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Freethought-Now Following a numbing week of speeches viciously denouncing “the godless,” President Trump, during his July 4 address in the nation’s stormy capital, made the laughable mistake of mixing up the Declaration of Independence with . . . the Book of Genesis! “And as our Declaration of Independence tells us, we are all made in…
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Freethought-Now Robert Ingersoll By Robert Ingersoll (Edited and with a note by Scott Knickelbine, Director of Information Technology, Freedom From Religion Foundation) Listen to an audio recording of this blog on Freethought TV. Editor’s note: Robert G. Ingersoll is practically unknown today, but he was the most popular public speaker of the late 19th century. Indeed,…
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Freethought-Now Back in October 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case brought by a Rastafarian inmate whose First Amendment rights were violated by a Louisiana prison. I speculated in a previous blog whether the Roberts Court would find a way to rule for a religious minority the way it so often manages…
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Freethought-Now Hello reader — and happy summer reading! We hope you’re enjoying our Summer Reading Challenge (you can learn more about it here), and we wanted to share some suggestions to kick-start your seasonal literary adventure. It should come as no surprise that the people at FFRF enjoy a good book. And it shouldn’t come…
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Freethought-Now It may be summertime, but we haven’t slackened our momentum at the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Our chastisement of Auburn University for the blatant religiosity in its men’s baseball program has made waves in the Alabama media — including our back and forth with a major political figure from the state. “U.S. Senator Tommy…
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Our chapter has placed a new 10-foot-by-23-foot billboard at 10th Avenue and Broadway in Denver. “Practicing distancing is extremely important these days,” notes FFRF benefactor Monty C. Cleworth. “Not just distancing for COVID reasons, but also distancing between church and state. We wouldn’t want to transmit anything that is unhealthy and dangerous.” Adds Claudette StPierre, Denver chapter…
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Morgan Carroll joined members of the Freedom From Religion Foundation Metro Denver Chapter on a Zoom meeting on Thursday, June 18th, 2020 to discuss her book, Take Back Your Government A Citizen’s Guide to Grassroots Change. A recording of the meeting is available here. Morgan Carroll is an Activist, Author, and former State Legislator from Colorado…
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Sarah M. Levin is the founder of Secular Strategies, a consulting firm that is pioneering the mobilization of secularist voters and empowering policymakers, lawmakers, and change-makers to be effective champions of secularism in the United States. Sarah joined the Freedom From Religion Foundation Denver chapter for a Zoom meeting on Saturday, May 16, 2020. Watch the…
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Dr. Vince Markovchick spoke to the Freedom From Religion Foundation: Denver chapter on Saturday, June 1st on the topic of Medicare for All. Dr Markovchick is a graduate of the Temple University School of Medicine in 1970. He has been a practicing Emergency Medicine physician since completing his residency in Emergency Medicine at the University…
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Dr. David Eller was the speaker at our chapter meeting on Saturday, April 20, 2019. The subject of his presentation was agnomancy. Agnomancy is the conjuring of ignorance. Read his presentation here.