Institutional discrimination refers to patterns of discrimination that are woven into the fabric of society. Victims are negatively labeled based on some characteristic or attitude that sets them apart from …
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Witnessing Religious Trickery In America’s Heartland by Ken Taubert (December 1995)
Years ago, I was discussing miracles with a Catholic friend who asked me what it would take for me, an Atheist, to believe in miracles? My answer, “I would have …
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Public Prayer And The Public by Attorney Joel Sogol (December 1995)
This speech was presented before 175 registrants at the annual Freedom From Religion Foundation convention in Denver, Colorado, September 30, 1995. By Joel Sogol I’d like to extend an invitation …
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Giving Thanks For State/Church Separation (December 1995)
The Foundation’s campaign to counter religious proclamations by U.S. officials has borne some fruit. “Giving Thanks for State/Church Separation” this Thanksgiving were mayors as diverse as Richard A. Wollangk, Oshkosh, …
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Pennsylvania Religious Vouchers Proposed (December 1995)
Pennsylvania Religious Vouchers Proposed Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge is promoting a revised “pilot tuition grant” to subsidize private and religious education for needy families in 15 cities and counties over …
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For Unto Us A Child Is Born by Judith Hayes (December 1995)
Many of us, believers as well as nonbelievers, tend to get so caught up in the ideological details of the religions we’re bickering about, that we often overlook the actual, …
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Breaking Down the Separation of Church & State by Attorney Melanie Cohen (December 1995)
This year Wisconsin State Governor Tommy Thompson, who has become a national figure, purposed, and the state legislature passed, a radical expansion of Wisconsin’s existing “school choice voucher” program, which …
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Subsidized Chaplaincies — One Victory, One Controversy (December 1995)
Consciousness has been raised in Contra Costa, California over public expenditure for chaplains by Foundation member Allene Harper, who successfully asked for the elimination of county-supported chaplaincy services at the …
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Proselytizing Basketball Invades Public Campus (December 1995)
Constitutional principles fade into insignificance when sports enter the equation, as illustrated by a recent religious revival/basketball game at the University of Wisconsin. The once-proud Wisconsin tradition of state/church separation …
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