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”? …
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Alternative Thought for the Day (October 2002)
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, …
Ten Commandments Plaintiffs Speak Out (October 2002)
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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Illegal Cross Removed from County Park (October 2002)
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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FFRF’s Faith Works Victory Final (October 2, 2019)
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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Where Was God? (September 2002)
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 …
God Told Them To Do It (September 2002)
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,” …
Sprouting Out of Religious Servility: Decisions of a Disbeliever in the Bible Belt (September 2002)
In the Mississippi Delta, we don’t rear our children; we raise them. From the moment our feet touch the black soil of the Bible belt, a religion takes root. Apostolic, …
From Preacher To Apostate: How I Put God to the Test (September 2002)
In 1997, I tearfully said goodbye to my family and stepped onto a plane that would take me across the equator. I wouldn’t see my brothers, sisters, parents or friends …
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