Black Nonbelievers
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 22 March 2018
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
We protest Kentucky Governor Bevin's declaration of "Christian Heritage Week." After we celebrate freethinking songwriter Stephen Sondheim's 88th birthday, FFRF Attorney Patrick Elliott tells us about the Ten Commandments plaque that we got removed from a Minnesota County courthouse. Annie Laurie memorializes former Wisconsin Attorney General Bronson La Follette, a friend to freethought. Then we talk with Mandisa Thomas, founder and president of Black Nonbelievers.
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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. |
| 0:13.2 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:19.8 | It's easy if you try |
| 0:22.6 | No hell below us |
| 0:29.6 | Above us only sky |
| 0:35.6 | Imagine all the people Above us only sky. |
| 0:47.8 | Imagine all the people living for today. |
| 0:53.7 | Happy spring and welcome to Free Thought Radio. |
| 0:58.3 | I'm Annie Laurie Gailor, and we've just passed the Vernal Equinox this week, |
| 1:01.7 | and my first crocuses are now sprouting. |
| 1:05.6 | And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist. |
| 1:08.3 | We're ready for spring up here in Wisconsin, aren't we? |
| 1:14.1 | This is the March 22nd, 2018 edition of Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:20.2 | Audrey Martinovich is our engineer today, producing this show in the Stephen Yule-friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall. Free Thought Hall is the National Office of the Freedom |
| 1:25.7 | from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. And Free Thought Radio is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| 1:29.4 | And Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, |
| 1:34.5 | which works to keep religion out of government and to educate the public about non-theism. |
| 1:39.2 | And we have over 32,000 members. |
| 1:41.2 | If you are, one thank you. |
| 1:42.6 | And if you're not, we'd love to have you join us not |
| 1:45.3 | someday, but today at ffRF.org. Or we'd be very glad to send you a copy of our newspaper Free Thought |
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