Ash, one of FFRF’s outstanding summer legal interns, will talk about his work for FFRF, and how he became the atheist son of a Shiite father from Iran and a …
Day: August 6, 2011
Paul Gaylor dies
Paul J. Gaylor (“Jody”), 84, died on May 5, 2011, of brain cancer. He was married for 61 years to Anne Nicol Gaylor, FFRF president emerita. Jody was a member …
Calling all nonbelievers out of the closet!
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is inviting nonbelievers everywhere to “come out of the closet” and to declare and share their nonbelief via FFRF’s unique new online “virtual billboard” application. …
FFRF seeks rehearing on Day of Prayer ruling
A three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled April 14 that the Freedom From Religion Foundation and its plaintiffs don’t have standing to continue …
Atheist in Foxhole
“Atheist in Foxhole” awardee Sgt. Justin Griffith stands with his new daughter Zoe. Justin exposed state-church violations at his Army base in Fort Bragg, N.C. …
It Pays to Complain: May 2011
Folsom’s folly FFRF sent a letter of complaint April 14 to Melody Folsom, Cass County public administrator in Harrisonville, Mo., about this religious display on an office wall outside her …
Newdow ponders Protestant proclamation
Michael Newdow, who has litigated many state-church entanglements, wondered if a court would uphold President Obama’s prayer proclamation, with the minor change of adding “Protestant” in front of the word …
Why I Am an Atheist
Because I am a smug bastard who thinks she knows all the answers. Because I am a smug bastard who thinks she knows only two or three of the answers, …
