Black Atheist Activists

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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We applaud President Biden's repeal of religious discrimination. FFRF joins in an abortion appeal to the United Nations, and appreciates a State Department reward for Avijit Roy's killers. Vashti McCollum's heroic lawsuit is honored and Gov. Greg Abbott's idea of education is exposed as indoctrination. FFRF attorney Sam Grover explains our brief challenging the Ten Commandments monument in Arkansas. Then we hear five black atheists explain why they left religion and discuss the special challenges African American nonbelievers face in today's world.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-hosts Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:09.3	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:13.7	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:19.9	It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky.
0:47.9	Imagine all the people living for today.
0:52.6	Hello and welcome to Freeth That Radio.
0:56.9	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor. And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist. Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:04.7	And this is the March 9th, 2023 episode of Free Thought Radio.
1:11.4	Grant Blashka, with Audio for the Art, is our engineer in the Stephen Ool-friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall,
1:19.0	which is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:25.2	And Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:31.3	emphasis on that from, because there can be no true religious liberty,
1:36.2	no true freedom of religion if you do not have freedom from religion,
1:40.2	particularly freedom from religion in government.
1:43.1	So that's why my mother and I named this group the Freedom from Religion Foundation
1:48.2	to point out that that's an overlooked understanding of this constitutional principle.
1:53.5	And we work not only for state-short separation, but as a national association of
1:59.6	free thinkers, like-minded individuals who are personally
2:02.8	free from religion. And we are about 40,000 members. We would
2:06.7	love to have you join us today if you're not a member. If you
2:10.2	would like information, go to fFRF.org, and we'd be glad to send
2:14.9	you a copy of our newspaper and for sure about our almost 50 years
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