So this is Christmas, the “greatest Christian holiday.” And what is the reason for this “season of peace and good will and family values”? The birth of Jesus, we are …
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The Case Against Vouchers by Alex Molnar (November 1996)
This is excerpted from a speech presented at the national convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 12, 1996. By Alex Molnar Private school vouchers …
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Gorilla Saves Child — And the Question of Religious School Choice by Hugh Iltis (November 1996)
Three bottlenose dophins suddenly appear and protect a swimmer attacked by sharks, and a female gorilla named Binti-Jua scoops up a little boy–whom careless parents had left on his own …
Winning Pascal’s Wager by H. V. Grey (November 1996)
Blaise Pascal, a 17th-century French mathematician and scientist (for whom “Pascal’s Law” of fluids is named), is most famous in philosophical and religious circles for his “Wager”– sort of “the …
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Killed By A Jellyfish by Robert Gorham Davis (November 1996)
Iam writing a memoir, which requires revisiting my past, and recalling my feelings about the notion of God. In the course of writing it, I sought out the source of …
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Equal Access Strikes Back by Adam Butler (November 1996)
This is exerpted from a delivered speech on October 12, 1996 at the Freedom From Religion Foundation annual convention in Madison, Wisconsin. By Adam Butler Iam Adam Butler of the …
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The Story Behind Colorado’s Historic “Amendment 11” by John Patrick Michael Murphy (October 1996)
The first-ever referendum on taxing churches and other nonprofit agencies has been placed on the Colorado ballot to be voted on this November, an initiative led by attorney John …
Rachel Bauchman Versus Utah (October 1996)
My story began when I enrolled at West High School at the beginning of my sophomore year. I chose to transfer to West High because it is the only school …
No Compromise On Teaching Evolution by John Koonz (September 1996)
Ican’t blame students for saying they don’t believe in evolution. No one should accept that a big bang or evolution occurred based on what little information can be found in …
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