Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, chosen by Catholic cardinals to be the new pope, served as director of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, known until 1908 as the Sacred …
Day: May 1, 2005
Peter Singer “Tells It Like It Is”
This speech was delivered in Madison, Wis., on Oct. 30, 2004, at the 27th annual national convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. By Peter Singer It’s a great award …
Foundation Protests Papal Deference
The Freedom From Religion Foundation protested various overly-cozy governmental actions appearing to endorse Roman Catholicism following the death of noncitizen Pope John Paul II. Among the violations the Foundation expressed …
Susan Jacoby’s Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism
By Kenneth W. Krause “Talking against Religion is unchaining a Tyger,” warned Benjamin Franklin in 1751. “The Beast let loose may worry his Deliverer.” I found myself reflecting upon Franklin’s …
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FFRF Sues Department of Education over Massive Funding of Bible School
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a federal lawsuit on April 21 against the Department of Education, challenging massive federal funding of Alaska Christian College in Soldotna, Alaska. The 3-year-old, …
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FFRF Sues Minnesota Faith Health Consortium
Public funding of the Minnesota Faith/Health Consortium is being challenged in a federal lawsuit by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison, Wis.-based national association of freethinkers working to keep …
Court: BSA Recruitment in Schools Biased Against Atheist Student
The Oregon State Court of Appeals ruled on March 2 there is substantial evidence” the Portland School District unlawfully discriminated against an atheist student by permitting in-school recruitment by Boy …
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Centenarian Becomes Life Member
“God Told Me To Do It”
Church bloodbath. Seven church members, including the minister and his teenage son, were gunned down and killed, and four others wounded in a bloodbath by congregation member Terry Ratzmann during …
