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March 2016 FFRF, Abbott Go ‘Toe-To-Toe’ in New Lawsuit the Freedom from Religion Foundation Is Ready to Go “Toe-To-Toe” with Texas Gov Vol. 33 No. 2 Published by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. March 2016 FFRF, Abbott go ‘toe-to-toe’ in new lawsuit The Freedom From Religion Foundation is ready to go “toe-to-toe” with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. FFRF will soon be filing a federal lawsuit over Ab- bott’s removal of FFRF’s duly approved Bill of Rights display from the Texas State Capitol late last year. Abbott had previously said that Texas has the “muscle and firepower to go toe-to-toe” with groups such as FFRF, who try to “bully govern- mental bodies.” Despite allowing a Christian nativity scene in the Capitol, Abbott forced FFRF’s solstice display to be taken down only three days af- Andrew Seidel photo ter it had been erected on Dec. 18. Think spring! The whimsical ex- As winter gives way to spring, flowers help brighten the new lobby of the Freedom From Religion hibit, designed by artist Lauryn Seering photo Foundation office in Madison, Wis. Jake Fortin, commemo- FFRF’s Bill of Rights “na- rates the “birth” of the tivity” display. Bill of Rights, depict- ing the Founding Fathers and the Statue of Liberty crowded adoringly around a manger scene contain- Earn a freethought badge ing the constitutional document. FFRF and Staff Attorney Sam Grover, with the help The Freedom From Religion Foundation is un- that “Any boy may join.” After of Texas state Rep. Donna Howard and Austin FFRF veiling a badge to reward freethinking youths and to boys attend the recruitment and member Arturo de Lozanne, obtained a permit last challenge the Boy Scouts of America’s discrimination are excited to join, parents are summer for the December display. Also approved against the nonreligious. The badge, based on the belatedly informed they must sign was an explanatory Winter Solstice sign promoting Dawkins’ “A,” is cosponsored by the Richard Dawkins BSA’s Declaration of Religious state/church separation, which pointed out that the Foundation for Reason and Science. Sentiments. Bill of Rights was adopted on Dec. 15, 1791. BSA has come under fire by FFRF and many non- BSA formally discriminates Abbott, who chairs the Texas State Preservation religious parents for four decades for recruiting against nonreligious boys and their families, officially Board that approves Capitol displays, sent a letter through and meeting in public schools, advertising Continued on page 23 Dec. 21 to the co-defendant John Sneed, the board’s Continued on page 23 Inside This Issue 2015 member survey FFRF’s engaged membership Candidates respond The typical member of the Freedom FFRF has always billed itself as a raised in some form of Protestantism. to secular From Religion Foundation is a recently freethought umbrella, with no label re- More surprising, 29% were brought questions retired male who has at least one de- quired as a litmus test. However, when up Roman Catholic. Although about page 5 gree, who votes (usually as an indepen- asked which term best describes your a quarter of the U.S. population tra- dent), thought his own way out of a freethought views, almost 84% of FFRF ditionally has been Catholic, there’s religious background and overwhelm- members picked “atheist.” “Agnostic” been such a sharp drop-off that today ingly supports reproductive and wom- came in at 8% and another 8% prefer Catholics make up only one-fifth of the Religion deadly en’s rights. another term, such as reasonist, non- U.S. population. By the way, that puts for sick children FFRF sent out a membership survey believer or humanist. “Nones” (those 24% who indicate they page 10 in late May 2015 to its 21,000 mem- A vast majority of FFRF members are nonreligious) above Catholics! Pew bers (FFRF has since added an addi- grew up in a religious home (55%) or Research surveys also show more than tional 2,500 members). More than a where at least one parent was religious one in six Catholics today leaves the third (nearly 8,000) of you responded (31% “mixed”). A mere 14% came church, with nearly 13% of all Ameri- — which is statistically impressive. Of- from a freethought home. That nearly cans describing themselves as “former fered the choice to fill out the survey a third of you come from homes where Catholics.” The fight online or on paper, most chose to fill one parent was nonreligious shows the Almost 9% of you come from a Jew- to create a out and return the paper question- value of cognitive dissonance. Not sur- ish background, also disproportionate secular club naire. Our hardworking administra- prisingly, given the above results, 77% to the 1.8% in the general popula- page 14 tive staff, which entered thousands of of you term yourself a