CBS commentator Andy Rooney has frequently made irreverent comments in his "60 Minutes" commentaries, columns and books. In November 2000, he reminded readers: "The obituaries in the newspapers and on …
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Ted Turner
Ted Turner, founder of Cable News Network, "tells it like it is" about religion and is regularly called on the Christian carpet for his candor. The TV mogul, who is …
Jesse Ventura
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura created a firestorm with his Playboy interview (Nov. 1999), in which he said: “Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who …
Wendy Kaminer
Wendy Kaminer, Affiliated Scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, is a columnist for The American Prospect and is Contributing Editor at The Atlantic Monthly. She serves on the …
Clarence Reinders
Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. City of Marshfield, 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6649, *2 (May 9, 2000) Clarence Reinders volunteered to be plaintiff in the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s …
Barbara Ehrenreich
Barbara Ehrenreich was given a “Freethought Heroine” award because of her forthright willingness to identify herself is a “none” in many nationally-circulated columns, and her life-long commitment to promoting rationalism. …
Steve Benson – Freethought in the Media “Tell It Like It Is” Award
Steve Benson, the first grandson of the late head of the Mormon Church, Ezra Taft Benson, had been an editorial cartoonist with the Arizona Republic for 18 years at the …
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Steven Weinberg
Prof. Steven Weinberg, the first official recipient of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Emperor Has No Clothes Award, accepted the award in person on November 1999, at the Foundation’s annual …
MaryKait Durkee
In April 1998, a 15-year-old student made national headlines for refusing to stand for the religious pledge of allegiance in her California classroom. Since then, MaryKait Durkee, with the support …
