Philip Appleman, known as the Poet Laureate” of the freethought and humanist movement, and a noted Darwin scholar, is the special guest. Phil talks about his freethought views, Darwin (as …
Day: July 1, 2006
In Their Own Words
He [God] is chairman of this Party. Party leader Tina BenkiserTexas State GOPJune 3, 2006Dallas Morning News, June 4, 2006 America is a Christian nation. . . God is undeniable …
“Losing Faith in Faith” Reissued in Hardback
Losing Faith in Faith, which relates Foundation co-president Dan Barker’s experience of deconverting from preacher to atheist, has just been newly reissued as a hardback book (June 2006). Losing Faith …
FFRF’s Faith-based Office Challenge Headed to Supreme Court?
The 11-member panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago in early May voted 7-4 not to rehear the question of standing in the Freedom …
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FFRF Sues Federal Prisons: “One Faith” Program Suspended
In its ninth major lawsuit challenging the faith-based initiative,” and its second new federal challenge this spring, the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit on May 4 in federal …
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Bishop: Turn Beliefs into Law
Bishop Robert Morlino, Diocese of Madison, Wis., gave the following chilling remarks at the 3rd annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, Washington, D.C., on April 7, 2006, where Pres. Bush also …
Scalise v. Boy Scouts of America
The primary purpose of the BSA fraternity today is no longer secular. John Scalise Below is an excerpt–minus some legalisms–of a request before the Supreme Court to hear a case …
In Their Own Words
[When asked by a Herald reporter if he takes flak for publicly celebrating his conservative Roman Catholicism] You know what I say to those people? [makes obscene gesture]. That’s Sicilian. …
Nominations Accepted for Student Activist Awards
Nominations are being taken for two 2006 student activist awards offered through the Freedom From Religion Foundation. For many years, Board member Richard Mole has generously underwritten the Ruth (Dixie) …
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