The Lyngar family, from left: Edwin, John, Ellie, Ray, Eddie, Abby and Joy. Most people probably know there’s little “real” religion in the Reno wedding chapel business. Seedy 4th Street …
Day: June 23, 2010
Adventures in freethought: CBS smothers brothers: J.E. Hill
God and the Pledge of Allegiance have been in the news lately, as they were 41 years ago last month. On April 4, 1969, William S. Paley, head of CBS, …
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Court: FFRF Challenge, Forcing County to Adopt Policy, Moots Issue
U.S. District Judge William Griesbach of Wisconsin issued a ruling yesterday in the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s suit against Manitowoc County, Wis., for hosting a prominent display of a nativity …
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Obama Appeal an Error Over Day of Prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation expressed its "severe disappointment" at President Barack Obama's announcement yesterday that he is appealing the April 15 ruling by a federal judge declaring the National Day of …
Foundation Calls Out Detroit Council on Prayer
Public boards may not legally "pray in Jesus' name," even ones governing municipalities in dire economic straits like Detroit. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has written a letter on behalf …
School to Coaches: Prayer Out of Bounds
A seventh-grade basketball coach in Bunker Hill, Ind., had no business offering prayers at practices and games along with advice on stopping opponents’ drives along the baseline. That was the …
Las Vegas Non-Prayer Brunch Celebrates Freethinking Billboards
The “mini-blitz” of ten billboards by the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Las Vegas will be celebrated with a Non-Prayer Brunch, which starts at 10 a.m., followed by a group …
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Feds Again OK Freedom From Religion Foundation as Approved Charity
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has once again qualified for inclusion in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). The CFC is the only officially sanctioned program for soliciting federal government …
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Freethought Radio – May 23, 2009
Topics: Parsing Pres. Obama’s Notre Dame Speech;Atheist Sunday School”: What’s Wrong with Hymns The remarks of Pres. Barack Obama in his May 17 speech to Notre Dame, including many deferential …
