The Constitution Wins

Freethought Radio

Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

This week we celebrate the formation of the new Congressional Freethought Caucus, promoting science and state/church separation in government. FFRF attorney Liz Cavell explains our victory declaring a cross on the Lehigh County, Pennsylvania seal unconstitutional. We again protest the National Day of Prayer by hearing the words of the federal judge who ruled it unconstitutional. After hearing Dan sing "Get Off Your Knees And Get To Work," we talk with victorious state/church plaintiff David Steketee about his lawsuit (taken by FFRF) declaring New Jersey county grants to repair churches to be unconstitutional.

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0:00.0	This is Free Thought Radio with co-host Stan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor,
0:09.1	Irreverent Views, News, Music, and Interviews.
0:13.1	Imagine there's no heaven.
0:19.6	It's easy if you try
0:22.6	No hell below us
0:32.6	Above us only sky
0:51.3	Imagine all the people Welcome to free thought Welcome to Free Thought Radio.
1:12.5	I'm Annie Laurie Gaylor and it's May. And May brings May flowers, hopefully no more pilgrims, but also, alas, the annual unconstitutional National Day of Prayer, designated by Congress as the first Thursday in May, and that's today. But May has also brought a milestone for free thought and for free thought representation in Congress, and we'll be talking about that,
1:16.8	and so much more good news. And I'm Dan Barker, your friendly neighborhood atheist of the airwaves.
1:23.2	This is the May 3rd, 2018 edition of Freethought Radio.
1:27.7	Audrey Martinovich is our engineer, again, producing the show in the Stephen Yule friendly atheist studio in Freethought Hall.
1:36.2	Freethought Hall is the National Office of the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:42.5	Free Thought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation,
1:46.4	and FFFRF works to keep religion out of government and represents the point of view of you,
1:51.9	those of you who are not religious.
1:54.4	And if you're a member of FFRF, we're grateful.
1:57.5	We have 33,000 in North America, but if you're not a member, we'd love to invite you to
2:02.2	get better acquainted. Ask for a sample of our newspaper Free Thought today. At our website,
2:07.0	ffRF.org, we'll send you a brochure and other information. Today we're going to talk with
2:11.8	David Steckety. He's the persevering plaintiff in FFRF's recent victorious lawsuit in New Jersey State Supreme Court.
2:22.5	That lawsuit challenged, and we hope it's now stopped the flow of millions of dollars in tax-paid grants to repair houses of worship.
2:32.3	That decision has major legal significance because it's the first decision to test
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