‘Tis the season . . . for sending out Winter Solstice cards! The Foundation’s non-holy day cards, offering Greetings of the Solstice Season” and “Reason’s Greetings,” are popular with our …
Day: November 1, 2006
In Memoriam: Philip Paulson
State/Church Hero Philip Paulson, 59 Philip Paulson, 59, who was honored as the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s premiere “Atheist in Foxhole” awardee at its national conference in early October, died …
FFRF Reports Church Electioneering to IRS
Four political yard signs were apparently unlawfully placed by the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Kannapolis, N.C. Two signs supported a county commissioner, one endorsed a Supreme Court judge and …
FFRF Lawsuit Halts Federal Faith Prison Program
In a major victory, a Freedom From Religion Foundation lawsuit against the Federal Bureau of Prisons has caused it to cancel a proposal to open at least five single faith” …
Atheist Philip Paulson, Present, Sir!
In Memoriam: Vashti Cromwell McCollum
It is the sad passing of an era: Supreme Court litigant and First Amendment heroine Vashti Cromwell McCollum, 93, died on Aug. 20, in a nursing home in Champaign, Ill. …
Infidel Info
Only about 5% of the French go to church on most Sundays; 60% say they never” or “practically never” attend. Source: Chicago Tribune, June 19, 2006 Zealotry, Mental Illness High …
Christian-Zionist Movement Grows
Texas religious broadcaster John Hagee, in conjunction with Christians United for Israel, held a pro-Israel lobbying kickoff summit on July 18 in Washington, D.C., attracting 3,500 Christian evangelicals. The Wall …
FFRF Lawsuit Against VA Proceeds
A major lawsuit filed in April by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, challenging the pervasive integration of spirituality” into health care by the Department of Veteran Affairs, has merit and …