The FFRF is suing (what else?) to have the motto "In God We Trust" removed from American Currency.
The FFRF is desperate to establish the Atheistic (aka secularist) worldview as the official worldview of the USA. Presumably that would include the concept of a flexible constitiution, except for those priciples which they actually care about, which are strictly interpreted, even falsely restrictive.
The FFRF has previously sued to stop the teaching of the principles of positive character, and has pursued smaller civil governments regarding their city logos, even their names (Santa ..., for example). They have used the excuse that even seeing religious-esque things gives them heartburn and gas, such as the I-beams at the World Trade Center which were reduced to a cross shape. These are the American Tolerati, who wet themselves at the thought that anyone would have a worldview different from theirs.
The AtheoSecularists have done such a wonderful job at providing a morally disciplined culture with highly educated citizens so far, one wonders what will be left of it, if anything, when they are finally done scrubbing all vestiges of actual moral principles from all public venues, including producing their demand for an amoral government (already in place) and generations of amoral, maleducated, low information citizens (also already in place).
The future is in their hands.
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The FFRF is small potatoes, as is the atheist movement in general. They are a negligible fraction of the population. The internet gives them the illusion of power, but it is just that - an illusion.
Their own spiritual corruption (the worship of the Void, or at best the Self) ensures that whatever excellent resources they bring to the fight will be squandered by cynical, arrogant con men who are, as they were in ages past, more than happy to fleece the gullible faithful.
To bring suit against the government in this manner is simply going to ensure several lawyers will be able to put their kids through college. It is certainly "re-distribution of the wealth", but not in the manner that the AtheoLeft envisions.
I wonder if AtheoLeftists ever, in the cold hours of the morning, understand just how irrelevant they have become? They are the tip of a spear thrown a long time ago. One suspects that if they stopped posting their nonsense on the internet for five minutes, the FFRF would simply cease to exist.
The same cannot be said of any of the world's major religious faiths.
You would think the garden-variety atheist would look at that phenomenon and admit the possibility that something does exist that fills the bill of 'Creator'.
Can they really dismiss the opinion of nearly all humanity down through the ages, give it no weight at all, and not burst out into laughter at their own presumption? They do it to the 'religious set' all the time.
The laughter, like this frivolous lawsuit, seems more and more forced as time goes by.
DO they not even care that this is a Christian Nation and so our government must be Christian?
Ah, yes, the Gaylors. I remember them well from my student days at the UW-Madison. My very first encounter with Ms. Gaylor came at a student activities day in the Great Hall at the Memorial Union. FFR had a booth, so I wandered over and casually picked up a pamphlet. It listed all FFR's "accomplishments" -- challenging this, challenging that. So I asked Ms. Gaylor, "So what actual successes have you had?"
The question gave me away. Two minutes or so into her hate-filled diatribe, I glanced at my watch. I counted off another six minutes before her venomous anti-religious tirade finally wound down, concluding with, "Now go away. I'm tired of answering your questions."
A couple of years later, I sat in on a meeting between the university chancellor and Annie Laurie Gaylor, daughter and heir apparent of the elder Ms. Gaylor. FFR was challenging the religious preferences question on student enrollment forms, in which students could, if they so chose, check their preferred religion or religious denomination, and the information provided would be made available to campus student ministries.
Near the end of the meeting the chancellor announced that the religious preferences question would be expanded to included all campus "help groups", with organizations such as Al-Anon being added to the options.
Not unexpectedly, this did not appease the younger Ms. Gaylor, who let loose with a profanity-laced tirade that included personal attacks on the chancellor, who was sitting right next to her.
Anyone who thinks atheists are emotionally stable has never met the Gaylors.
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