) -- Anne Gaylor: Mentor and Friend (Treseder) -- Anne's Tribute -- Letter Box -- Overheard -- In Their Own Words
November 2004:
Foundation Wins Second Lawsuit Against Faith-based Funding -- Timely Book on Bible's Treatment of Women Reissued by Foundation -- "Letting Go of God" Critical Success -- Supreme Court Takes Commandment Cases -- Theo-Political Election Post Mortem -- Einstein on His Personal Religious Views (Raner) -- The Columbia University "Miracle" Study: A Sign From God? (Flamm) -- What's Wrong with the Ten Commandments? (Gaylor) -- Las Cruces, New Mexico: An American Third World (Weinbaum) -- Florida Atheist Gives "Invocation" Before City Hall (Clark) -- FFRF Convention Photos -- Overheard
October 2004:
FFRF Halts School Harassment of Non-pledger -- Foundation Protests Celtic Cross, Plaque in Public Park -- Congressional Vote on Pledge Degrades National Debate -- State/Church Bulletin -- Popular Ambassadors of Freethought Openly Criticize Organized Religion (Nall) -- One Scientist's Path to Atheism (Goldstein) -- Cole Porter Out of Both Closets (Barker) -- Overheard -- Marquee Madness
September 2004:
Federal Bureacracy Funnels Billions to Faith -- State/Church Bulletin -- Why We Left Little League (Benaloh) -- No One Complained About This Before! Why Protest Is a Good Thing (Barry) -- The Atheist Agenda (Cadik) -- My Path to Freethought (Reynolds-Stenson) -- Reflections of a Seventh-Generation Mormon (Orton) -- College Honorable Mention Excerpts -- The Hottest Spot and the Coolest People in Alabama (Shiver) -- Our Sentiments Exactly!
August 2004:
Faith-based Federal Boondoggle Grows -- Ron Reagan Accepts "Emperor Has No Clothes" Award -- Bush: "God Speaks Through Me" -- State/Church Bulletin -- Special Recognition: Clara Carlson, Age 97 -- Pacific Northwest A Freethought Mecca (Taylor) -- Jesse Card: Ten Commandments Litigant -- Facing Death, We Are Not Thinking of "Passing Away" (Gioseffi) -- The Values of a Godless Constitution: Creating a Safe Haven for Free Thought (Dubal) -- The Common Religion of Citizenry (Zatcoff) -- The Right to Choose (Polo) -- High School "Honorable Mention" Essay Excerpts -- Annie Laurie Gaylor on CBS -- Marquee Madness -- Julia Sweeney's "Letting Go of God" -- Overheard
June/July 2004:
Foundation Challenges Faith-based Offices -- FFRF Wins Challenge of Religious Instruction ("Scopes II") Before Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals -- Chamberlin Case Challenged 1950s School Prayer in Florida -- Legislator Slow to Learn -- Discriminatory Policy of Boy Scouts of America -- State/Church Bulletin -- Unitarian Skeptics Feel Marginalized (Haught) -- The Fundies Are Coming! The Fundies Are Coming! . . . The Fundies Are Here! (Fahringer) -- Review: "Magdalene Sisters" a Masterpiece (Gaylor) -- Living and Dying (Whatley) -- Overheard -- Meet Jane & Stefan Shoup -- Patricia Barker, 1928-2004
May 2004:
Citizens Sue Rogue Judge Roy Moore to Recover $549,000 in Legal Fees -- FFRF at DC March -- In The News -- Should Freethinkers Proselytize? (Kocol) -- Patriotism Was His Religion (Barker) -- America 2004: What's at Stake (Clift) -- Letter Box -- Gay Wedding on the Air
April 2004:
Newdow's Appeal Spellbinds Nation -- Newdow Wows Reporters, Changes Minds -- "Beware of Dogma" CD Issued -- State/Church Bulletin -- It Pays to Complain -- Gay Marriage: "It's Not a Christian Thing" (Gaylor) -- Ten Commandments: Judge Recognized that We Can't Have Public Religion (Freedland) -- Freethought Pilgrimage to London (Gaylor) -- Anti-God Play Wows London (Gaylor) -- Five Years After Columbine (Ricker) -- Broadcasts by Dishonest Religious Network Block Middle East Peace (Beres) -- Letter Box -- Overheard -- In Their Own Words
March 2004:
Foundation Wins La Crosse Decalog Lawsuit (Again) -- Sixth Grader Proselytized in Music Class -- Alabama Chapter's Hands That Help Project -- State/Church Bulletin -- Nominations Sought for Student Activist Awards -- Mel's Passion for Sado-Masochism -- In the News -- A Path to Atheism (Boyer) -- Dershowitz Acceptance Speech (Dershowitz)
January/February 2004:
Schools Sever Link to Nativity Pageant -- Foundation Calls Jail Policy "Baloney" -- Scopes Trial II Evolves Slowly -- Cross Atop County Nursing Home Protested -- FFRF Files "Friend of the Court" Brief in Pledge Case -- "Faith-based" Grand Canyon Violations Increase -- Catholic Bishop Halts Communion for Pro-Choice Pols -- Faith-Based Funding Flood Continues -- Intelligent Design Creationism: Wedging its Way into Public Education (Weitzel) -- America--Not a Christian Nation (Bolton) -- Why I Am an Agnostic (Darrow) -- Mr. President, Rebuild That Wall! (LeClair)