Has a corner been turned in raising public awareness about the impropriety of opening public proceedings with Christian prayer, or any sort of prayer? Certainly there has been in Lodi, …
Day: February 18, 2010
Second Place — College Essay Competition A Declaration Of Intellectual Independence: Jon Adams
Jon received a $1,000 cash scholarship for his essay, plus a “bonus” of $100 from a kind couple in Florida. I once considered myself a devout Mormon. Having been born …
Michael Hakeem Memorial Award Winner – What About the Ram? Enrich Dillman
I remember vividly, to this day, my first encounter with the biblical story of the binding of Isaac, or the sacrifice of Isaac, as it was propagandistically renamed by early …
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Godless — From Evangelical Preacher to Atheist: Dan Barker
At the 2008 Freedom From Religion Foundation convention in Chicago last October, Foundation Co-president Dan Barker talked (and sang and played) about the power of music, his writing, debating and …
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Third Place — College Essay Competition A Scar, My Parents, and Fighting Intolerance in the Fourth: Nora Fiore
For many people, surviving a traumatic injury prompts a religious devotion or a sense of having been “saved” by a higher power. Yet, growing up with a third-degree burn had …
No Such Thing as Religious Music: David Randolph
Lifetime Member David Randolph, 94, was honored at an April 19 luncheon hosted by Foundation Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor in New York City for his stellar contributions to …
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After FFRF Complaint: Long Island Fire Board Grudgingly Removes Creche
A Christian nativity scene at the entrance to a municipal fire station in Huntington Station, N.Y., was removed after the Freedom From Religion Foundation notified the Board of Fire …
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FFRF to Place “No Gods” Banner at Loudoun Co. Courthouse
To counter a half-century state/church violation in Loudoun, Co. Va., the Freedom From Religion Foundation, with local members, will place a banner proclaiming "There are no gods" in front of …
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After FFRF Complains Ohio School Suspends ‘Belief in God’
The Uniontown, Ohio, school district’s professed value of “belief in God” appears to be going the way of “23 skidoo” after action Dec. 14 by the Lake Local Board of …
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