Robert Marcy, 84, Christiansted, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, died Feb. 15, 2013, at a local hospital. He was born July 30, 1928, in the Panama Canal Zone, and grew …
Day: August 9, 2013
Alton Lemon stood the ‘test’ of time
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has a very rare, very elite category of members who are “honorary officers,” a title reserved for freethinkers who have won Supreme Court cases bolstering …
Politicking churches get free pass
Lost in the political outrage over the Internal Revenue Service’s alleged targeting of the tea party for scrutiny is the IRS’s failure to go after church politicking, most of it …
Golden Rule plenty good for Uhl
Name: Diane Uhl. Where I live: Oro Valley, Ariz. Where and when I was born: Milwaukee in 1937 (the town that beer kept happy). I was raised in the small …
Sharing the Crank Mail
A sampling of the voluminous crank mail recently received by FFRF, printed in all its grammatical glory: EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A FOOLS MOUTH I SHALL BEAT YOU INTO …
FFRF creationism complaint leads to Indiana probe
After receiving a student complaint, FFRF called for Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., to investigate allegations that a physics and astronomy professor appeared to be teaching creationism at the …
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1st-place finisher protests race prayer
The latest blow struck for rational racing by Don Ardell, Florida FFRF member and health and wellness advocate. Don, who turns 75 on July 18, participated in a May 25 …
FFRF Legal Victories
’Tis the season for school religious intrusion FFRF’s busy legal staff sent more than 50 letters of complaint stemming from state/church violations at the end of the school year. Of …
Arizona slams courthouse doors on nonbelievers
The Arizona Court of Appeals on June 12 refused to declare unconstitutional the annual Arizona Day of Prayer proclamations by Gov. Jan Brewer. FFRF had sued in January 2012 on …
