Delaney received $3,000 from FFRF for her winning essay. By Delaney Gold-Diamond The evolution of the human species has not culminated in a perfect society. It holds on to the …
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Day: October 17, 2014
One nation, under the Constitution By Julianna Evans
Julianna received $2,000 from FFRF for her winning essay. By Julianna Evans In schools across the country, students like me are pressured to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance …
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Scientific defense of freethought wins By Philip Kaltman
Philip received $1,000 from FFRF for his winning essay. By Philip Kaltman Since I was a small child, religion was a large part of my life. I attended Sunday school …
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Traveling the road to reason By Harrison Horwitz
Harrison received a $750 scholarship from FFRF. By Harrison Horwitz This is the story of how I became a devoted atheist, an impassioned heretic and an optimistic realist. My first …
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A letter to my younger self By Kali Richardson
Kali received a $500 scholarship from FFRF. By Kali Richardson “I took the [road] less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” — Robert Frost Do you remember …
Sharing the Crank Mail
With the emergence of the Islamic State (aka ISIS), crank mailers have a new suggested location for us to move to, along with Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, Cuba and …
Meet an Office Volunteer: Charles D. Hoornstra
Name: Charles D. Hoornstra. Where I live: Madison, Wis. Where I was born: Mount Pleasant, Mich. Family: My wife and two daughters — one with two …
FFRF ends coach prayer at Del. high school (Oct. 17, 2014)
Football coaches at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes, Del., will no longer lead their players in prayer or participate in students’ prayers, after receiving a letter from the Freedom …
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FFRF ensures Civil Rights Act compliance at Mizzou (Oct. 17, 2014)
The University of Missouri agreed that a church bulletin discount offered as part of a volleyball ticket promotion was inappropriate, after receiving an Oct. 16 letter of complaint from the …
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