Hon. M. Ashley McKathanCovington County Courthouse1-K North Court SquareAndalusia AL 36420-3995 Dear Judge McKathan: Press reports on the decalogial embroidery of your judicial costume claim you did it because the …
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Excerpt of FFRF Amicus Brief in Van Orden Case: James A. Friedman and James D. Peterson
This is an excerpt of the thorough, 23-page “friend of the court” brief filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation before the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Thomas Van …
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Seventh-day Adventist to Atheist: Martin Boyd
By Martin Boyd, M.D. “With Special Forces Training Group at Ft. Bragg, N.C., around 1968-69.” I’m the eldest of five children born in Albuquerque, N.M., to a Seventh-day Adventist couple. …
Yip Harburg: Secular Songwriter: Dan Barker
By Dan Barker The United States Postal Service issued a stamp in April commemorating songwriter Yip Harburg, born on April 8, 1896. The ceremony launching the first-class stamp will be …
Jesse Card
Jesse Card, of Everett, Washington, received a variation of the Student Activist Award in July 2004, when he was named “Young Activist” at the Pacific Northwest Mini-Convention of the Freedom …
“Beware of Dogma” CD Issued
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is debuting an energetic new musical CD, “Beware of Dogma,” produced by staff musician Dan Barker, which features 16 songs. The professionally-produced CD, with instrumental …
Newdow Wows Reporters, Changes Minds
Associated Press reporter Anne Gearan wrote: “Newdow, a lawyer, made the rare and usually foolhardy decision to argue his own case before the court. He withstood the justices’ vigorous questions, …
Newdow’s Appeal Spellbinds Nation
The New York Times’ veteran court reporter Linda Greenhouse termed Michael Newdow’s oral argument before the Supreme Court on March 24 “spell-binding.” Wrote Greenhouse: “no one who managed to get …
Gay Marriage: “It’s Not a Christian Thing” Annie Laurie Gaylor
By Annie Laurie Gaylor The Associated Press ran a charming photograph in March of the beaming Mayor of San Francisco beside two blushing brides–dressed identically in light veils and strapless …
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