June 2024

Freethought Radio – June 27, 2024 Sheryl Lindmeier Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation We announce state/church victories and complaints in Louisiana, Idaho, North Carolina, Texas and Mississippi. FFRF Senior Counsel Sam Grover tells us about the lawsuit FFRF has filed this week with … More » from Freethought Radio – June 27, 2024 The post Freethought Radio – June 27, 2024 appeared […]

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‘Theocratic Leader’: State Superintendent says Bible will be in every Oklahoma classroom Gregory Fletcher Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation ABC 7 News (Lawton, OK) By Justin Allen Rose and Caleigh Jo Hommel … More » from ‘Theocratic Leader’: State Superintendent says Bible will be in every Oklahoma classroom The post ‘Theocratic Leader’: State Superintendent says Bible will be in every Oklahoma classroom appeared first on Freedom From Religion

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FFRF welcomes Supreme Court’s EMTALA ruling allowing life-saving abortion care . . . for now Rowan Hahn Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation welcomes as a temporary reprieve today’s Supreme Court decision to allow hospitals in Idaho to resume performing emergency abortion care under the federal Emergency Medical … More » from FFRF welcomes Supreme Court’s EMTALA ruling allowing life-saving abortion care . . . for now

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Residents sue Louisiana to block state’s inclusion of Ten Commandments in schools Gregory Fletcher Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation Catholic News Agency By Tyler Arnold … More » from Residents sue Louisiana to block state’s inclusion of Ten Commandments in schools The post Residents sue Louisiana to block state’s inclusion of Ten Commandments in schools appeared first on Freedom From Religion Foundation.

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FFRF to Tenn. police department: Paint over religious verse Gregory Fletcher Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation says the Bartlett Police Department in west-central Tennessee needs to paint over a religious verse in its headquarters. FFRF has been informed that the department … More » from FFRF to Tenn. police department: Paint over religious verse The post FFRF to Tenn. police

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FFRF billboard aids Amarillo repro rights campaign Rowan Hahn Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation has recently placed an incisive digital billboard in Amarillo, Texas, to help counter an anti-abortion campaign commandeering 20 billboards there. The message on the display … More » from FFRF billboard aids Amarillo repro rights campaign The post FFRF billboard aids Amarillo repro rights

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Hotels and houseplants: why we should doubt Ellen Langer’s mind-over-matter miracles Mike Hall The Skeptic

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In a previous article for The Skeptic from January 2022, we discussed a paper titled ‘Mind-set matters: exercise and the placebo effect,’ which proposed that merely believing their work was good exercise led to significant health improvements among hotel room attendants. This 2007 study has been widely cited, both within academia and popular science literature.

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FFRF preparing for Supreme Court gender affirming care case Rowan Hahn Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation cautions that an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case will likely be a major turning point in the rapidly escalating battle over transgender rights. The Supreme … More » from FFRF preparing for Supreme Court gender affirming care case The post FFRF preparing for Supreme

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Journeys to Humanism: Finding Solace and Perspective in Vonnegut’s Humanism The Humanist TheHumanist.com

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Journeys to Humanism, theHumanist.com’s regular series, features real stories from humanists in our community. From heartwarming narratives of growth, to more difficult journeys, our readers open up about their experiences coming to humanism. Louise Jett Carlinville, IL, USA From an early age, I sought deeper meaning. This led me to become a devout Christian in

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FFRF and others welcome Okla. Supreme Court blocking nation’s first religious public charter school Rowan Hahn Freedom From Religion Foundation

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Read More Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation and other civil society groups are applauding the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision today barring the nation’s first religious charter school. Americans United for Separation of … More » from FFRF and others welcome Okla. Supreme Court blocking nation’s first religious public charter school The post

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