Reasonable and Kind
Freethought Radio
Freedom From Religion Foundation
4.6 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 22 June 2015
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
This week’s show is dedicated to the memory of FFRF’s principal founder Anne Nicol Gaylor, who died June 14 at the age of 88. After reporting some FFRF state/church victories (which continue Anne’s legacy), we listen to Anne’s voice (“Is it reasonable; is it kind?”), and read from the New York Times obituary/article about her. Then we read two of Anne Gaylor's articles from her 1983 book, Lead Us Not Into Penn Station.
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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 |
| 0:46.3 | living for today, I imagine there's no countries. |
| 1:05.0 | I use the yardstick of reason and kindness. |
| 1:07.0 | If I'm contemplating an action, is it reasonable, is it kind? And that's all you need. |
| 1:12.5 | Hi, I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor, and that, of course, is the voice of my mother. Anne Gaylor, |
| 1:18.8 | principal founder of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, one of her mottos. She died last week |
| 1:24.9 | just before the stroke of midnight, June 14th, at the age of 88. |
| 1:30.3 | And that was a statement she made under fire during a 1984 TV show, Oprah Winfrey's A.M. Chicago, in response to the usual ignorant assertion, |
| 1:42.3 | how can you be good without God? |
| 1:45.3 | All my life, I heard my mother counsel. |
| 1:48.9 | Use the yardsticks of reason and kindness. |
| 1:52.1 | And my mother followed those yardsticks and practiced what she preached. |
| 1:56.7 | I'm Dan Barker, and I was there in the studio on that Oprah show when she said those words. |
| 2:01.9 | The first time I actually was in a room with known atheists saying such wonderful things, reason and kindness. |
| 2:08.9 | That's all you need. |
| 2:10.4 | Today we'll be celebrating the life and legacy of Anne Nicol Galore and the continuation of her lifelong work for women's rights and for the |
| 2:21.0 | separation of state and church. This is the June 20th Summer Solstice, 2015 edition of Freethought |
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