Great Day for Veterans
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2015
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Portland, Oregon, public high-school students disallowed from participating in a religious Catholic Grotto performance. Gideon bibles removed from Northern Illinois University hotel rooms. We announce Brooke Mulder as the winner of FFRF’s “Nothing Fails Like Prayer” contest for her secular invocation before Glendale, Arizona, city council. Then we hear veteran Steven Hewett (introduced by veteran Steve Trunk) talk about his successful lawsuit to remove a Christian War Memorial from the city of King, North Carolina.
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| 0:18.8 | 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 |
| 0:56.2 | Hello, I'm Annie Laurie Galar, and welcome to Free Thought Radio, and a special greeting, if you happen to be, what we like to call an atheist in a foxhole, a member of the military, or perhaps you're a vet, comprising a quarter of the U.S. military that today is non-religious. |
| 1:16.9 | And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood, non-religious, |
| 1:21.3 | your friendly neighborhood, atheist of the airwaves. |
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