FFRF awarded Tess $2,000. By Tess Monet Brown God is an overblown Santa Claus. He has a naughty and a nice list, and he sees you when you’re sleeping. But …
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Third place: High school essay contest – ‘Evasive’ religion offers few answers by Alison Farmer
FFRF awarded Alison $1,000. By Alison Farmer My best friend is from a religious background that is the opposite of mine. She was raised conservative Christian, home-schooled, never once presented …
Fourth place: High school essay contest – Making my community better without God by Aliyah Davis
FFRF awarded Aliyah $750. By Aliyah Davis For 13 years, I have recited the Girl Scout promise at every troop meeting, camp visit, and special event I have ever attended. …
Fifth place (tie): High school essay contest – This is my life, not God’s by Alaina Hoover
FFRF awarded Alaina $500. By Alaina Hoover When I was a young girl looking at a wide variety of religions to choose from, I could definitely see the temptations: a …
Sixth place: High school essay contest – Being good without God is being human by Jonathan Ortiz
FFRF awarded Jonathan $400. By Jonathan Ortiz A world without religion would be a wholly better one: Homosexuals and nonbelievers would not be considered the spawn of Satan; discrimination and …
Honorable mention: High school essay contest – Morality by threat or morality by love by Anna Bores
FFRF awarded Anna $200. By Anna Bores Being an atheist came naturally to me. I was never interested in the religious activities that my mom forced me into. Phrases like …
Fifth place (tie): High school essay contest – Morality is inherent in human beings by Sasha Rogelberg
FFRF awarded Sasha $500. By Sasha Rogelberg Years ago, my Jewish grandmother said that she would rather vote for a Christian presidential candidate than an atheist, as a religious individual …
Band’s religious music gets scrutiny (August 17, 2015)
Winchester Community High School in Indiana will no longer perform religious routines after getting an FFRF complaint lodged with the Randolph Central School Corp.The band’s 2015 performance of “With Trumpets …
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FFRF letter curbs meeting in church ( August 17, 2015)
Keller (Texas) Independent School District’s mandatory employee meetings will not include proselytizing and employees who do not want to attend the meeting, which takes place in a church, can attend …
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