In a “sounding board” essay in a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Columbia Medical School psychologist Richard Sloan and associates answer their title question “Should Physicians …
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“Let Him Eat Peanut Butter” San Francisco Catholic Charities scandal (August 2000)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has advised the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to stop funding Catholic Charities altogether, following the summer revelation that local Catholic Charity CEO Frank Hudson …
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Ingersoll Tribute Makes Headlines by Julie Fisher and Sally Chizek (August 2000)
By Julie Fisher and Sally Chizek Julie: Freethinkers Association of Central Texas (FACT) paid its annual tribute to Ingersoll in Comfort, Texas on May 13th, and on May 17th the …
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Sounding The Alarm Bells by Annie Laurie Gaylor (August 2000)
Summer 2000 has been a time of relentless religion in the news and politics, with Jefferson’s “wall of separation” alternately being lowered and raised again during constant state/church skirmishes. The …
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Let Us Prey by Catherine Fahringer (August 2000)
There will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth from the let’s-pray-in-public contingent now that the Supreme Court has ruled that: “The religious liberty protected by the Constitution is abridged …
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Prince Charles Vs. Richard Dawkins Debate (August 2000)
In a lecture on environmentalism broadcast in Great Britain on May 17, Prince Charles took swipes at science, Bertrand Russell, “scientific rationalism,” a creator-less idea of evolution, and biotechnology, praising …
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FFRF Wins “Marriage Savers” Lawsuit (June/July 2000)
Below is the judge’s decision in the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Marriage Savers” victory. For background on the case, see the front-page story in the June/July 2000 Freethought Today: “Marriage …
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Religious Affiliations of Federal Prisoners (June/July 2000)
Religious Affiliations of Federal Prisoners SPECIFIC TOTAL MALE FEMALE % Adventist 882 826 56 0.70% American Indian 4030 3881 149 3.21% ATHEIST 114 111 3 0.091% Bahai 10 10 0 …
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Judge Orders Statue Fenced (June/July 2000)
A 4-foot wrought-iron fence and two disclaimers must be erected by the city of Marshfield to enclose a shrine to Jesus, according to the decision of U.S. District Judge John …
