Below are excerpts of the essays awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2004 college essay competition sponsored by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. All awardees received a $100 cash scholarship. …
Day: September 1, 2004
Federal Bureacracy Funnels Billions to Faith
The first major study of the implementation of Pres. Bush’s faith-based initiative,” released by the Rockefeller Institute of Government in Albany, N.Y., in August, reveals a huge bureacracy has been …
Julia Sweeney’s “Letting Go of God”
Julia Sweeney Photo by Brent Nicastro Julia Sweeney, actress and comedian, gave a preview reading of her upcoming show, “Letting Go of God,” at the FFRF 2004 Pacific Northwest Mini-Convention. …
High School “Honorable Mention” Essay Excerpts
Honorable Mention” essayists each received a $100.00 scholarship. Twisted Dogma By Andrew Schroeder Religion has inspired nations and given hope to the masses. It has also bred fear, hate, and …
Facing Death, We Are Not Thinking of “Passing Away”
By Daniela Gioseffi –for my husband in his 83rd year We don’t talk about,Going to a better place.”We don’t believe in ghosts or heaven–not hell either! We feel we will …
More » from Facing Death, We Are Not Thinking of “Passing Away”
Bush: “God Speaks Through Me”
President Bush met with a group of Old Order Amish in a visit to Lancaster county, in which he asked them to vote for him, The Lancaster New Era reported …
Jesse Card: Ten Commandments Litigant
The Freedom From Religion Foundation reserves two awards per year for students or young people who are activists for freethought or the separation of church and state. Past recipients have …
Ron Reagan Accepts “Emperor Has No Clothes” Award
Ron Reagan For years, Ron Reagan, the son of former President Ronald Wilson Reagan, has made no secret of his atheism. At his father’s funeral in June, Ron Reagan said: …
More » from Ron Reagan Accepts “Emperor Has No Clothes” Award
Faith-based Federal Boondoggle Grows
President Bush announced on Aug. 3 that another $100 million in federal funds would be given in Access to Recovery” grants targeting “faith-based groups,” whose clients will be given “vouchers” …
