African Freethought on the Rise

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Oral arguments are this week in the case FFRF, Americans United, and the ACLU are defending before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals over a Florida county that bars atheists from invocations. Hear our reaction to President Trump signing bibles for Alabama tornado victims, and listen to Annie Laurie's complaint over discrimination against menstruating women worldwide. After hearing the Yip Harburg song "One Sweet Morning," we talk on the phone from Ghana with Roslyn Mould, the Coordinator of the West African Humanist Network.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:09.2	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:13.6	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:19.6	It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky. Hi, I'm Annie Lurie Gail-Arr, and welcome to Free Thought Radio.
0:56.0	And spring is nearly here, so we'll be sort of celebrating the almost coming of spring.
1:03.6	Well, especially the end of winter.
1:05.5	I'm Dan Barker.
1:06.9	And here in Wisconsin, where we are, it's been a long, kind of almost cruel winter.
1:12.2	We're looking forward to a change in seasons.
1:15.7	Today is March 14th, 2019.
1:20.1	Buzz Kemper is our engineer today for Free Thought Radio.
1:23.3	He's producing this show in the Stephen Yule friendly atheist studio in Free Thought Hall.
1:30.3	Free Thought Hall is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:37.0	Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:41.5	and FFRF is a national association of free thinkers, those of us who are
1:47.5	personally free from religion. And we work to maintain the constitutional freedom from religion
1:54.6	in government that is dictated by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, a godless document.
2:02.7	And we have about 31,000 members. If you're a member, thank you. If you are not, we would
2:07.1	love to have your support at fFRF.org. And if you are a member, maybe you know some friends
2:13.2	or other freethinkers who would like to join us in this worthy fight.
2:18.7	Today, in the second half of the show, we're going to talk with Rosalind Mold.
2:25.0	She's the new coordinator of the West African Humanist Network.
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