Steven Pinker, Irving Berlin, Ken Ham … and a Lone Star disturbance
Some weeks, the work we do here at the Freedom From Religion Foundation causes a major uproar, and this was one of those weeks.A letter we sent out to a Texas county asking for the removal of crosses (lit up during the holiday season) on a courthouse received quite a response from the local population. […]
Big and bigger: Ken Ham, Cecile Richards, “Q” and much more
We sent missives to school districts surrounding Ken Ham’s pet follies (the Ark Encounter and Creation Museum) warning them against organizing trips to these religiously propagandizing theme parks.
‘Tis the season for us to drive Ken Ham and others crazy
When the city of Ozark in Missouri initially agreed with our constitutionally sound request to remove a lighted cross from a public park, it caused an uproar.
An atheist shoots a commercial at creationist Ken Ham’s Ark Encounter
A behind-the-scenes look at the atheist commercial shot in the hear of this creationist stronghold. It is a monstrosity. A $100 million lie, directed at children. What better place to show the importance of FFRF’s work than this taxpayer-funded monument to ignorance?
Kentucky school board member gets schooled on ark park email
A school board member writes a cranky letter to FFRF and gets an unexpected response that schools him on the First Amendment.
FFRF had all hands on deck
The Freedom From Religion Foundation had much of its attention taken up by a boat this week. That’s not surprising, since this wasn’t just a plain old boat.
Ark Encounter floats on public subsidies
The new “Noah’s Ark” could not have been launched without public money. With the Ark Encounter opening in Kentucky today, it is a good time to review the various ways that state and local governments have subsidized the project.
All politics is local—and national
“All politics is local.” We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation took former House Speaker Tip O’Neill’s adage to heart this past week.
Fact averse Ken Ham distorts FFRF’s mission
Facts are not Ken Ham’s friend. Like a child sticking his fingers in his ears and screaming “LA-LA-LA-LA-LA,” he goes out of his way to avoid them. But FFRF Attorney Andrew Seidel explains reality to Ham.
