Katha Pollitt, poet, author and columnist of the “Subject to Debate” biweekly column in The Nation, was the second convention recipient of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Emperor Has No …
Day: October 23, 2001
Notes For Oral Argument Before U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit By Robert Tiernan (November 1995)
“In God We Trust” AppealBy Robert Tiernan This was delivered on Nov. 11, 1995. …
In God We Don’t Trust (1996)
After numerous requests by its membership, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, with its attorney Robert R. Tiernan, went to federal court in Denver challenging “In God We Trust.” The Freedom …
Stephen VanZandt
Stephen VanZandt, a Foundation member, was principal plaintiff, joined by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, in a 1986 federal lawsuit challenging the placement of a chapel in the state capitol …
Elmina D. Slenker
“I became a sceptic, doubter, and unbeliever, long ere the ‘Good Book’ was ended.” …
D.M. Bennett
“Was the star which was said to point out to the wise men who sought you in the stable in which you was born, a real star like others, millions …
Francisco Manoel de Nascimento
“Nascimento was denounced to the Inquisition on the charge of having given vent to heterodox opinions and having read ‘the works of modern philosophers who follow natural reason.’ ” …
Eddie Vedder
“People on death row, the treatment of animals, women’s right to choose. So much in America is based on religious fundamentalist Christianity. Grow up! This is the modern world!” …
Jennifer Michael Hecht
“Almost all the great poets have conversations in their poetry about doubting God, and even go all the way to dismissing. It’s such a strong tradition that it’s almost amazing …
