FREETHINKING IN FARGO WITH GUEST JON LINDGREN, PRESIDENT, RED RIVER FREETHINKERS, FORMER FARGO MAYOR & REBECCA MARKERT, FFRF LEAD STAFF ATTORNEY
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 577 Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2010
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Freethought Radio will catch up with legal complaints and victories by FFRF's lead staff attorney Rebecca, Markert, who will cohost this week's show while Dan Barker is on the road for freethought. Guest Jon Lindgren, former mayor of Fargo, N.D., professor emeritus of economics and President of Red River Freethinkers, will talk about how he dropped prayers from city commission meetings, and about an 8-year legal battle in Fargo to remove a Ten Commandments monument from city property.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, |
| 0:14.7 | Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews. |
| 0:18.7 | Imagine there's no heaven. |
| 0:21.6 | It's easy if you try. |
| 0:27.6 | No hell below us, above us only sky |
| 0:41.3 | imagine all the people |
| 0:47.3 | living for today. |
| 1:02.1 | Happy fall to everyone, especially those of you who have fallen away from blind faith. |
| 1:05.4 | I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and welcome to Free Thought Radio. |
| 1:09.2 | This is the weekend of September 25th and 26th, 2010. |
| 1:14.7 | And I'm Rebecca Markert, Freedom from Religion Foundation's lead staff attorney sub-hosting this week for Dan Barker. |
| 1:16.4 | Welcome back to the show, Rebecca. |
| 1:18.1 | Thank you. |
| 1:18.7 | It's been quite a while, too long. |
| 1:20.7 | And I'm glad to have company because Dan is on the road, and this is a chance to catch up |
| 1:25.5 | on some of your recent legal victories for FFRF and your |
| 1:28.5 | ongoing work. Yes. Thank you. I'm happy to be back. Dan was flown to L.A. earlier this week to be |
| 1:35.0 | interviewed by 60 Minutes Australia, and that's the sister show of 60 Minutes here in the United |
| 1:40.9 | States. They want his take on the sainthood of Australia's first |
| 1:45.2 | saint, and he's been speaking in Colorado and Wyoming, and he'll come back next week and tell |
| 1:50.5 | us how all of that went. Free Thought Radio is broadcasting and streaming from the Progressive Talk, |
| 1:55.8 | the Mike 92-1 in Madison, Wisconsin, and also airing in Atlanta, Anchorage, Grand Rapids, and Monterey, and |
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