Dr. Jack Kevorkian, 83, died June 3, 2011, of a pulmonary thrombosis at a hospital in Royal Oak, Mich. Kevorkian was born May 26, 1928, to Armenian immigrants in Pontiac, …
Day: August 12, 2011
Columbus church pulls plug on ‘godless’ FFRF billboard
Dylan Galos’ billboard that’s part of FFRF’s “Out of the Closet” campaign in Columbus, Ohio, went over like a lead balloon with the property owner and had to be moved …
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Tulsa outing
FFRF members and Tulsa-area freethinkers gathered at one of FFRF’s 10 “Coming Out of the Closet” billboards. From left are Jo Foster, Angela Villareal, Paul and Adrianna Sanchez, Cindy Cooper, …
Paul Gaylor. FFRF ‘institution,’ 1926—2011
In Memoriam: Paul J. Gaylor
Paul Joseph “Jody” Gaylor Jr., 84, Madison, Wis., who was married to Freedom From Religion Foundation President Emerita Anne Nicol Gaylor, died May 5, 2011, from cancer of the brain. …
Online forum tops 1,000 members
In April, the number of FFRF Forum members hit 1,000. Online administrator Darrell Barker emailed No. 1,000 to ask if he or she would tell Freethought Today about the Forum …
Indiana land plan huge gift to church
The Common Council in South Bend, Ind., voted 5-4 on June 27 in favor of Mayor Stephen Luecke’s plan to spend $1.2 million to buy and demolish a Family Dollar …
U.S. subsidizes overseas religion
Last year, U.S. tax dollars restored an early 20th century cathedral in El Salvador, a convent in Guatemala, a Catholic church in Nicaragua and 17th and 18th century colonial chapels …
’Twas the season for more graduation prayer
FFRF attorneys sent out letters of complaint this spring to 16 schools about illegal prayer at public school graduations. Most were directed at high school ceremonies, but four went to …
