Annie Laurie Gaylor

Annie Laurie Gaylor

Annie Laurie Gaylor (born in Tomah, Wisconsin on 2 November 1955) is co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and, with her husband Dan Barker, is the current co-president. She is also editor of the organization's newspaper, "Freethought Today", which is published ten times per year. She is the author of several books, including "Woe to the Women: The Bible Tells Me So", "Betrayal of Trust: Clergy Abuse of Children", and "Women Without Superstition: "No Gods — No Masters." She is a 1980 graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism.

Gaylor and her mother, Anne Nicol Gaylor, and the late John Sontarck, founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation in a meeting around the Gaylors' dining room table in 1978.cite news | url=http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/wsj/2007/02/25/0702240507.php | title=The Atheists' Calling | publisher=Wisconsin State Journal |date= February 25, 2007| first= | last= | accessdate =2007-09-27] She met Barker at an Oprah Winfrey show in 1984. They began dating six months later and married in 1987. Gaylor said that they were "kindred non-spirits".

Gaylor co-hosts a one hour weekly radio show with Barker. Freethought Radio was launched on 2007-10-06 [cite web
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References

Books by Gaylor

* Gaylor, Annie Laurie (1981). "Woe to the women, the Bible tells me so: The Bible, female sexuality & the law". Freedom From Religion Foundation. ISBN 1877733024.
* Gaylor, Annie Laurie (1986). "It can't happen here?". Complimentary Copy Press. ASIN B0007259PM.
* Gaylor, Annie Laurie (1987). "Two reviews: Encyclopedia of unbelief". Complimentary Copy Press. ASIN B000729OJY.
* Gaylor, Annie Laurie (1988). "Betrayal of trust: Clergy abuse of children". Freedom From Religion Foundation. ASIN B0006ER83W.
* Gaylor, Annie Laurie (Editor) (1997). "Women Without Supersitition: "No Gods--No Masters". Freedom From Religion Foundation. ASIN B000V8LIOS.

External links

* [http://ffrf.org/about/bio_alg.php Freedom From Religion Foundation Biography] .


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