Women’s Medical Fund Celebrates 30th Anniversary, Has Helped 12,000 Women This summer marks the 30th year of volunteerism for Freedom From Religion Foundation president Anne Nicol Gaylor, as director of …
Day: August 5, 2002
Another Wisconsin Community Agrees to Remove Ten Commandments
In Response to Foundation Complaint The city council of Monroe, Wis., voted on Wednesday, April 3, to move a Ten Commandments monument, which is currently the centerpiece of Lincoln Public …
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Watchdog Group to Rehnquist: Stop Religious Ad Libbing of Presidential Oath
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is putting pressure on Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist to forswear religion when he presides at George W. Bush’s presidential oath-taking. The Madison, Wis.-based watchdog …
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Sonia Johnson (Excommunicated)
On this date in 1979, Equal Rights Amendment supporter Sonia Johnson was excommunicated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for supporting women’s equality and exposing the role of the Mormon …
‘Witches Bull’ Issued
On this date in 1484, the notorious “Witches Bull” (Bull Summis desiderantes) was issued by Pope Innocent VIII. Historians estimate that victims put to death as a result ranged from …
Carolyn Hax
“Your happy atheist advicemaker proudly presents the serenity prayer:” …
Joan Didion
“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” …
J.B.S. Haldane
“My practice as a scientist is atheistic. That is to say, when I set up an experiment, I assume that no god, angel or devil is going to interfere with …
Will Durant
“Does history support a belief in God? If by God we mean not the creative vitality of nature but a supreme being intelligent and benevolent, the answer must be a …
