Atheist Activism! Jessica Ahlquist, Max Nielson
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 14 January 2013
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Atheist activism among the youth. This week listen to high-school students Max Nielson and Jessica Ahlquist talk about the challenges of coming out as a young nonbelieving activist in predominantly Christian communities.
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| 1:41.5 | Today, we're going to hear from some very brave high school students. And we're going to hear from some very brave high school students. |
| 1:47.0 | And we're going to hear from both Jessica Alquist and Max Nielsen. They were both awardees |
| 1:51.8 | at the 35th annual convention of the Freedom from Religion Foundation that took place last fall |
| 1:57.6 | in Portland. Over 900 people were there to hear their speeches. |
| 2:02.8 | Max Nielsen is the principal plaintiff in the Freedom from Indigenous Foundation's federal lawsuit |
| 2:09.9 | against graduation prayers in School District 5 of Lexington and Richland counties in South Carolina. |
| 2:18.3 | He is one of the 2012 student activist awardees, and this is Max's speech |
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