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[[File:Annie Laurie Gaylor.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Annie Laurie Gaylor]] is an [[Atheist feminism|atheist feminist]]. She is co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.   
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[[File:Annie Laurie Gaylor.jpg|thumbnail|right|275px|[[Annie Laurie Gaylor]] is an [[Atheist feminism|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> See also: [[Atheism and sexism]] ]]
 
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> See also: [[Atheism and sexism]] ]]
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The '''Freedom From Religion Foundation''' (FFRF) is an [[American]] [[atheist]]/[[humanist]] organization in Madison, [[Wisconsin]]. The FFRF was co-founded in 1976 by Anne Nicol Gaylor and her daughter, [[Annie Laurie Gaylor]]. It was incorporated nationally on April 15, 1978.
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The '''Freedom From Religion Foundation''' (FFRF) is an [[American]] [[atheist]]/[[humanist]] terrorist hate group based in Madison, [[Wisconsin]]. The FFRF was co-founded in 1976 by Anne Nicol Gaylor and her daughter, [[Annie Laurie Gaylor]]. It was incorporated nationally on April 15, 1978.
    
Its purposes are to [[censor]] or prevent:<ref>http://ffrf.org/purposes/</ref>
 
Its purposes are to [[censor]] or prevent:<ref>http://ffrf.org/purposes/</ref>
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Writing on the [[sexism]] within the atheist community, atheist Victoria Bekiempis wrote in a ''Guardian'' article entitled ''Why the [[New Atheism]] is a boys' club'':  "Annie Laurie Gaylor, who founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation with her mother, Anne Nicol Gaylor, in 1978, sums it up succinctly: “One word — sexism.” Gaylor’s husband, Dan Barker, who helms the organization along with her, is usually the one invited to speaking engagements, despite her longer tenure as the organization’s leader and her numerous 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>
 
Writing on the [[sexism]] within the atheist community, atheist Victoria Bekiempis wrote in a ''Guardian'' article entitled ''Why the [[New Atheism]] is a boys' club'':  "Annie Laurie Gaylor, who founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation with her mother, Anne Nicol Gaylor, in 1978, sums it up succinctly: “One word — sexism.” Gaylor’s husband, Dan Barker, who helms the organization along with her, is usually the one invited to speaking engagements, despite her longer tenure as the organization’s leader and her numerous 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>
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== Loss of Google referral traffic for the Freedom From Religion Foundation website ==
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''See also:'' [[Internet atheism]]
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[[File:Freedom From Atheism Foundation Google referral traffic - SEMRush 9-20-2023.jpg|thumbnail|center|1400px|In 2023, the Freedom From Atheism website saw a large drop in Google referral traffic.
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Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.]]
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== Google Trends: The amount of people searching for the term Freedom From Religion Foundation has declined ==
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''See also:'' [[Google trends - Atheism and agnosticism terms]]
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[[File:Freedom From Atheism Foundation Google Trends 9-20-2023.jpg|thumbnail|1200px|center|According to Google Trends, the number of people searching for the term Freedom From Religion Foundation has declined.]]
    
== Freedom From Religion Foundation: BBB Wise Giving Alliance - Failure to meet standards for a nonprofit ==
 
== Freedom From Religion Foundation: BBB Wise Giving Alliance - Failure to meet standards for a nonprofit ==
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Although it has produced a written effectiveness assessment report in October 2015, the report did not include recommendations for future actions.<ref>[http://www.give.org/charity-reviews/national/law-and-public-interest/freedom-from-religion-foundation-in-madison-wi-18414 CHARITY REVIEWIssued: June 2016 Expires: September 2018 Freedom from Religion Foundation]</ref>}}
 
Although it has produced a written effectiveness assessment report in October 2015, the report did not include recommendations for future actions.<ref>[http://www.give.org/charity-reviews/national/law-and-public-interest/freedom-from-religion-foundation-in-madison-wi-18414 CHARITY REVIEWIssued: June 2016 Expires: September 2018 Freedom from Religion Foundation]</ref>}}
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== Demographic makeup of web visitors to the Freedom From Religion Foundation website: Majority of web visitors are men ==
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== Demographic makeup of web visitors to the Freedom From Religion Foundation website. Majority of web visitors are men ==
    
''See also:'' [[Demographic makeup of web visitors to the Freedom From Religion Foundation website]] and [[Atheist websites appear to receive significantly less traffic from women]]
 
''See also:'' [[Demographic makeup of web visitors to the Freedom From Religion Foundation website]] and [[Atheist websites appear to receive significantly less traffic from women]]
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''See also:'' [[Atheist lawsuits]]
 
''See also:'' [[Atheist lawsuits]]
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[[File:Atheist Dan Barker.jpg|thumbnail|left|175px|Dan Barker, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, says his group is opposed to the nativity scenes and other Christian symbols that appear on public spaces during the holiday season.<ref>[https://thehornnews.com/you-wont-believe-this-atheist-attack-on-christmas/ You won’t believe this atheist attack on Christmas], The Horn News]</ref> ]]
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[[File:Atheist Dan Barker.jpg|thumbnail|left|200px|Dan Barker, co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, says his group is opposed to the nativity scenes and other Christian symbols that appear on public spaces during the holiday season.<ref>[https://thehornnews.com/you-wont-believe-this-atheist-attack-on-christmas/ You won’t believe this atheist attack on Christmas], The Horn News]</ref> ]]
 
The [[War on Christmas]] refers specifically to the controversy surrounding the celebration or acknowledgment of the [[Christmas]] [[holiday]] in government, media, advertising and other [[atheist|secular]] environments.
 
The [[War on Christmas]] refers specifically to the controversy surrounding the celebration or acknowledgment of the [[Christmas]] [[holiday]] in government, media, advertising and other [[atheist|secular]] environments.
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