"What the many types of freethinkers shared, regardless of their views on the existence or nonexistence of a divinity,…"

"Notions of the depravity of human reason, Allen argued, were cherished by priests because, if ordinary human beings w…"

"The twenties also marked the end of the freethought movement as a distinct intellectual force in American life….Freet…"

"Dictatorial regimes recognized evidence-based freethought as an enemy."

"The Constitution is a secularist document because of what it says and what it does not say. The first of the explicit…"

"The second explicit secularist constitutional provision is of course the First Amendment to the bill of rights."

"Although there were numerous attempts by state ratifying conventions to amend the Constitution, and subvert the inten…"

"Throughout their presidencies, Jefferson and his successor, Madison, never ceased to uphold the separation of church …"

"The Civil War, like most wars, was a bad time for religious skeptics."

"As always, war had lowered the level of American tolerance for any kind of dissent."