College Essay Contest – Third Place (Tie) The following essay was one of two essays that tied for third place in the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s 2008 college essay competition. …
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Photo credit: Brent Nicastro Congratulations to Ellery Schempp and his sister Donna, on the 60th anniversary of the case they brought that resulted in a landmark decision by the Supreme …
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This speech was delivered at the 27th annual national convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation in Madison, Wis., on Oct. 30, 2004. Author Susan Jacoby was named Freethought Heroine …
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is taking the Internal Revenue Service to court over yet another religion-related tax privilege. The national state/church watchdog has filed a federal lawsuit this morning …
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I was born in 1962 to a Muslim family in a small town called Mymensing in what then was East Pakistan. Now, after it gained its independence, the country is …
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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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by William Sierichs Jr. The millions of Europeans who committed, supported or were indifferent to the Holocaust overwhelmingly were Christians, and their actions were guided by centuries of Christian beliefs …
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The Catholic League is busy harassing the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The ultraconservative religious organization has sent out a dispatch to its members deriding us and our work. It has …
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A small sampling of FFRF’s recent fan mail, spelling and punctuation left intact, from people who really don’t get the concept of tyranny of the majority. Great job Mr. Dan …
