Author Archive: Tom Cara
Tom, who has been a life member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation since 2010, began coordinating efforts for a Chicago area chapter of FFRF in April, 2012. He is a declared atheist whose religious skepticism began during his high school years in the mid-1970's. He is married with two grown children and has worked professionally as an advertising media planner/buyer since 1985 in both the consumer and business-to-business markets. Additionally, Tom has been active with several non-profit organizations/groups, including the Park Ridge Healthy Community Partnership, the Maine (Township, IL) Community Youth Assistance Foundation (MCYAF), as well as working with the “Teens Against Tobacco Use” program of the American Lung Association.
FFRF and the FFRFMCC Launch “Out-of-the-Closet” Billboard Campaign in Chicago!
Local freethinkers from the Chicago area are now being featured in a billboard campaign encouraging other non-theists to more open about their non-belief, and those of moderate religious faith to […]
Atheist Churches? A Good Idea–But a Better Name Might be in Order
Submitted by: Tom Cara, President, FFRF Metropolitan Chicago Chapter Copyright: October 8, 2014 The first time I heard the words “Atheist church,” my first reaction was: “Ugh! Why would any […]
FFRFMCC Non-Theist Holiday Displays Erected Again in the Chicago Area!
Once again this year, the non-religious have a voice in the Chicago area countering the religious symbolism widely present on public property during the month of December. On Monday, November […]
Parsonage Exemption Ruling Now Under Appeal
In one of three FFRF lawsuits against the IRS challenging religious preferential treatment by the federal government, U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb ruled on November 22nd, 2013 that the 1954 […]
SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Sectarian Prayers in Government Meetings
In a 5-4 decision divided between conservative and liberal justices, the U.S Supreme Court ruled in the case of the Town of Greece, NY vs. Galloway that content is not […]
SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Corporate Citizenship AND Religious Exceptionalism in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
On June 20th, 2014, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that closely held for-profit corporations have a “religious conscience” and can actually claim exemption from a law they […]
FFRF To Run TV Ad With Ron Reagan!
Coming off the heals of two recent disappointing Supreme Court decisions giving preferential treatment to religion by our government, Ron Reagan, atheist and Honorary Board member of the Freedom From […]
A Discussion of Scripture
Submitted by: Rich Pope Member, Freedom From Religion Foundation Metropolitan Chicago Chapter (On) 6/25/14, I shared on FB a post by John Loftus, a former minister and now and […]
In Hobby Lobby We Don’t Trust!
During the July 4th holiday, the Christian retail chain Hobby Lobby purchased full page ads in newspapers across the country featuring “In God We Trust” in large, bold letters surrounded […]
FFRF and North Carolina Chapter given “green light” from federal judge to proceed with IRS Form 990 lawsuit
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, along with fellow plaintiff The Triangle Freethought Society of North Carolina, were awarded standing on Aug. 22, 2013 by a U.S. District Judge from Wisconsin […]
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