THIS morning we salute a 20-year-old soldier who yesterday refused to bow his head during a benediction given at a graduation ceremony at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. But we deplore the fact that the soldier, for fear of repercussions, has felt the need to keep his identity hidden. Said Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military [...]
A WEEK or so ago I sent a link – by way of a thank you for all the help, support and hospitality they had given me since I arrived in Spain a year ago – to Dutch couple Marco and Ricardo who run Sensations bar in Benidorm. It was a YouTube link to I [...]
ONE person who’s cornflakes will taste like crap this morning – following the news yesterday that the Pentagon had repealed its controversial “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy regarding gays in the military – is Dr David Noebel. Until his recent retirement, “Doc” Noebel was head honcho at Summit Ministries, the Manitou Springs, Colorado-based institution founded [...]
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FOLLOWING a major setback earlier this year, a planned festival for non-believing service personnel at one of America’s biggest military bases has been given official clearance, and will take place next spring. Organisers planned to stage the Rock Beyond Belief event this year at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, but cancelled after saying Bragg leadership was [...]
AUTHORITIES at a jail in Karachi are claiming that Qamar David, 55, who was sentenced to life imprisonment last year for insulting the “prophet” Mohammed, died of a heart attack on Tuesday. But, according to this report, Â David’s lawyer, Aslam Chaudhry, said his client had been in good health and raised the possibility of murder. [...]
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FOLLOWING an evangelical Rock the Fort event at Fort Bragg last year – an event the military sponsored to the tune of over $50,000 – an atheist soldier, Sgt Justin Griffith, responded by organising  a Rock Beyond Belief event, scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 2. It was to feature speakers such as Richard [...]
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
