Freethought Today 2002 Archives

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December 2002:
Three Groups Join Foundation Faith Works Fight -- "Equal Time" Winter Solstice Sign Returns to Wisconsin Capitol -- In Memoriam, Charles French -- Newdow Pledges Allegiance to the Constitution (Newdow) -- Latter-Day Saint to Latter-Day Ain't ( Benson) -- An Atheist Eagle Scout Speaks Out (Lambert) -- The Comfort Freethought Cenotaph Dedication (Fisher) -- "Not This Time!" (Shiver) -- Death in Poetry Then and Now (Schlicht) -- Stamp Out Postal Proselytizing (Gaylor) -- Let's Pledge Common Sense (Pattis) -- Marquee Madness

November 2002:
Bush's Welfare-for-Religion Push Expands -- $5,000 in Student Scholarships Awarded to Student Essayists by FFRF in 2002 -- Congressional Gutless Wonders -- It Pays to Complain Even in Utah -- What Good Do Atheists Do? (Gaylor) -- Tithing for Dummies (Barker) -- Judge Alfred T. Goodwin and Thomas Jefferson: Guarding the "Wall" (Bennett) -- Education Under God (Blonstein) -- Congress Shall Make No Law (Burbank) -- Learning "Under God" -- (Talenfeld) -- On the Trail of Bogus Quotes (Carrier) -- Needed: Board of Clergy Examiners (Gould) -- "I am God" (Gaylor) -- Overheard

October 2002:
FFRF's "Faith Works" Victory Final -- Illegal Cross Removed from County Park -- Ten Commandments Plaintiffs Speak Out (Severson and Zumach) -- Alternative "Thought for the Day" (Dawkins) -- Come In--The Water's Fine (Kocol) -- My Cup Is Half Full--Why I Am Optimistic about the Rights of Nonbelievers (Adams) -- Persistence Pays Off over Violations at Hocking Hills State Park (Miller and Hague) -- In Memoriam--Richard J. Koenig, 69 -- Infidel Info -- Marquee Madness

September 2002:
22 Sign On to Ten Commandments Lawsuit -- Faith Works Funding Challenge Proceeds to Appeals Court -- Spreading the Word -- A Success Story (Novak) -- Why Religion Doesn't Matter (Jacobs) -- Death With Dignity vs. "God's Plan" (Willoughby) -- Beyond Frankincense (Valentine) -- From Preacher To Apostate: How I Put God to the Test (Cox) -- Sprouting Out of Religious Servility: Decisions of a Disbeliever in the Bible Belt (Chadwick) -- State/Church Bulletin -- Overheard -- In Their Own Words -- "God Told Them To Do It" -- Where Was God? -- Marquee Madness

August 2002:
La Crosse Lawsuit Filed -- Ninth Circuit Pledges Support to Constitutional Principle -- Pledge Swears Allegiance to Monotheism -- Justices Stevens, Bryer and Souter Dissent -- Atheist Returns From Foxhole (Lynn) -- Eleanor Roosevelt's Freethought Mentor (Vowles) -- Journalist, Statesman, Atheist (Clark) -- Pledge Sanity -- It Pays to Complain -- Bob Fenn In Memoriam

June/July 2002:
Foundation Urges Milwaukee Probe of DA, Archbishop -- Appleman's "Masterly Condensation" of Darwin's "Origin" -- "Why Women Need Freedom From Religion" -- Newsnotes -- State/Church Bulletin -- For the Record -- Many Years Ago . . . "We Told You So" (Gaylor) -- Atheist in a Foxhole (Feil) -- Atheists in Foxholes: Post Hoc Miracles (Monson) -- Carol Faulkenberry Remembered (Pitts) -- The Turners, Forty-eighters and Freethinkers (Gascho) -- Good News for Ireland (Johnson) -- Battle Hymn on Ice? (Gaylor) -- From Roman Catholic Priest to Atheist (Reed) -- "Marquee Madness"

May 2002:
Milwaukee Moves Ten Commandments to Private Property -- Head Count of Ousted Bishops -- Agency Sees 70 Church Abuse Cases Per Week -- It's OK to Molest Teens? -- "Nod to God" Politicians and the Ten Commandments (Peterson) -- Brazen Clutter of Public Landscape (Tiernan) -- Atheists in Foxholes: The Demon-Possessed Woman and the Kindly Deacon (Monson) -- Music Was His Religion (Barker) -- State/Church Briefs -- Newsnotes -- On the Road with Tunes 'n 'Toons

April 2002:
Milwaukee Agrees to Move Ten Commandments Marker -- Philadelphia Chapter Wins Decalog Lawsuit -- Ten Commandments at Public Library Protested -- Only Christians Go Door to Door (Lau) -- Atheists in Foxholes: No Miracles Required (Monson) -- Let Us Pray That People Stop Praying (Williamson) -- Catholic Church Still Offers "Sanctuary for Perverts"? (Gaylor ) -- Overheard -- In The News -- You Won't Believe You're Reading This

March 2002:
Foundation's Victory Halts Illegal Bible Instruction -- "In God We Trust" Epidemic -- Court Victory Stops Scopes "Legacy" -- Boy Scouts Reaffirms Bigotry -- Dr Pepper Keeps Nation Indivisible -- Voucher Ploy Makes No Sense (Gaylor) -- The First Amendment in Serious Danger -- (Mosher) -- Natural Woman is an Enemy to God (Conrow ) -- Overheard -- Sharing the Mail

January/February 2002:
FFRF Wins 1st Court Victory in Nation against Faith-Based Funding -- FFRF Solstice Sign Stolen -- Pledge Recall Fizzles in Madison -- Get Out There! (Trunk) -- "Holy Book" Too Graphic for Public Consumption (Bennett) -- Overheard -- It Pays to Complain