first-generation tion. About 13% of you chose “Other.” those surveys, just finished that project freethinker, 17% second generation. (This category was skewed by the fact at year’s end. Now we are sharing those Only 5% are third generation or more. that many of these answers simply not- statistically relevant results with you. A plurality (48%) of members were Continued on back page Page 2 Freethought Today Madison, Wisconsin March 2016 Meet a legal fellow Name: Ryan David Jayne. and do any other lawyerly tasks that Where and when I was born: Wauke- come up. I specialize in faith-based sha, Wis., on Oct. 23, 1984. funding issues, and in 2015 I coordi- Education: I attended public school nated FFRF’s Winter Solstice displays. in Waukesha through high school, When I can find time, I bang a bit on studied philosophy at the University the Diane Uhl Concert Grand Steinway of Wisconsin-Milwaukee during my piano on the fourth floor. undergrad years, then attended law What I like best about it: I get partic- school at Lewis & Clark in Portland, ularly excited about stopping endorse- Ore. ments of religion in public schools Family: I’m married to my best because I think that can have tremen- friend Colleen, who is a high school dous long-term effects. It’s crucial that science teacher. We are expecting our our youth rise above the myths and first child, a daughter, in May. My older superstitions of their parents’ genera- brother Ben is an occupational thera- tion, and the first step in that endeavor pist in Los Angeles, and my younger is dispelling the illusion in students’ brother Collin is an attorney in Las Ve- minds that religiosity is ubiquitous in gas. My parents, Brian and Darci, are our society. happily retired and live in rural eastern What gets old about it: Sometimes Wisconsin. They spend most of their we have to comb through hundreds of time gardening, watching birds and pages of public records to determine making music. if the government is breaking the law, How I came to work at FFRF: My which can get pretty tiring. student group at Lewis & Clark invit- I spend a lot of time thinking about: Lauryn Seering photo ed Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel to Legal strategies to combat recalcitrant FFRF Legal Fellow Ryan Jayne is preparing to be a father for the first time. our law school to give a presentation government actors. in 2014. After that initial connection, I spend little if any time thinking real things to talk about. Things I like: Chess, music, cats and I did a one-semester externship in the about: Celebrity gossip. My doubts about religion started: As food. spring of 2015, and was offered a legal My religious upbringing was: soon as I started to hear details about Things I smite: Lazy thinking and fellowship when the externship ended. Non-existent. My parents are free- religion from my classmates, probably sloppy writing. What I do here: I write letters of thinkers who just never brought up around first grade. I assumed no one In my golden years: I hope to play in complaint, participate in litigation, religion because there were plenty of really believed any of it. chess tournaments all over the world. Overheard FFRF welcomes 2 ‘After-Lifers,’ 10 Religiosity in a candidate is too often 19th century, Robert Ingersoll, aka all tied together. Lifetime Members a substitute for actually laying out poli- “The Great Agnostic,” was the nation’s Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders cies voters are concerned about. most outspoken atheist and a leading Washington Post, 1-27-16 The Freedom From Religion Foun- Alec Loftus, PR consultant, op-ed, Republican, a combination unlikely dation is delighted to welcome two “Young voters with no religion grow in today. “God bless America” new “After-Life” Members: Thomas S. influence” Columnist George Will has become the stan- Platt and Halina P. Platt. The Capital Times, 12-29-15 NY Post, 1-3-16 dard ending of every FFRF also thanks its 10 newest Life- major political speech. time Members: Brad DuPree, James The week I left home, one of my he- If anyone is going to be the poster child Just once in my life, I (Jim) Fishkin (a gift from After-Life roes in the struggle for women’s repro- for anti-gay bigotry, [Alabama Chief would like the chance Member Paul Fishkin), David Gregory, ductive freedom died. Anne Gaylor, Justice Roy] Moore is determined it to vote for a presiden- Jason Kendrick, Lew Laird, Dr. Peter a great American visionary and free- will be him, not [Kim Davis]. And that tial candidate who G. Roode, Dr. Willys K. Silvers, Rhea thinker, quietly helped thousands of it will be Alabama, not Kentucky, that is ends his or her appeals with Thomas Talley, Walter van Woudenberg and women get safe abortions before Roe condemned by future generations.
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