Why do we portray atheists as broken believers? Mickey won the $1,000 Paul J. Gaylor Memorial Student Activist Award, endowed by Annie Laurie Gaylor in memory of her father. Mickey, …
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Bailey Harris
Unfortunately, due to a technical error, we are unable to post the video of Bailey’s speech. This is an edited version of the speech Bailey Harris gave at FFRF’s 41st …
2017 – Daniel Roe
State/church separation fight has been stressful Daniel Roe (not his real name) received FFRF’s $2,000 Thomas Jefferson Student Activist Award, endowed by a generous couple in the Northwest who prefer …
Devin Estes
Devin Estes, 10, received a $1,000 Strong Backbone Student Activist Award endowed by a kind octogenarian FFRF member from New York, who prefers to remain anonymous and donates the scholarship …
Elijah Willig
As a child, I attended weekly church services with my parents, two progressives who, while not self-righteous churchgoers, believe in God and support religious institutions. As I started to learn …
Sydney Steward
A little girl sat at her desk and crafted a paint-splattered masterpiece. The other children chatted about the little things that consumed the common sixth-graders’ attention: who was crushing on …
Lydia Mason
I, like many people, had abused religion to excuse my immoral behavior and inaction in the face of injustice. When I did things that were unjust, I convinced myself that …
Dia Brown
Humans have constantly cooked up new ways to explain what they perceive in the world. When there are things they can’t explain, they let it stew in their heads and …
Peter Opitz
Peter Opitz received a $1,000 scholarship from FFRF endowed by Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor in memory of her father, Paul J. Gaylor, who was FFRF’s most hardworking volunteer for its …
