‘In God We Trust’ plates exclusionary FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott testified on Sept. 24 against Wisconsin Assembly Bill 244, which creates a religiously exclusionary license plate saying “In God …
Day: November 11, 2013
‘In God We Trust’ case appealed
The Religious Right, which never gives up in its quest to unite church and state, has met its equal in tenacity with state/church watchdog Michael Newdow. A federal judge slapped …
FFRF files SCOTUS amicus against government prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog representing nearly 20,000 nonreligious members, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare city council prayers unconstitutional. FFRF’s friend of the …
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Freethought Hall to be ‘born again’
Ground was officially broken Aug. 26 for FFRF’s major expansion in downtown Madison, Wis. From left, front, wearing hardhats and holding golden shovels are general contractor Robin Roberts, NCI Roberts; …
FFRF celebrates Women’s Equality Day
FFRF’s female staffers participated in the 93rd anniversary of women’s suffrage in the United States. The 19th Amendment, first proposed by agnostic and feminist foremother Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was drafted …
Christina-anity
Name: Christina Schanda. Where I live: Forsyth, Mo., about 15 minutes from Branson. Where and when I was born: San Clemente, Calif., in 1967. My parents moved back to “the …
Honorable mentions: High school essay contest
Below are excerpts of 6 of the 10 honorable mention winning essays in FFRF’s annual competition for college-bound high schoool graduates. All were awarded $200 from FFRF, plus a $50 …
Texas Baptist found, embraced reason
Name: Michael Thomas Tower. I go by “Michael,” never “Mike.” Where I live: Boulevard, Calif., a small rural community in the mountains 65 miles east of San Diego, on seven …
Barker, Gaylor: ‘We’re not ministers, FFRF isn’t church’
The federal government claims it wants to give Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a clergy tax break for directing an atheist group. …
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