Thomas Jefferson Youth Activist Award Webster requested his speech not be online. …
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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. …
Wafa Sultan
Introductory remarks by Annie Laurie Gaylor, Oct. 7, 2006. The bravest people in the world today, in my opinion, are the women raised in Islam who publicly reject religion or …
Mikey Weinstein – “Champion of the First Amendment” Award
Michael L. (“Mikey”) Weinstein filed suit in federal court in October 2005 against the Air Force to end illegal proselytizing and evangelizing. The lawsuit was recently thrown out on standing. …
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Philip Paulson
Philip Paulson was a Vietnam-era US military veteran, who served as a combat paratrooper, light-weapons infantryman and point man. He was an active member of the 173rd Airborne Brigade Association …
Mike Keefe – Freethought in the Media “Tell It Like It Is” Award
A son of Santa Rosa, Calif., and a product of the St. Louis public school system, Mike Keefe, editorial cartoonist for the Denver Post, now lives in Evergreen, Colo., at …
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