Freethought Today 2003 Archives

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December 2003:
Casper Moves Ten Commandments Monument to Storage -- Solstice Sign Back Up for Eighth Year -- Catholic Bishops: Vote With Us or Else -- State/Church Bulletin -- Ed Schempp In Memoriam --Nothing Fails Like Prayer -- FFRF Co-Sponsors April 25 Rally -- Physician-Assisted Dying: A Report From Oregon (Rollin) -- "Honorable Mentions" College Essay Excerpts -- The Humble Atheist (Fisher) -- David Vs. Goliath (Newdow) -- It Pays to Complain -- Overheard

November 2003:
Convention Coverage -- Commandments Create Chaos in Casper -- In The News -- In Their Own Words/Where Was God? -- But What About the Tooth Fairy, Mom? Raising a Healthy God-free Child in a Hopelessly God-struck Nation (Angier) -- From Church Elder to Freethinking Traveler (Erickson) -- Alton Lemon Lauded for "Lemon Test" (Gaylor and Downey) -- Ralph & Clara Carlson Celebrate 76th Wedding Anniversary -- Letter Box -- New Mystery Features "FFRFer"

October 2003:
Newdow Seeks Scalia Recusal -- "In God's Name": Death by Deity -- State/Church Bulletin -- Honor Thy First Amendment (Cleveland, Shiver, Whatley) -- Joseph McCabe: Atheist Prophet for Our Time (Verb) -- Why We Stopped Prayers At VMI (Mellen) -- Wedding Watcher: On Personal Meaning and Religious Tradition (Hawn) -- Whining for Jesus? (Ricker) -- High School Honorable Mention Essay Excerpts -- Commandments Debate Commands Attention -- Sharing the Hate Mail

September 2003:
Commandments Case Goes to 7th Circuit -- State/Church Bulletin -- Atheists in Foxholes: Why I Didn't Earn My "God and Country" Medal (Hill) -- In the Heat of the Right (Cary) -- Growing Up Pushing the Rock (LeMay) -- In Defense of Atheism (Bornstein) -- The Recovering Catholic: 12 Steps to Becoming a Freethinker (Kerschen-Sheppard) -- Turn to James Madison (Jeff Nall) -- The Execution of Uzzah (Harris)

August 2003:
La Crosse Commandments Must Move -- Announcing 2003 High School Essay Winners -- Roger, Pat & Melody Receive "Emperor" Award -- Newdow Asks Supreme Court to Hear Pledge Case -- State/Church Bulletin -- Banner Summer for Gay Rights -- Lake Hypatia Fourth of July Fest -- Robertson's Petitions Nothing New -- For All the People (Sinn) -- "Under God" Should Go Under (Monnier) -- A Notion Forgotten by Time (Hargraves) -- The Incongruity in the Pledge of Allegiance (Young) -- Religious Signs of the Times (Cheves) -- Helping Knights of Columbus -- Letter Box -- It Pays To Complain

June/July 2003:
Pledge Case Gathers Momentum -- Penn & Teller Accept "Emperor" Award -- "Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead?" -- Three D.C. Grande Dames Speak Out -- A New Inquisition, U.S. Style (Tremblay) -- Video Renter, Caveat Emptor! (Gaylor) -- Flex Muscle to Rescue the Establishment Clause (Gaylor) -- Woman Versus Prophet (Kent) -- Letter Box -- Overheard -- Infidel Info -- Legal Briefs -- State/Church Bulletin

May 2003:
Foundation Challenges Montana Entanglement -- "Panel Decision Appears to Open Pandora's Box" -- Challenges City Endorsement of Ten Commandments -- Lake Hypatia Sign Vandalized, Restored -- It's All Showbiz (Barker) -- An Atheist Invocation and Its Aftermath (Silverman) -- Marquee Madness -- Overheard

April 2003:
Congress Sells Out Constitution -- Oklahoma City Remove 30-foot Cross -- Smart Case Prompts Renewed Scrutiny of Polygamy -- Freedom from Religion -- That Too Is a Right (Newdow) -- Delusional Madness, True Believers, Reptilian Brains and Fatuous Apes (LeClair) -- Raze the Church/State Wall? Heaven Help Us! (Turley) -- Belief and Biology (Sapolsky) -- Marquee Madness -- Overheard

March 2003:
HUD's Faith-based Fiat Unparalleled Raid on Public Till -- Flood of "Faith-based" Funding Proposals Unleashed by Bush -- Please, a Spiritual Truth and Reconciliation Committee for South African Singers, Mister Tutu! (Hofmeyr) -- A Piece Missing at Peace Rally (Gaylor) -- The Manichaeism of Osama bin Laden and George W. Bush (Tremblay) -- College Essay Contest Honorable Mention Excerpts -- Messianic Complex? Bush in His Own Words -- Secret of Longetivity: "Laugh a Lot" -- Infidel Info -- Timely Books & Films -- You Won't Believe You're Reading This

January/February 2003:
Faith-Based White House Creates "Level Praying Field" -- Winter Solstice Sign Defaced in State Capitol -- Historic Debate: Atheism vs. Islam -- Lilith in the Library -- Announcing 2003 Student Essay Competitions for High School & College Students -- The Riddle of Killing for God (Haught) High School Honorable Mention Essay Winners -- The Non-existence of Non-belief in American Media (Berkman) -- Thou shalt Defend Thy First Amendment (Trettien) -- "Because of Religion . . ." (Nasrin) -- Atheists in Foxholes: Why I Won't Wear "Christian" on My Dog Tags (Horn) -- It Pays to Complain -- Overheard -- Infidel Info