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, 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 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, …
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 …
The Freedom From Religion Foundation honored actress Butterfly McQueen with its first “Freethought Heroine” award at its national convention in Atlanta in 1989, coincidentally held during the 50th anniversary of …
Jager v. Douglas County School District, 862 F.2d 824 (11th Cir.), Cert. den. 490 U.S. 1090 (1989) High school student Doug Jager ended a 41-year abuse of pregame prayers led …
Attorney Valerie White was responsible for ending a 30-year Establishment Clause abuse, in which a lighted cross was placed on top of a Christmas tree on the courthouse lawn in …
Freedom From Religion Foundation v. City of La Crosse Retired schoolteacher, daughter of a former member of Congress and lifelong resident Phyllis Grams objected to the presence of a Ten …
Stephen VanZandt, a Foundation member, was principal plaintiff, joined by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, in a 1986 federal lawsuit challenging the placement of a chapel in the state capitol …
