This week we celebrate the birthday of Charles Darwin and the 90th birthday poet Philip Appleman (a Darwin scholar). Annie Laurie interviews Dan about his best-selling new book, GOD: The …
Day: February 6, 2016
Cheryl Kolbe
Cheryl KolbeBoard of County CouncilorsClark County, Wash.,April 7, 2015 AND Yamhill Board of Commissioners,Yamhill, OreApril 16, 2015 I invite you to take your seats and join me as I invoke …
Tim Earl
Tim EarlCity Council,Portage, Mich.June 23, 2015 Usually at this point, you are asked to bow your heads. I will do no such thing. I’d rather you lift your heads in …
Robert Ray
Robert RayWashington House of RepresentativesApril 13, 2015 I would like to open this invocation by asking everyone look around you. Beside you, in front of you and behind you, is …
Aleta Ledendecker
Aleta LedendeckerCity CouncilJanuary 11, 2016 Good evening Council of Oak Ridge. As I solemnize these proceedings, I want to acknowledge the service of the council members and share appreciation for …
Bernard Drumm, Gennadiy Gurariy & Ryan Davis
Bernard Drumm, Gennadiy Gurariy & Ryan DavisCity Council, SparksNev., June 8, 2015 (Invocation written by Bernard and Gennadiy and delivered by Ryan.) I would like to thank the council for …
Alabama Chief Justice’s religion blinds him to the law
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore today ordered all probate judges to refuse same-sex couples a marriage license. FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor called Moore a “sore loser”: “The Supreme Court …
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FFRF asks NYC to drop support for religious schools
The Freedom From Religion Foundation today protested the allocation of nearly $20 million per year in taxpayer money to private schools, including religious parochial schools, in New York City. Mayor Bill …
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Deborah Maynard
Deborah MaynardIowa House of RepresentativesApril 9, 2015 We call this morning to god, goddess, universe, that which is greater than ourselves to be with us here today. By the earth …
