The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Metropolitan Chicago Chapter is continuing its tradition of spreading secular cheer in honor of the Winter Solstice.
The chapter has erected a Winter Solstice banner in the village of Glenview, Ill., underneath a lighted Scarlet “A” sign. FFRF thanks the FFRF Metropolitan Chicago Chapter Executive Director Steve Foulkes and member Brian Emerick (pictured) for their work in putting up the display.
Also returning this year is the “Bill of Rights Nativity” display at North School Park in Arlington Heights, Ill. The exhibit is thanks to chapter members Kathi Wise and Fred Dix.
Dedicated chapter members of the state/church watchdog assembled the installations to act as a counter to ubiquitous Christian nativity displays on public land. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to present a freethinking presence during the Winter Solstice season, especially when December is overpopulated with religious messages.
“We’re delighted to be there in these parks,” says FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. “Religious displays can’t be allowed to monopolize the public space. As we always say, if a governmental body creates a public forum for religion, there must be ‘room at the inn’ for dissenting viewpoints.”
FFRF expresses its appreciation to members in the Chicago area for making these displays possible.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is the largest national association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics) with 40,000 members and several chapters all over the country, including more than 1,200 members and the Chicago chapter in the state of Illinois. The organization works to protect the constitutional separation between religion and government.
