-
Freethought-Now The end of summer has been marked with good tidings for us here at the Freedom From Religion Foundation. A ruling the day after Labor Day allowed our hometown case against unconstitutional church property tax exemptions to move forward. We’re emphasizing in our lawsuit that the exemption harms all property taxpayers in Madison, including plaintiffs…
-
Freethought-Now istockphoto An investigation of a near-death experience I participated in a panel at the annual conference of the Society of Biblical Literature (jointly with the American Academy of Religion) in Boston in November, 2025. Sponsored by the Evangelical Philosophical Society, the event included readings from Debating God’s Existence: Believers and Skeptics in Friendly…
-
Freethought-Now Photo credit: Brent Nicastro. Pictured from left to right: Annie Laurie Gaylor, Robin Morgan When I heard the news that Gloria Steinem had died, my thoughts immediately turned to Robin Morgan, Steinem’s sister rabble-rouser, wondering how Robin was taking the loss. Then yesterday I opened my New York Times only to sadly learn that…
-
Freethought-Now Photo by Gage Skidmore Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) has recently brought us defunding of medical science research, persecution of Dr. Fauci and Covid researchers … and a bumper crop of measles. Praise must be heaped, though, on the leading medical groups that have banded together to issue the basic kind of vaccine guidelines…
-
Freethought-Now We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation have recently been in the spotlight. A House subcommittee heard testimony earlier this week (available to view here at about 1:01:40) from FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor in support of a bill (HR 9600) to finally erect a memorial to Thomas Paine in Washington, D.C. Annie Laurie spoke in…
-
Freethought-Now Gloria Steinem, the world’s most famous feminist, died this week at age 92. Even if she was less well known as a freethinking humanist, she was delightfully irreverent. Gloria Steinem was a compelling, infinitely thoughtful, rational writer and speaker. Her public speaking had no artifice, but somehow she was mesmerizing. Listeners were always rewarded…
-
Freethought-Now Rep. Jared Huffman made his first stop on his book tour with the Freedom From Religion Foundation even before his new work officially hit the shelves. I had the privilege of moderating the exclusive conversation on Aug. 15 between Rep. Huffman and longtime FFRF spokesperson Ron Reagan with an online audience of more than…
-
Freethought-Now Dan Barker on accordion and evangelist Frank Gonzales on trumpet. A strong vibration and rumbling noise woke me up. When I opened my eyes, I was shocked to see that the car I was driving was drifting onto the left shoulder of the road. Panicked, I quickly steered back into the right lane. I…
-
Freethought-Now We must confess that at the Freedom From Religion Foundation it can become a bit difficult to keep track of everywhere we are featured in the public sphere. For example, a legal triumph of ours in Massachusetts’ highest court is resonating in unexpected places. “The City of Quincy, Mass., may not install two statues of Christian…
-
Freethought-Now Seven years. That’s how long it took the U.S. Department of Labor to provide the Freedom From Religion Foundation with a small set of public records we requested in 2019 — only 41 pages of lightly redacted emails. But those pages offer a revealing glimpse into the entanglement between President Trump’s Cabinet members and…