Commentary Personally, I would be happy if religion would quit trying so hard to make atheism look good. The world would be a lot safer. By Annie Laurie Gaylor Religious …
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Celebrated Lyricist Yip Harburg’s “Rhymes For The Irreverent” Released
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, in collaboration with the Yip Harburg Foundation, has issued Rhymes for the Irreverent (2006) by Yip Harburg, lyricist of such iconic and beloved songs as …
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Praise for Yip Harburg’s Verses
“To be read out loud and with a great deal of delight” – Studs Terkel Re: At This Point in Rhyme, Chicago radio interview with Yip, 1977 “There’s a reservoir …
FFRF Blasts Gov. Blagojevich Pledge of $1 Million to Rebuild Church
News Release & Action Alert Our founders would have regarded this pledge as constitutional blasphemy. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national watchdog group working to keep state and church …
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Debunking the Historical Jesus
What the Bible-Belt Media Didn’t Tell You in Covering Italian Lawsuit Statement by Dan Barker, Co-President Believers must grasp at straws to prop up their myth. The question of the …
Alito Confirmation Would Tip Court
Court Majority Would be Right-Wing Roman Catholics Statement: January 17, 2006 Religious Wrong Dictates Nominees A religious litmus test is being imposed in the selection of Supreme Court candidates–they must …
Chicago Appeals Court Upholds FFRF’s Right to Sue over Federal Faith-based Office
FFRF Challenge Reinstated in Significant Victory The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago, in a Jan. 13 decision, handed a significant victory to the Freedom From …
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State Employees Should Not Be Paid to Proselytize
FFRF Statement & Action Alert – Public Feedback Requested in State/Church Issue by University of Wisconsin System Where is the line drawn between a publicly-paid authority figure inviting a student …
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‘Tis the Season for Religious Right Bullies
By Annie Laurie Gaylor An ill-spirited public relations gimmick contending Christians are being persecuted in December is being spun” by the likes of Jerry Falwell, Bill O’Reilly, Fox News Channel, …
