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 …
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Saga Of A Civil Rights Complaint (April 1998)
April 1998 The following correspondence documents a Civil-Rights victory. See story on page 1. October 23, 1997 Dear Mr Kopp: We are writing to inform you that, under the Civil …
The Religious War Against Women by Annie Laurie Gaylor (April 1998)
April 1998 By Annie Laurie Gaylor This speech was given on March 14, 1998, from the pulpit of the historic Sixteenth Avenue Baptist church in Birmingham Alabama. The occasion was …
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Carl Sagan: Death After Life by Dan Barker (April 1998)
Freethought Today, April 1998 By Dan Barker In 1980, I was right in the middle of my swing from fundamentalist minister to atheist, moving out of evangelcalism. The reason I …
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Chris McDougal
Ruth (Dixie) Jokinen Memorial Graduate student Chris McDougal became the first recipient of the annual Student Activist Award/Ruth (Dixie) Jokinen Memorial, at the 20th annual Freedom From Religion Foundation in …
Other Court Challenges
None of the lawsuits taken by the Freedom From Religion Foundation has been frivolous. Had the courts strictly adhered to the separation of church and state, all should have been …
Gideons Run Afoul of First Amendment by Annie Laurie Gaylor (April 1996)
April 1996 By Annie Laurie Gaylor Waynesboro, PA Complaint Following illegal distribution of New Testaments last fall by Gideons International in elementary schools in Waynesboro, PA, a father there is …
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What is a Freethinker?
What Is A Freethinker? By Dan Barker free-think-er n. A person who forms opinions about religion on the basis of reason, independently of tradition, authority, or established belief. Freethinkers include …
Spring Is The Reason For The Season by Dan Barker (April 1994)
Vol. 11 No. 3 – Published by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. – April 1994 This essay was submitted to various national daily newspapers as an equal-time Easter-time article. …
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