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[[File:Annie Laurie Gaylor.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Annie Laurie Gaylor is an atheist feminist. She is co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.   
 
[[File:Annie Laurie Gaylor.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|Annie Laurie Gaylor is an atheist feminist. She is co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.   
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Gaylor’s husband, [[Dan Barker]], who heads the organization along with her, is usually the person invited to speaking engagements, despite her longer tenure as the organization’s leader and her many books on atheism.<ref>Bekiempis, Victoria (Summer 2011). [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/26/new-atheism-boys-club "Why the New Atheism is a boys' club"].  Bitch Magazine, no. 51.  Retrieved from September 26, 2011 edition of The Guardian/CommentaryIsFree.</ref>]]
 
Gaylor’s husband, [[Dan Barker]], who heads the organization along with her, is usually the person invited to speaking engagements, despite her longer tenure as the organization’s leader and her many books on atheism.<ref>Bekiempis, Victoria (Summer 2011). [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/sep/26/new-atheism-boys-club "Why the New Atheism is a boys' club"].  Bitch Magazine, no. 51.  Retrieved from September 26, 2011 edition of The Guardian/CommentaryIsFree.</ref>]]
 
The '''Freedom From Religion Foundation''' is an [[American]] [[atheist]]/[[humanist]] organization in Madison, [[Wisconsin]]. Its purposes are to [[censor]] or prevent:<ref>http://ffrf.org/purposes/</ref>
 
The '''Freedom From Religion Foundation''' is an [[American]] [[atheist]]/[[humanist]] organization in Madison, [[Wisconsin]]. Its purposes are to [[censor]] or prevent:<ref>http://ffrf.org/purposes/</ref>
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In late 2008, the FFRF began sponsoring the display of anti-Christian signs on and in Madison, Wisconsin, buses. These signs included quotations from famous atheists like Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain and Richard Dawkins.<ref>http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/02/25/new_anti-religion_ad.php</ref> This sign campaign was inspired by a similar campaign begun in Europe.
 
In late 2008, the FFRF began sponsoring the display of anti-Christian signs on and in Madison, Wisconsin, buses. These signs included quotations from famous atheists like Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain and Richard Dawkins.<ref>http://badgerherald.com/news/2009/02/25/new_anti-religion_ad.php</ref> This sign campaign was inspired by a similar campaign begun in Europe.
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A church in Monroe, Wisconsin, responded by sponsoring its own signs, which read (from Psalms 14:1): "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."<ref>http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/41142042.html</ref> The Foundation refers to this psalm quotation as a "biblical insult to atheists"<ref>http://www.ffrf.org/news/2009/sleep_madison.php</ref>, yet their slogans, especially "Praise Darwin: Evolve Beyond Belief," contain implicit insults.  
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A church in Monroe, Wisconsin, responded by sponsoring its own signs, which read (from Psalms 14:1): "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."<ref>http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/41142042.html</ref> The Foundation refers to this psalm quotation as a "biblical insult to atheists",<ref>http://www.ffrf.org/news/2009/sleep_madison.php</ref> yet their slogans, especially "Praise Darwin: Evolve Beyond Belief," contain implicit insults.  
    
== See also ==
 
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