Dan Barker
Losing Faith in Faith
Freedom From Religion Foundation
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March 15, 2008, socializing at 2:30PM presentation at 3:00PM
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) works for those who are free from religion and are committed to the cherished principle of separation of state and church. Incorporated in 1978 in Wisconsin, the FFRF is a national membership association of freethinkers, atheists, agnostics and skeptics of any pedigree, working to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism.
The Foundation recognizes that the United States was first among nations to adopt a secular Constitution. The founders who wrote the U.S. Constitution wanted citizens to be free to support the church of their choice, or no religion at all. Our Constitution was very purposefully written to be a godless document, whose only references to religion are exclusionary.
The Foundation acts on countless violations of separation of state and church, on behalf of members and the public, including: Prayers in public schools, payment of public funds for religious purposes, government funding of pervasively sectarian institutions, and the ongoing campaign against civil rights for women, gays and lesbians led by churches.
Dan Barker was PR Director of the Freedom From Religion Foundation from 1987 to 2004. He was elected co-president of the Foundation with his wife, Annie Laurie Gaylor, in 2004. He will talk about his journey from teenage evangelist, through 17 years in a touring musical ministry, to years of reading that caused him to outgrow his Christian faith; he declared his atheism in 1984. An accomplished musician, fluent in Spanish and other languages, Dan plays solo piano and in jazz combos.
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