Physician/attorney and religious pledge challenger Michael Newdow was named “Freethought Hero” on Oct. 30, 2004, at the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s annual conference, meeting in Madison, Wis. In introducing the …
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Anne Gaylor
Anne Nicol Gaylor, the principal founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and president from 1978-2004, was given a surprise Emperor Has No Clothes Award on October 29, 2004, at …
Robyn E. Blumner
Several years ago the Freedom From Religion Foundation became aware of an editorial writer at the St. Petersburg Times in Florida who seemed to be on our wavelength. Her syndicated columns …
Peter Singer
This award was accepted in person in Madison, Wis., on Oct. 30, 2004, at the 27th annual national convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. As the DeCamp professor of …
Ron Reagan
Ron Reagan, the son of former President Ronald Wilson Reagan, was given an Emperor Has No Clothes Award after saying at his father's June 2004 funeral: "Dad . . . …
Steven Pinker
Steven Pinker — Emperor Has No Clothes “Honoree” The Evolutionary Psychology of Religion By Steven Pinker Presented at the annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Madison, Wis., on …
Natalie Angier
Natalie Angier is an author and Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer for The New York Times. She graduated with honors from Barnard College in 1978. She was a founding staff member …
Helen Thomas “Friend of Freedom” Award
Helen Thomas has been dubbed “the grande dame” of journalism. Helen Thomas has been called “the first woman of journalism” not only because she has been a White House correspondent …
Alton Lemon — First Amendment Hero Award
This presentation was made on Oct. 12, 2003, at the 26th annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Washington, D.C. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has a category …
