Tom Wilen, a Foundation member from New Jersey, writes: “We atheists always get the argument from the religious folks that there cannot be any moral values without religion. In my …
Day: March 10, 2011
If the spirit moves you
Wherever Dan Barker’s travels take him, he strikes a pose with arms akimbo. (The symbol \o/ is his “shorthand” for “I claim this planet in the name of freethought!” Here …
High school’s annual ‘field trip’ to Freethought Hall
Dan Halling’s high school World Religions class from Sauk Prairie High School, Wis., made its annual pilgrimage to Freethought Hall, the office of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Madison, …
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Sharing the Crank Mail
Below, a small sampling of FFRF’s recent fan mail. Grammar, spelling and punctuation are uncorrected. Donation I would like to give a large contribution to your organization. I will be …
New Phoenix-area chapter kicks off
From left are Vice President John Compere, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Steve Benson, Dan Barker and chapter President Anne Mardick. It was just about standing room only at the Civic Center …
Yes, Virginia, there is an Establishment Clause
FFRF’s Winter Solstice display returned to the Loudoun County Courthouse, Leesburg, Va., this season with the help of local activist Ken Levesque (pictured). Ken and other members had also received …
FFRF is takin’ it to the streets
FFRF, working with a nontheist student club at Kent State University, took its irreverent bus signs to Ohio for the month of November. Four different exterior ads on buses serving …
Why so many Africans are religious: Leo Igwe
A new study conducted by the Washington-based Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says that Africans are among the most religious people on Earth. The study, titled “Tension and …
Good news for freethought
DePaul University in Chicago, the largest U.S. Catholic college (25,000 students), now boasts a student freethought club, the DePaul Alliance for Free Thought, humorously known as DAFT (because who would …
