Trying to keep money given to religious organizations from being used for proselytizing is hopeless; money is fungible, a wonderful word meaning “interchangeable.” If you give money to a church …
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Bush’s “Faith-Based” Plans Assault Constitution (March 2001)
The following statement was released on January 29, 2001, by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison, Wis.-based national association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics) working to protect the constitutional …
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Tax-Funded Prayer to “Treat” Breast Cancer (March 2001)
Hundreds of thousands of tax dollars have been approved by the National Institutes of Health to fund a Christian “prayer intervention” study involving African American women with breast cancer. Freethought …
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Doomsday by Alex Simpson (Jan/Feb 2001)
True, the rabid Christian Right only represents a small percentage of the population, but they still number in the millions of organized, dedicated ditto-heads. The leading fanatical religious groups have …
Secular CD Makes History (Jan/Feb 2001)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to announce the release of its first musical CD: “Friendly Neighborhood Atheist,” featuring Dan Barker, the first CD of its kind. The 2-CD …
Behind The Lines by Amy Cox (June/July 1995)
When the Foundation unexpectedly received an invitation to the Christian Coalition (CC) Leadership Conference for Wisconsin, someone had to go. I mulled the whole idea over for a few minutes–a …
FFRF to TEA: Halt “Glorified Sunday School” Classes (June/July 1995)
“Bible as history” classes being conducted in several Texas public school districts are unconstitutional, a national watchdog group has told the Texas Education Agency. On behalf of its Texas membership, …
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Religious Equality Amendment Promoted by Stealth (June/July 1995)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote a letter of protest in early June to U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde, Chair of the Committee on the Judiciary, condemning “the nefarious, anti-democratic and …
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Christian Coalition Uses Stealth, Churches (June/July 1995)
The Christian Coalition believes that a godless society is not a civil society. They believe that “America no longer sees its founding faith with clarity. The rewriting of history and …
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