Vol. 27 No. 4
California member Lisa Anne Auerbach says she was attracted to this pasta because of the name. “Strozzapreti” means “priest choker” or perhaps even “priest strangler.” The word “strozza” can be used when describing the wringing of a chicken’s neck and “preti” is priest. It’s a bit sinister, but also completely inspired. With the recent comparison […]
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Megan Roughen served as the Foundation’s legal intern for the past school year. A University of Wisconsin-Law School student with a journalism background, Megan churned out many professional letters of complaint on state/church violations and conducted research on behalf of Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert. Thank you and we will miss you, Megan! […]
Jo Ann Evansgardner, 84, Hazelwood, Pa., tireless feminist and Foundation Lifetime Member, died Feb. 16, 2010, at Forbes Hospice in Pittsburgh. Jo Ann Evans was born April 19, 1925 in Latrobe, Pa. She received her Ph.D. in psychology in 1965 from the University of Pittsburgh. She and her husband, Gerald Gardner, a mathematician and geophysicist, […]
Name: Norma Howe. Where I live: Sacramento, Calif. Where and when I was born: San Jose, Calif., 1930. Family: Husband, Bob; six favorite children and eight unique and charming grandchildren. Education: Public schools in San Jose; B.A. in English, San Jose State University. Occupation: Staying alive, spreading joy wherever I go and dispensing wisdom and […]
Andrew Sullivan of The Atlantic couldn’t believe an e-mail he got that said the age of sexual consent in Vatican City is 12. In his column, The Dish, he wrote that the Vatican Embassy wasn’t helpful but that the Italian Embassy was: “Vatican State has its own criminal system based on the former Italian criminal […]
After a Florida resident alerted FFRF about this sign along State Road 78 (and a similar one by another road), the Foundation inquired and received a letter from John Garner of the state DOT. He confirmed the signs were illegally placed in the right of way. The signs were marked and the unknown owner was […]
The City Council in Albany, N.Y., voted 12–1 (with one member voting “present”) in April against a council member’s proposal to replace a moment of silence at meetings with prayer. The Freedom From Religion Foundation had objected with a letter in February to Anton Konev’s resolution, which required council members to lead prayers or have […]
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It’s chilling when a federal judge starts his decision on a state-church case like this: “Christianity teaches that ‘God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.’ John 3:16.” That was U.S. District Judge William Griesbach ruling April 22 in […]
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“Euphoria” described the atmosphere around the offices of the national Freedom From Religion Foundation after winning a landmark federal district court ruling declaring the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional. It’s not every day that the president of the United States gets enjoined — but it happened on April 15, 2010. U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb […]
