Ralph Carlson, now 101, and Clara Carlson, 97, celebrated their 76th wedding anniversary with a toast, a party and a 4-piece band serenading them with Meredith Willson’s song, “Seventy-Six Trombones.” …
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This presentation was made on Oct. 12, 2003, at the 26th annual convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Washington, D.C. By Annie Laurie Gaylor The Freedom From Religion …
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How does someone go from being a being a three-term elder in a large Presbyterian Church to the author of Time Traveling with Science and the Saints, a book that …
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And speaking of an emperor with no patience for clothing, especially when it happens to be on the women around him, well, the people of California took seriously the request …
A September complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation to the city of Casper, Wyo., on behalf of area members over a Ten Commandments monument in a city park, resulted …
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Opening with a prayer to St. Francis, a public debate on “The Place of Religion in the Public Square,” sponsored by Viterbo University, a Franciscan Catholic school, took place on …
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Affirmation By Michaela Bronstein  If it is the aim of the United States to make its residents pleased to reaffirm their allegiance to its flag, the words “under God” …
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We constantly hear complaints in the media about how badly Christians are treated and how thoroughly Christianity is being driven from the public arena. Of course, nothing could be further …
The title of outsider brands me. Even as a child, I had my own ideas. I announced at the age of three that I didn’t want to be president of …
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