Prologue: A non-public service road, approximately 0.75 miles long, connects a state route with the state park campground. A parcel of land is owned by the Methodist Church approximately half …
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“I don’t know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God.”–Vice-President George H. W. Bush, 1987 “Americans practice different …
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When Atheists and Other Freethinkers of Sacramento adopted a highway in 1995, we wondered how much negative attention we would receive. Would we have to fend off the “religious nuts”? …
When a terrible disaster happens–an air crash, a flood, or an earthquake–people thank God that it wasn’t worse. (But then why did he let the earthquake happen at all?) Or, …
The Ten Commandments monument never should have been placed in Cameron Park. It was wrong to erect it there nearly 40 years ago–whatever the purported reason–and it’s wrong to leave …
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The County of Santa Barbara removed a Christian cross from Manning Park in August, in response to a challenge to its legality by Foundation member Roger S. Schlueter, chairman of …
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In a surprise development, the State of Wisconsin did not appeal the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s landmark legal victory declaring direct public funding of “faith-based” social services unconstitutional. “Our legal …
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Below is just a sampling of typical news clippings detailing the many tragedies or disasters befalling believers. As usual, “god” gets the credit, but never the blame. The “Comforts” of …
Widow Burned to Death. Kuttu Bai, 65, burned to death on her husband’s funeral pyre in a village in central India on Aug. 6, in an apparent act of “Sati,” …
