Janet Benshoof was founder and president of the Center for Reproductive Law & Policy for 10 years, and has been an advocate of women’s reproductive rights for more than 25 …
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Allen Berger
Berger v. Rensselaer. 982 F.2d, 1160 (7th Cir.) Cert. denied. 124 L.E. 2d 254 (1993) Prof. Allen Berger, the father of two school-aged children, objected to the 40-year practice of …
Roger Cleveland
Roger Cleveland, director of the Alabama Freethought Association, a chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, filed a complaint in 1989 against official chapels in Alabama state parks. He reached …
The Weisman Family
Lee v. Weisman, 120 L.E. 2d 467/112 S.C.T.2649 (1992) During Merith Weisman's 1986 graduation ceremony in a public high school in Rhode Island, a Baptist minister instructed everybody to bow …
Carol Sobel
Carol Sobel was senior staff counsel and had worked for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California for 15 years, specializing in First Amendment issues, at the time of …
Blanche Fearn – “First Freethought Volunteer Extraordinaire” Award
Blanche Fearn, a Foundation member from Florida, received a plaque at the 1991 annual Foundation convention in October. The plaque named her “Freethought Volunteer Extraordinaire” for her generous giving of …
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Jean Bertolette
Jean Bertolette, a retired school teacher and member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, protested religion at commencement ceremonies conducted in Yucca Valley, California, after a friend witnessed a local …
Patricia Ireland
Patricia Ireland was named “Freethought Heroine 1990” at the thirteenth annual national convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on October 6, 1990. At that time, …
Richard Rohrer
In 1987, Foundation Life Member Richard Rohrer asked the mayor of Ottawa, Illinois, to stop a "seasonal display" in a city park of 16 billboard-sized paintings depicting "the life of …
