Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor FFRF Co-President President Barack Obama’s 2,562-word speech to the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday was an exercise in pure unadulterated political pandering. Blithely ignoring FFRF’s formal …
Day: February 3, 2012
Rationality reduces violence – Steven Pinker
This is an edited transcript of a speech given Oct. 7, 2011, at FFRF’s 34th national convention in Hartford, Conn. Online audio is at ffrf.org/outreach/convention/. Pinker, a Harvard University evolutionary …
Freethought Radio – December 3, 2011
Tis the season for fa-la-la-la-lawsuits. We’ll report on seasonal violations. Then, we’ll interview an atheist who is African-American. Journalist Jamila Bey will talk about black women who use the “A” …
Church instead of jail fails legal tests
The Freedom from Religion Foundation sent a letter Nov. 3 to Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange objecting to a proposed sentencing program in Bay Minette that would let people choose …
FFRF threatens suit over Tennessee water tower cross
A national state/church watchdog has put town officials in Whiteville, Tenn., on notice that if they don't remove the illegal cross atop the town's water tower, it will file suit. …
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Freethought Radio – September 3, 2011
Are hurricanes and earthquakes really acts of god? Why worship such a diety? We’ll talk about more state/church violations in public schools. We talk with brand new atheist and ex-minister …
No more “Hail Mary”s for Tennessee football team
After FFRF’s complaint, the football team at West High School in Knoxville, Tenn. will no longer have a volunteer chaplain. In December of 2010, FFRF was alerted by a concerned …
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Reflection replaces prayer in Eau Claire
The County Board in Eau Claire, Wis., voted 23-4 on May 3 to start meetings with a “moment of reflection” instead of an invocation. FFRF formally objected Feb. 25, 2011, …
FFRF objects to Fort Bragg’s discrimination against nonreligious
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has formally protested a March 1 decision by Col. Stephen J. Sicinski, Garrison Commander at Fort Bragg, to deny promised support for a nonreligious event slated …
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