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The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is an American non-profit organization based in Madison, Wisconsin with members from all 50 states. The largest national organization advocating for non-theists, FFRF promotes the separation of church and state and educates the public on matters relating to atheism, agnosticism, and nontheism. The FFRF publishes a newspaper, ''Freethought Today''. Since 2006, the Foundation has produced the ''Freethought Radio'' show. ==History== The FFRF was co-founded by Anne Nicol Gaylor and her daughter, Annie Laurie Gaylor, in 1976 and was incorporated nationally in 1978. The organization is supported by over 22,000 members and operates from an 1855-era building in Madison, Wisconsin, that once served as a church rectory. According to the 2011 IRS tax Form-990, FFRF spent just over $200,000 on legal fees and services and just under $1 million on education, outreach, publishing, broadcasting, and events. The allotment for legal fees is primarily used in cases supporting the separation of church and state that involve governmental entities. FFRF also has a paid staff of fourteen, including four full-time staff attorneys. Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-president of the FFRF, is the author of ''Women Without Superstition: No Gods - No Masters'' and the nonfiction book on clergy pedophilia scandals ''Betrayal of Trust: Clergy Abuse of Children'' (out of print) and editor of the anthology ''Woe to the Women''. She edited the FFRF newspaper ''Freethought Today'' until July, 2008. Her husband, Dan Barker, author of ''Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist'', ''Godless: How an Evangelical Preacher Became One of America’s Leading Atheists'', ''The Good Atheist: Living a Purpose-Filled Life Without God'' and ''Just Pretend: A Freethought Book for Children'', is a musician and songwriter, a former Pentecostal Christian minister, and co-president of FFRF. In March 2011, FFRF, along with the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, began The Clergy Project, a confidential on-line community that supports clergy as they leave their faith.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=The Clergy Project )〕 In 2012, it gave its first Freedom From Religion Foundation and Clergy Project "Hardship Grant" to Jerry DeWitt, a former pastor of 38 years who left the ministry to join the atheist movement. In June 2013 FFRF announced that, along with the Secular Student Alliance, it would work on educating students on their religious rights and would assist with rectifying violations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Freedom From Religion Foundation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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