FFRF awarded Alex $2,000. By Alex Reamy Religious believers like to pretend that atheism is the result of personal trauma orfrustration with God, but this was not the case with …
Day: October 4, 2016
First place 2016 Michael Hakeem Memorial College: Cathedral flame grows dimmer by the day: By Adam Simmons
FFRF awarded Adam $3,000. By Adam Simmons I remember staring at it. The moon lay shrouded behind a trail of clouds, which cast streaks across the grey stone as they …
FFRF Pittsburgh convention unveils major surprise opening night
The opening night of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s upcoming convention in Pittsburgh has a major revelation in store. After years as a closeted atheist in the Bible Belt, a …
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College Essay Contest winners announced
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is delighted to announce the 2016 Michael Hakeem Memorial College Essay Contest winners. The list of awardees has seven top places and 13 honorable mentions …
FFRF state/church victories
Unconstitutional tie-up in preschool ends An unconstitutional tie-up between a Wisconsin school district and a parochial preschool has been nixed following an FFRF complaint. In Beaver Dam Unified School District, …
Bangladeshi writer finds asylum in Canada: By PJ Slinger
Raihan Abir lived in a constant state of fear that he would be killed. And for good reason. Which was for bad reasons. Abir is co-author of Philosophy of Disbelief, …
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Ten Commandments mural covered by flag at school
A Ten Commandments mural at O’Donnell (Texas) High School was covered with dark paper after the school got a letter from FFRF challenging the constitutionality of the painting. Shortly thereafter, …
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Meet a staffer: Timothy Nott
Name: Timothy Nott. Where and when I was born: Milwaukee, Gen X. Education: UW-Madison, B.A. in English with an emphasis in creative writing. Family: Wife Michelle and daughter Violet. How …
Judge: Catholic lot in Madison must be taxed (September 4, 2016)
A Dane County, Wis., judge has ruled that the Catholic Church must pay taxes on a multimillion-dollar lot it owns in downtown Madison. Dane County Circuit Court Judge Rhonda Lanford …
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