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 …
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Adam Butler
Ruth (Dixie) Jokinen Award In 1996, Pelham High School senior Adam Butler of Alabama requested the right to form a freethought club at his high school, right in the middle …
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 …
Floyd Olson, Mary Porath, Alan Porath, and Esther Mattson
Floyd Olson, Mary and Alan Porath, and Esther Mattson were plaintiffs in the Freedom From Religion Foundation's lawsuit against Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, to enforce a federal court ruling against government …
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Ann Druyan
Ann Druyan is an author, lecturer and TV and motion picture writer/producer whose work is largely concerned with the effects of science and technology on our society. She co-wrote the …
Michael Chandler
Michael Chandler challenged numerous illegal religious practices in the public school when he was assistant principal in Dekalb County, Alabama. Aided by the ACLU, he brought a lawsuit in 1996 …
Rachel Bauchman
Rachel Bauchman spoke at the nineteenth annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 12, 1996. At that time, she was a 17-year-old senior in …
Kristin Lems
Singer and songwriter Kristin Lems received the “Charline Kotula Freethought Heroine Memorial Award,” accepting her award in person at the 1996 national convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in …
Michael Bristor
Freethinker of the Year, Jr. At the age of six, Michael Bristor was harassed and ridiculed by his Minnesota first-grade teacher for not participating in illegal classroom prayer. The complaints …
