This speech was delivered on Oct. 10, 2008, at the 31st annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Hyatt Regency Chicago. Photo: Brent Nicastro By Daniel C. Dennett I …
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Kay Staley
Dan Barker’s introduction: Kay Staley, our 2008 Freethinker of the Year, is an attorney and a real estate broker from Houston. She graduated from Baylor University in Waco, earned her …
2007 National Convention
The 2007 Freedom From Religion 30th Annual National Convention took place on October 12-14 at the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin. …
Christopher Hitchens
“God is Not Great” …
Webster Cook
Thomas Jefferson Youth Activist Award Webster requested his speech not be online. …
Ellery Schempp – “Champion of the First Amendment” Award
Ellery Schempp, an FFRF Lifetime Member and recipient of its Champion of the First Amendment award, is an accomplished Ph.D. physicist. He was a plaintiff in Abington School District v. Schempp, …
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Matthew LaClair
Thomas Jefferson Student Activist Award Matthew LaClair was a 16-year-old junior whose American history teacher has acted more like a preacher than a teacher. Matthew’s actions to protest religion in …
Stephanie Salter – “Friend of the First Amendment” Award
Remarks by Annie Laurie Gaylor, Foundation co-president: Our office has enjoyed Stephanie Salter’s op-ed columns for the San Francisco Examiner and Chronicle for many years, and has corresponded a few …
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Emma Martens
Ruth “Dixie” Jokinen Student Activist Award In 1997, Freedom From Religion Foundation Board Member Richard Mole generously endowed an annual Student Activist Award, in the memory of Ruth “Dixie” Jokinen. …
