President Barack Obama, like many presidents before him since 1953, delivered an address at this year’s National Prayer Breakfast on Feb. 3, attended by about 3,000 high-ranking political and religious …
Day: March 11, 2011
FFRF letters, alerts protest mixing state, church
Foundation schools Tennessee ‘supers’ The Foundation sent educational letters in January to 132 Tennessee school superintendents reminding them that official prayer at school-sponsored events is illegal and urging districts to …
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String of FFRF legal victories
Bell ringers moved from postal grounds An FFRF letter Dec. 23 swiftly resolved a violation in which Salvation Army bell ringers were soliciting funds on U.S. Post Office property in …
Another good read from Dan Barker
How does an atheist respond to the question, “What is the purpose of life?” Dan Barker’s The Good Atheist (Ulysses Press, 2011) is not another book about how to be …
In Memoriam: David Randolph
The following tribute to David Randolph appeared Dec. 21 in The Paris Review Daily and is reprinted with the author’s permission. Randolph, a creative genius and Foundation Lifetime Member, died …
Mackenzie Stuart, 1989–2011
FFRF member Mackenzie Taylor Stuart, 21, died Jan. 22, 2011, from injuries sustained in a car accident. Known to her friends and family as Mac, Kenz, Kenzie or just Z, …
Florida mayor hostile to atheists
It started Dec. 13 at a Cape Coral City Council meeting when Atheists of Florida members were told to either cover up the message on their shirts or leave the …
Go for it!
FFRF Lifetime Member Wayne Hensler of rural Waterloo, Wis., sponsored this billboard for six weeks on U.S. 151 near Columbus, Wis. The octogenarian placed a similar billboard last year in …
Court hears Obama Day of Prayer appeal
Attorney Richard L. Bolton (second from right) after his oral argument in Chicago on behalf of FFRF, pictured with FFRF staff attorney Rebecca Markert, legal clerk Stephanie Schmitt and staff …
