Name: Amit Pal Where and when I was born: Emden, Germany, where my father worked as a naval architect. We moved to the United States when I was a toddler …
Day: June 22, 2016
FFRF runs 2 new ad campaigns
FFRF ran a pair of full-page newspaper ad campaigns recently on the need to vote for candidates who’ll get religion out of government and on what the bible says about …
FFRF places ads on D.C. buses, kiosks ‘I’m an Atheist and I Vote’
Nonbelievers took over the transportation system in the nation’s capital for two weeks leading up to the June 4 Reason Rally. Capitol Hill employees rode to work in commuter buses …
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Tombstone created outrage in 1906
James C. Jewell, instructor at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby, Ill., wrote this in the late 1980s regarding Martin Jenners’ grave marker: “One of the most frequently visited graves …
Meet a member: Stephen Gay
Name: Stephen Gay. Where I live: Fountain Hills, Ariz., and part-time in Santa Rosa, Calif. Where and when I was born: Houston in July of 1957. Family: I am single, …
FFRF member’s work pays off: Iowa City proclaims Day of Reason by Justin Scott
Freethinking activist Justin Scott has been busy these past few months. As we noted in January’s Freethought Today, Scott met with all the then-candidates for president at various town hall …
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Importance of religion in U.S. drops
Only 53% of Americans now say religion is very important in their lives, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. This figure has declined since 2007, when 56% said …
FFRF sues to remove Florida park cross
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, along with the American Humanist Association, filed suit against the city of Pensacola, Fla., to challenge a 25-foot-tall Christian cross in a public park. According …
Appeals court panel hears Ten Commandments case
The case of a Ten Commandments monument on school property is back in court. A three-judge panel in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on May 19 heard oral arguments …
