A Matter of Choice

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Another victory! FFRF prevailed in its federal lawsuit against Texas governor Greg Abbott, who violated our free-speech rights when he ordered our Bill of Rights display removed from the state capitol. We dissect President Trump's remarks at the Values Voters Summit, and then challenge the nomination of theocrat Jeff Mateer to the Texas federal court. After hearing Dan's song "Freedom From Religion," we talk with Frances Kissling, former president of Catholics for Choice, about the Vatican's war against women.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:09.3	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:13.7	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:19.4	It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky.
0:47.9	Imagine all the people living for today.
0:57.1	Welcome to radio for the rest of us, atheists, agnosts and other freethinkers. I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor.
1:05.0	And I'm Dan Barker. This is the October 19, 2017 edition of Freethought Radio. Our engineer is Buzz Kemper,
1:09.3	producing the show in the Stephen Yule friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall,
1:14.2	the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:19.2	And the Freedom from Religion Foundation is the producer of the weekly Free Thought Radio.
1:29.6	FFRF is a 501C3 nonprofit educational group and serves as the largest association of free thinkers, atheists and agnostics and other skeptics.
1:37.0	In North America, we're about 30,000 members, and we also work diligently to keep religion out of government as required under our secular and godless constitution that establishes that wall of separation between church and state.
1:47.6	Tomorrow is the anniversary of the birthday of the singer-songwriter Tom Petty, who was born October 20th,
1:54.1	1950. Tom Petty died earlier this month, and we previously played a short tribute to him after his death.
2:01.4	Tom Petty was a non-believer who said, music is my religion, and we're going to hear some of
2:06.2	his music between segments today.
2:08.2	And on the second half of today's show, we're going to talk with a nationally known figure
2:11.8	and feminist, Francis Kissling, who for many years was the feisty executive director of Catholics for a free choice.
2:20.3	And this is going to be a timely interview because of the continuing assaults against reproductive rights by the current administration in Cahutz with the patriarchal religious right.
2:31.3	So, we're having quite a run of court victories at the Freedom from Religion
2:37.3	Foundation. Our fourth federal court victory in a 20-day span was handed down late Friday.
2:45.5	Yeah, late last Friday. It was after hours, Friday the 13th, a very lucky day for the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
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