Guests: Supreme Court Plaintiff Deborah Weisman Clasie and former minister Paul Heffron

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2012

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This week we talk with Paul Heffron, a former minister who is now part of the Freethought Band, and listen to some of their lively irreverent music. We also talk with Debbie Weisman, whose family were plaintiffs in the 1992 landmark Lee v. Weisman victory before the U.S. Supreme court that stopped clergy-led prayer at high-school graduations when she was a student at a Rhode Island high school.

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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.
0:25.6	It's easy if you try.
0:31.6	No hell below us.
0:41.3	Above us only sky imagine all the people
0:47.3	living for today.
0:59.2	Hello, April Atheists and Agnostics.
1:02.5	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, welcoming you to Free Thought Radio.
1:04.8	April Atheists and Auxity.
1:06.8	Triple A, non-believers.
1:09.4	I'm Dan Barker, co-host of the show.
1:10.7	I'm your friendly neighborhood. I've been called
1:11.6	Your Friendly Neighborhood Atheist of the Airwaves. Free Thought Radio is produced once a week
1:18.9	by the Freedom from Religion Foundation. Annie Laurie Gaylor and I are co-presidents of FFRF, which is the nation's largest association of
1:30.8	free thinkers, and free thinkers include atheists and agnostics. We are a watchdog to preserve the
1:38.4	constitutional wall of separation between church and state, and to educate the public about the views of non-theists.
1:46.7	We have more than 17,000 members across the nation.
1:50.1	$1,500 members nationwide.
1:52.8	This is the weekend of April the 21st and 22nd, 2012.
1:59.1	And Free Thought Radio is broadcasting from the mic, 92.1, Madison, Wisconsin, and podcasting
2:04.6	everywhere.
2:05.5	Now, we're very happy to have with us on the phone, a very special treat.
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