Cassie Gootee graduated from Englewood High School, Colorado, in the year 2000. She was inducted into the National Honor Society and was president of the student body. She represented Colorado …
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Micah White
Ruth Jokinen Memorial Micah White wrote a powerful op-ed piece, “Atheists Under Siege,” published by The New York Times on June 21, 1999, chronicling the difficulties he faced as a …
My Family Values Atheism by Barbara Ehrenreich (April 2000)
This article is adapted from the acceptance speech for the 1999 Freethought Heroine Award, presented to author Barbara Ehrenreich by the Freedom From Religion Foundation in San Antonio on November …
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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 …
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 …
