Day: August 9, 2013

Calli Miller, a University of Wisconsin-Madison student, is the recipient of a $1,000 Catherine Fahringer Memorial Student Activist Award from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The scholarship recognizes Calli’s extraordinary …

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Name: Brenda Germain. Where I live: Rural North Carolina, just west of Fort Bragg. It’s in the middle of nowhere, which is nice and quiet when Fort Bragg isn’t shooting …

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Name: Elli K. Work. Where I live: Santa Fe, N.M. Where and when I was born: Glendale, Calif., July 9, 1960. Family: Kathleen Rocco, partner of 20 years; and stepsons, …

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There’s a well-known saying that we should stop and smell the roses. It seems that Western culture has a hard time following that advice, maybe because we too often think …

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From Australian atheist Edward Falzon’s Facebook page: I was born in Sydney, city of sinners. In the mid-80s, my family moved north to Brisbane, city of slow-driving sinners. Raised Catholic, …

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I’m an FFRF member in Virginia and I’ve just launched a new venture that I want to share with other members. I am calling my project FreeThought Music. There are …

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Aloha: This is just one example of how an immigrant can be misled into thinking that he or she must be a Christian to be a true American. I also …

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