Fighting Authoritarianism
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., explains how California's Proposition 50 is trying to fight religious-right authoritarianism. Legal Fellow Kyle Steinberg describes FFRF's new federal lawsuit challenging a religious oath in South Carolina.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
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| 1:02.6 | And I'm Dan Barker. |
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| 1:15.4 | And this is the October 9th, 2025 episode of Free Thought Radio. We're recording in the Stephen Ool friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall. Free Thought Hall is the national headquarters of the |
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| 1:28.4 | And Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, |
| 1:33.7 | emphasis on from. FFRF has two purposes. We educate you the public about the views of those of us |
| 1:41.4 | who are personally free from religion, typically atheists, agnostics, |
| 1:46.0 | humanists. We joke that we don't care what you call yourself, we all just disbelieve in the same gods. |
| 1:52.0 | And we also work very diligently to keep religion out of government as the U.S. Constitution, |
| 1:59.0 | which is godless and entirely secular, requires, |
| 2:03.5 | and that is a major uphill battle today with the rise of Christian nationalism that we're facing |
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| 2:28.6 | that we can't fit in this show about Freethinkers and State Church separation. |
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