By Ed Sweeney “It is wrong always, everywhere, and for anyone, to believe anything upon insufficient evidence.” — W. K. Clifford No, I didn’t take a class in atheism or …
Day: August 13, 2015
Physicist Carroll: Atoms and Eve Incompatible
DAN BARKER, FFRF CO-PRESIDENT: Last night we gave an Emperor Has No Clothes Award to Donald C. Johanson. The very first Emperor recipient, in 1999, was physicist Steven Weinberg. Today’s …
Weinberg was first Emperor recipient
Nobel Prize laureate Steven Weinberg was the first official recipient of FFRF’s Emperor Has No Clothes Award, which he accepted in November 1999 at the annual convention in San Antonio, …
Meet some legal interns: Seth C. Wrinkle & Liana Kapelke-Dale
Name: Seth C. Wrinkle. Where and when I was born: Walla Walla, Wash., in March 1984. Family: Father and stepmother, Curt and Cynthia Wrinkle of Milton-Freewater, Ore.; mother and stepfather, …
More » from Meet some legal interns: Seth C. Wrinkle & Liana Kapelke-Dale
Sharing the crank mail
This issue of FFRF’s crank mail, printed as received, comes to you unsponsored, by any one denomination, for obvious reasons. Religen: Because of people like you you have ruined our …
Kristin flipped first; soon it was mutual
OFFICIANT DAN BARKER: Welcome friends, families, and honored guests. We are here to celebrate love. Love organizes our large and sometimes unpredictable world. Because despite all of our differences, love …
Ron Reagan, Taslima Nasrin, activists, authors featured
It’s time to make plans to attend the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s 38th annual national convention the weekend of Oct. 9-11, 2015, at Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, 1 …
More » from Ron Reagan, Taslima Nasrin, activists, authors featured
FFRF alerts Fla. superintendents to ‘dirty dozen’ state/church violations
In response to a never-ending stream of flagrant state-church violations coming out of the Florida public schools, the Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a memorandum today to all 67 Florida superintendents. The …
More » from FFRF alerts Fla. superintendents to ‘dirty dozen’ state/church violations
Prayer, ants deemed unwelcome at picnic ( August 13, 2015)
Dalton (Ohio) Middle School football coach Dennis Finley was warned about engaging in inappropriate religious activity at school for asking a student to lead a prayer at a school picnic. …
More » from Prayer, ants deemed unwelcome at picnic ( August 13, 2015)