Ruth McBurney Lilly, 89, Zephyr, Texas, died May 10, 2010, at Brownwood Regional Medical Center. She was born March 5, 1921, the only child of Beulah (Daniel) and Murray McBurney …
Day: August 4, 2010
Superior Freethinkers? You bet!
This digital billboard on Interstate 35 entering Duluth, Minn., displays three messages in rotation: Imagine No Religion, Beware of Dogma and God & Government — A Dangerous Mix. It’s jointly …
It Pays to Complain: July 2010
Kindergarten prayer stopped in Goldsboro, N.C. Imagine, as a freethinker, your kindergartner coming home from her public school singing, “God is great, God is good, let us thank him for …
Meet a Member: Donald Blair
Name: Donald W. “Don” Blair. Where I live: On the Gulf of Mexico in Venice, Fla. Where and when I was born: In Beth Israel Hospital, Newark, N.J., on 3-3-33. …
Atheist in a Foxhole – Richlin Chan
Name: Richlin Chan Where I live: Sacramento, Calif. Where and when I was born: Sacramento, Dec. 26, 1981. Education: Associate’s degree (bachelor’s in progress). Occupation: Correctional officer at San Quentin …
Religion brings more questions than it answers: Maria Runde
This op-ed was published May 2 in the La Crosse [Wis.] Tribune and is reprinted with permission. We all have our “stories.” Mine starts like this: born the eldest child …
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Day of Prayer violates Establishment Clause: Stephen Rohde
This op-ed by FFRF member Stephen Rohde, an attorney, appeared May 6 in the Los Angeles Daily Journal and is reprinted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp. In 1952, …
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Finding a foolproof flight to salvation: Bill van Druten
A recent news item reported that almost all Americans are sure they are going to heaven. I have talked to some of them and discovered this: They will be flying …
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High school freethinkers challenge religion: Kirk Mefford
I’m not gay. I’m not Jewish. I’m not a woman. I’m not black. I’m not overweight. I’m a middle-class, white man, and I didn’t experience discrimination in my life until …
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