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The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is an American non-profit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin, with members from all 50 states, the Affiliations: Nonbelief Relief Inc ((c)(3)).
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Jim Ryan: We have received a lot of positive feedback from people all over the world and from pretty much every religious background.
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People keep telling us over and over how grateful they are to know that they are not alone and that someone is raising awareness about atheist intolerance. Some atheists are supportive of what we are doing, especially in condemning vocal militant atheists, who do not necessarily represent all atheists. However, the majority of the feedback from atheists who have posted on our page has been pure hate. We receive death threats, harassing comments, ridicule and some of the most vulgar and profane statements that you could possibly imagine on a daily or even hourly basis.
Most of it is too filthy to be repeated.
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Clearly we have struck a painful nerve with the militant atheist community. Jonathan Gill: Many of our followers have found comfort that our group exists, especially because the cities in which they live have faced harassment from atheistic groups. Furthermore, they also appreciate the apologetics posts from websites like Reasonable Faith and Bethinking. Many atheists who message us are surprised to find that atrocities are committed around the world in the name of the propagation of atheism and also follow us.
In addition, some atheists are shocked to see that scientific endeavor, such as the teaching of the Big Bang theory, has been suppressed by atheist states and Western atheistic cosmologists, in the name of protecting an atheistic worldview, as mentioned on the official website for the upcoming documentary film Martyred in the USSR: Militant Atheism in the former Soviet Union. Did you purposefully make the name to mirror that of the Freedom From Religion Foundation?
Is there something you find disconcerting about that particular organization? The Freedom from Religion Foundation is an organization focused on restricting religious freedom in our society by using lawsuits to intimidate and bully those who express their religious views in public. Just a few of their lawsuits include trying to restrict the freedom to pray, the freedom of speech of teachers, the freedom of speech of students, and the freedom to honor our war veterans.
They are using the legal system to silence and remove any expression of religion in public. They are fine with any form of free speech, unless it is religious. Clearly, they are only in favor of free speech when it agrees with their views and try to restrict those views when it doesn't. If we were to live in a truly free society, religious speech would be treated no differently than other forms of speech.
Do you tolerate atheists? It seems like there's a danger of becoming what you dislike, like so many atheists who don't tolerate the religious but then expect people to tolerate them. Jonathan Gill: One of our administrators is a former atheist himself.
In addition, our organization includes several atheists who are thankful for the work we do in combating militant atheism in the Second World and in Christendom. These atheists see the harm in making militant atheism the state doctrine and imposing it on others. FFAF also strongly condemns persecution that occurs in the name of advancing religion. To put it simply, we oppose extremism on both ends of the spectrum. FFAF encourages an atmosphere of respect for others and upholds the sanctity of all human life.
Jim Ryan: I am the former atheist administrator who converted to Christianity.
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This group is open to members of any faith including atheists that are able to be respectful of other views. Our organization has administrators of several Christian denominations Methodist Christians, Anglican Christians, Baptist Christians and nondenominational Christians , as well as administrators and members from other religions, including Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Pagans, Sikhs, and Buddhists. We do not have a religious agenda. We only seek to raise awareness about militant atheism and show people, who have been the victims of atheist bullying, that they are not alone.
Welcome to Walmart! Post A Comment. And just last week, the group announced a contest seeking an original sitcom or web series featuring a likeable atheist.
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It's the brainchild of an FFRF member, entertainment attorney Pamela Koslyn, designed to improve the public perception of nonbelievers, says Gaylor. There have been seminal moments in TV for women, for black Americans, etc. Gaylor says that many Americans believe that nonbelievers are unsavory characters who can't be trusted.
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It's continual in the crank mail [we] receive daily and [on] social media. So of course positive images, any images at all, really, are helpful. On the morning of Jan. The religiously motivated violence provoked worldwide condemnation, though some, including religious leaders, said Muslums were right to be angry.
That's what makes them so dangerous. Gaylor says the donation was meant to address the needs of the victims and to show international solidarity with other atheists. The support fund was started in to support nonbelievers who find themselves "in the crossfire" after taking a stand on atheism or the separation of church and state, says Gaylor. The first recipient was Rhode Island high schooler Jessica Ahlquist, who was "attacked from all sides" for winning a federal court victory to remove a prayer banner from her school auditorium. Gaylor says it was anticipated that Ahlquist, who was going to school under police escort, would need educational options -- which was the case -- and security measures.
Increased religious overreach into government and a blurring of once-distinct boundaries has meant more requests for help and action from the foundation, says Gaylor. The group's legal team received around 3, requests for help last year, up from just over 2, in The size of the group has grown accordingly. Staff size has also grown, and the group recently built a large addition onto their downtown headquarters which quadruples their former cramped, outdated office space. Says Gaylor: "I can't think of a time that we've been busier or when we've been more needed. It's the best of times, it's the worst of times.
In recent years, some of the biggest fights over the separation of church and state have revolved around access to birth control and abortion. Social conservatives deem it a battle over "religious liberty" because they believe, contrary to estabished medical science, that some forms of birth control are abortifacients. Controversy over insurance coverage for birth control was one of the biggest Obamacare battles, with a federal challenge going all the way to the U. Supreme Court.
Gaylor says there is an an ongoing, dangerous and sometimes rapid erosion of the separation between religion and government. What used to be simple -- a wall of separation -- has become convoluted. Bible clubs meeting in schools, religious prayer before government meetings and nativity displays on public property -- all once at least technically forbidden -- are now allowed at times, thanks to court rulings.
If your school has a chess club, you have to allow a Bible club. This slow trickle of religion into one-prohibited places creates a slippery slope that Gaylor fears could bottom out in a full-blown theocratic society. Fundamentalist Protestant groups and Roman Catholics are the top offenders pushing for a government governed by God, she says. They want to tell the government what to do so it conforms to their doctrines. Politics plays a part in how the upper courts have ruled in favor of religious inclusion, she continues.
While things may look bleak, the foundation continues to win its share of victories, both in and out of court. Some of these include forcing the Internal Revenue Service to clamp down on electioneering by churches and religious groups, ending a partnership between Boy Scouts of America and Maryland's Department of Natural Resources, and stopping an Alabama police department from posting religious messages on Facebook, among many others. In most cases, the group doesn't take any legal action. The group now has five staff attorneys. We don't go looking for violations; they come to us.
Gaylor says a lawsuit usually develops over something "egregious" or "outrageous" or when the group hopes to "carve out new law, or overturn a highly unconstitutional longtime practice. And because the law is very much with us in keeping religion out of public schools, we can usually end those violations without having to go to court. Currently, the group has about a dozen open lawsuits involving censorship, Ten Commandments monuments on public land, a city-appointed chaplain and state-instituted days of prayer. They've also recently sued Gov.
Scott Walker for an alleged open records violation involving the state's Contraceptive Equity Law.