“If we did a good act merely from the love of God and a belief that it is pleasing to Him, whence arises the morality of the Atheist? . . …
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Is Religion More the Problem than the Answer? by John Senter Compere (April 2001)
I think a case can be made that religion gets a free ride in this country. “Never discuss religion or politics with your customers” is a standard business maxim. The …
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Alabama Decalog Amendment Opposed (April 2001)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent the following letter to the Governor of Alabama regarding a proposal to amend the Alabama State Constitution to permit Ten Commandments to be posted …
Scalia Hypes Dead Constitution (April 2001)
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is a judicial version of a bible literalist, according to Foundation president Anne Gaylor, who, with other Foundation staff members, recently picketed Scalia when he …
Taxpayers Subsidize Proselytizing of Quake Victims? (April 2001)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has called on the U.S. Agency for International Development to investigate allegations that a federally funded quake relief project in El Salvador is overtly proselytizing. …
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No Equal Protection for Unbelievers in Missouri (April 2001)
It was a miscarriage of justice when the Missouri Supreme Court ruled unanimously on February 13 to uphold the constitutionality of a statute requiring a “So help me God” oath …
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Michigan School Mixes, Nixes Church and State (April 2001)
A complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation has halted an entanglement between a Methodist church and the public school district in Clio, Michigan. The city had agreed to donate …
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Colonel Bob Wilderness Area – Washington State by Annie Laurie Gaylor (April 2001)
“Are you aware that the Col. Bob Wilderness area on the Olympic Peninsula of the State of Washington is named after our Great Agnostic? Also Ingersoll Peak?” So queried a …
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A Feast of Freethought by Catherine Fahringer (April 2001)
During a period of three weeks, in this bastion of Catholicism, there were three different types of freethought entertainment. The two local stage productions were previewed and reviewed as what …
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