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no_hypocrisy

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2. I've been a member of FFRF for more than 30 years.
Sat May 6, 2017, 06:34 AM
May 2017

Last edited Sat May 6, 2017, 10:58 AM - Edit history (1)

It's purpose is similar to American Atheists as it opposes religion of any kind generally.

What it's main purpose is: to monitor the federal, state, and local governments in the U.S. and to ensure when they enact laws and/or policy, those laws/policies are religiously neutral. In other words, the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment is viable: religion isn't the basis of said laws; the laws aren't used to promote religion; the laws don't favor religion over secular status quo; and government doesn't provide funds to religion or its schools in any way.

The organization doesn't arbitrarily denigrate religion. It WILL criticize its motives when necessary, such as making nonbelieving students passively participate in prayers at football games, graduations, or in the classroom.

Through FFRF, I met USSC litigants such as Vashti McCollum (https://www.amazon.com/One-Womans-Fight-Vashti-McCollum/dp/1877733083), Ed and Ellery Schempp (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellery_Schempp), and Roy Torcasso (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torcaso_v._Watkins)

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