World Humanism

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Freedom From Religion Foundation

Religion, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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We celebrate Juneteenth, recognizing the end of slavery, and World Humanism Day, which occurs at the Summer Solstice as a secular alternative to religious holidays. After covering national and FFRF news, we speak with FFRF's Senior Policy Counsel Ryan Jayne and Regional Governmental Affairs Manager Mickey Dollens about the slew of good and bad bills dealing with religion at the state level around the country.

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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 Imagine all the people living for today Yeah
0:56.0	Freedom freedom too I'm angry juneth and that of course is
1:24.6	bianthe, and that of course is Beyonce, a singing Freedom Day, and we wish you a happy Juneteenth, celebrating the end of slavery in the United States.
1:33.7	And I'm Dan Barker. Annie Laurie and I are co-presidents of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
1:40.9	And this is the June 19th, June 10th, 2025 episode of Freethought Radio.
1:48.9	We're recording in the Stephen O'L Friendly Atheist Studio in Freethought Hall, our national headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin.
1:57.1	And Freethought Radio is the weekly production of the Freedom from Religion Foundation.
2:02.6	FFRF has two purposes, to uphold the constitutional right of U.S. citizens, to be free
2:10.0	from religion in our secular government, and to be a membership organization for individuals
2:15.6	who are personally free from religion and who want to
2:18.9	help us educate the public about non-theism. As FFRF's principal founder and Nicolke-Alor put it,
2:26.7	to be free from religion is an advantage for individuals. It is a necessity for government.
2:33.6	Join us today at Ffrf.org.
2:36.2	Today we're going to catch up with FFRF's legislative team. Now that a majority of state
2:42.9	legislators are thankfully in hiatus to hear about the good and the bad of this past session,
2:53.5	Senior Policy Council, Ryan Jane, and Regional Governmental Affairs Manager,
2:56.8	Mickey Dallens, who's also a seated state representative
3:00.7	in Oklahoma, will join us for these important updates.
3:04.9	And before that, we'll recap the massive nationwide No Kings protest over the past
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