Ruth (Dixie) Jokinen Student Activist Award Jennifer Musgrove was vigilant throughout her high school career in taking an active and vocal stance for separation of church and state and exercising …
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Yip Harburg: Secular Songwriter by Dan Barker (April 2005)
Vol. 22 No. 3 – Published by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. – April 2005 The Theater Was His TempleBy Dan Barker One of the high moments of my …
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Court: BSA Recruitment in Schools Biased Against Atheist Student
The Oregon State Court of Appeals ruled on March 2 there is substantial evidence” the Portland School District unlawfully discriminated against an atheist student by permitting in-school recruitment by Boy …
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Centenarian Becomes Life Member
“God Told Me To Do It”
Church bloodbath. Seven church members, including the minister and his teenage son, were gunned down and killed, and four others wounded in a bloodbath by congregation member Terry Ratzmann during …
The Doctor-Killer Reads His Bible
by Philip Appleman Heretics may be justly slain.” –St. Thomas Aquinas “The defendant’s attorney argued that the killing of those who performed abortions was ‘consistent with biblical truth.’ “—The New …
High Court Hears Decalog Case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on March 2 in one of two appeals it has accepted over the constitutionality of Ten Commandments postings on public property. The case …
La Crosse Decalog Case Ends in Partial Victory
The U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in late February refused a request by the Freedom From Religion Foundation for a full panel (en banc) review of a decision by …
FFRF Pursues Right to Sue White House “Faith-based” Office
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog group, is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit to reinstate the Foundation’s legal challenge over creation of …
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