Tag Archive: FFRF

Aug 06 2012

Marine Corps heavily supports a doomsday sect in CA, why?

Chuck and Bob

SAN DIEGO, CA – Over the past decade, the local Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa has had unprecedented access to Marines at Camp Pendleton. Despite their controversial end-times message and history of sex scandals, the group has co-sponsored several high-profile concerts and other events with the approval of local Navy and Marine Corps commanders. Comprised of …

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Jul 10 2012

Atheist soldier, one of many forced to do yard work for Catholics

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I received a few complaints about soldiers stationed at Fort Gordon, GA being forced to clean up an off-post Catholic property during the duty day. One was from a fellow foxhole atheist. (NAME / RANK WITHHELD) Justin – Got a question. [WITHHELD], has been tasks with cleaning/landscaping etc, a Catholic Church. This so far is …

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Nov 10 2011

Public elementary school asks students “I love Jesus because ___”

Take these guys back to school

An anonymous resident of a small town in western North Carolina wrote in with a disturbing bit of news. I wanted to share something with my fellow atheists. I work at an elementary school as an assistant in a small town in western NC. Our school is participating in operation christmas where they send kids …

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Jul 29 2011

Dustin at dwnomad pledges to support RBB with an epic bit of disclosure

After offering to speak, he added, “I should disclose that my last public speaking engagement was the last sermon I preached just over four years ago.”

Mar 19 2011

Rock Beyond Belief in Fall 2011…? Maybe.

Stringing along quite a few popular and busy people for 5 months, dangling a unique opportunity in front of them, was certainly never my intention. It was unfortunate and disheartening that the last minute restrictions crippled us and we had to cancel. My initial reaction was to entertain the idea of a smaller venue being …

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Mar 13 2011

Fight “Don’t Pray? Don’t Say!” – Support All Troops Equally

This week was exceptionally busy for us at Rock Beyond Belief. We are still dealing with the fallout from the cancellation of the festival. We don’t know exactly what lies ahead for the festival, but April 2nd is a definite ‘No-Go‘. “Don’t Pray? – Don’t Say!” We find ourselves in the curious position of being …

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Mar 07 2011

Demand equal treatment for the Army’s non-religious Soldiers

After last week’s hey-maker from Fort Bragg, we were devastated. It was shocking to learn that our festival had been crippled with last-minute restrictions that forced us to shut down. Now it’s time to fight back. Please help us stand up to the discrimination facing the non-religious military community. That was the whole point of …

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Jan 27 2011

Army Spiritual Fitness Concert Cost: $100K+ FOIA Docs Released

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) initiated a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request when the controversial Rock the Fort concert came to Fort Bragg, NC.  FOIA requests understandably take some time to process. However, we are excited to finally get an inside look at exactly how much support the Billy Graham Evangelical Association was …

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Jan 16 2011

Dan Barker joins the lineup!

On the heels of the recent announcement of Richard Dawkins‘ addition to our lineup, comes another atheist power hitter.  Co-President of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), Dan Barker, has agreed to be a speaker and musician at our upcoming secular festival on Fort Bragg. The FFRF are dedicated to empowering non-theists, and protecting the …

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