This speech, slightly edited for publication, was delivered by journalist William Lobdell at the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s 32nd annual convention on Nov. 7, 2009, in Seattle, where Lobdell received …
Day: May 10, 2010
FFRF Complaint Changes ‘Jar Wars’ Charity to Secular
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, responding to the concerns of a parent, alerted a public school district to a serious state-church violation at one of its schools in Fishers, Ind. …
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Textbooks Swing To the Far Right
Mulling changes to the state’s social studies curriculum, Texas Christian conservatives apparently have no qualms about putting loyalty to their religion above their nation’s Constitution. Over three days in March, …
FFRF’s ‘From the Headlines’
Each day, particularly Monday through Friday, the Foundation posts stories of interest to freethinkers on its Web site at ffrf.org/news/headlines (on the home page it’s under “WHAT’S NEW?”). There is …
Court: FFRF Suit Against Day of Prayer To Proceed
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s landmark challenge of the National Day of Prayer now “has a prayer,” so to speak, after a federal ruling on March 1 that the Foundation’s …
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Meet a Member: Nancy Dollard
Name: Nancy Dollard. Where I live: Uniontown, Ohio. Where and when I was born: I’m 39 and was born and raised in Ohio, primarily the Mansfield area. Family: My husband …
The Mother of All ‘Daily Show’ Ambushes: Dan Barker
If you saw me representing the Freedom From Religion Foundation on that silly segment of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” on March 8, you might wonder what the heck …
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The Pirahã: People Who Define Happiness Without God: Daniel Everett
This speech, slightly edited for publication, was delivered by Daniel Everett at the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s 32nd annual convention on Nov. 7, 2009, in Seattle. Everett went from missionary …
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Ex-Priest Still Gets Special Dispensation from IRS: Dick Hewestonn
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and 21 of its California members filed a federal lawsuit in Sacramento in October 2009 challenging tax benefits for clergy commonly known as “the parsonage …
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