Road to Reason video now available

The video of my appearance on episode #73 of the Virginia-based public access television show Road to Reason is now available. Watch a video of my appearance representing the NEPA Freethought Society, included below, on the television show Road to Reason. I spoke about separation of church and state issues in Northeastern Pennylvania; the importance […]

FFRF banner and others enjoy extra display days

Wilkes-Barre City Administrator Marie McCormick promised the FFRF banner would hang for extra days, but so did other banners. I have been writing a good deal about the ‘Nothing Fails Like Prayer’ banner I, with help from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), displayed on Public Square in Wilkes-Barre in response to a National Day […]

FFRF sends letter to Scranton School District

The Freedom From Religion Foundation notified the Scranton School District that the district’s lease agreement with the Diocese of Scranton is illegal. In March of 2014, I offered my thoughts on a lease agreement the Scranton School District — a public school district in Pennsylvania — entered into with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton. […]

Right-to-know requests filed

I filed right-to-know requests following a discussion I had with Wilkes-Barre city officials concerning the unprominent placement of an FFRF banner.  5/12/14 update: Wilkes-Barre invoked a 30-day extension for response citing staff shortage as the primary reason. Earlier this week — following a recorded discussion I had with Wilkes-Barre City Administrator Marie McCormick and Special […]

Recorded discussion with Wilkes-Barre officials about FFRF banner

I recorded discussion with Wilkes-Barre officials in which I asked why my FFRF banner was unprominently hung on the reverse side of a scaffolding structure. On the morning of May 5, I entered the office of Thomas Leighton — mayor of Wilkes-Barre — within Wilkes-Barre’s city hall to inquire about the placement of a Freedom […]