Guest: Jim McCollum

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2012

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Is the separation of church and state "absolute," as JFK said, or does it make you want to vomit (as Rick Santorum said)? This week we talk about FFRF's challenge of Alabama school board prayers, and then interview Jim McCollum, whose family's landmark 1948 Supreme Court victory is the bedrock of modern law regarding religion in the schools. We also hear the song "I Don't Believe in Fairies" by atheist Australian singer/songwriter Shelley Segal.

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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.
0:19.0	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 living for today. Happy March and welcome to Free Thought Radio.
0:59.0	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and there are signs of spring.
1:02.5	I found my first snowdrops in my garden, so that was very heartening.
1:06.6	Well, I took a picture of it, and it's up on the Foundation's website page, isn't it?
1:11.3	No.
1:12.0	Oh, the Twitter page.
1:12.7	We put it up somewhere. My personal Twitter page, Dan. Okay, you can look for that. I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist. And for another week, Annie Laurie is doing the show, seated in a chair because her ankle is still sprained. Now, this is really tough for a person who's used to putting her foot down
1:29.8	about a lot of issues, especially separation of church and state issues. This is the weekend of
1:35.6	March the 3rd, 2012, which means that tomorrow is a command. Can you figure out why? You don't know. Tomorrow is March 4th.
1:50.4	I've only heard this for 25 years. I'm giving the listeners a chance to think. Oh, well, you were
1:54.9	staring at me like you didn't, you're like, what, what? Um, okay, listeners were staring too.
2:00.6	March 4th. So we should march forth in the mission to keep our government separate from religion
2:07.8	and to promote the views of non-theists, atheism, agnosticism, most of the members of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
2:16.4	which is the producer of this show, by the way,
2:18.3	call themselves Freethinkers, which are atheists, agnostics.
2:23.3	We are a part of the country too. We are a part of the fabric of America.
2:27.3	And this show is dedicated to those of you who are not dedicated to religion.
2:32.3	And we will be marching forth.
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