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Rebecca S. Markert – Legal Director, Freedom From Religion Foundation

January 20, 2018 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Rebecca S. Markert is the Legal Director for the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Here we talk about personal and professional life, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the bigger goals, First Amendment work, and more. Read more

State Funded Faith School Unfit to Teach, Say Secularists

November 1, 2017 | by Sarah Mills | 3 Comments

The National Secular Society calls for an investigation into a faith school that insists the universe is 5778 years old and engages in gender segregation. Read more

Parents in UK Removing Children From Lessons About Islam

April 29, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

The Daily Mail reported that “many” parents are electing to remove their children from religious education classes to reduce exposure to Islam. Read more

An Interview with Marie Alena Castle – Communications Director, Atheists for Human Rights

April 28, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Marie Alena Castle is the communications director for Atheists for Human Rights. She was raised Roman Catholic, but became an atheist. She has been important to atheism, Minnesota Atheists, The Moral Atheist, National Organization of Women, and wrote Culture Wars: The Threat to Your Family and Your Freedom (2013). Read more

An Interview with Simon Ørregaard – Chairman, Eftertro

April 25, 2017 | by Scott Jacobsen | 0 Comments

Simon Ørregaard is the Chairman of Eftertro. It is a small organization devoted to helping people who are in an existential crisis based on being "post-faith," which is the translation of Eftertro. Read more

Extremism on Campus: Islamist Narratives are Going Unchallenged

August 25, 2016 | by Leo Gibbons-Plowright | 0 Comments

We won’t defeat the ideologies of fascism and Islamism through blanket censorship. We defeat these ideas by exposing their fallacies and undermining their arguments through open debate and criticisms. Islamists and their fellow-travellers on the far-Left will attempt to shut down this discussion, but we cannot let this happen. Read more

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