Alternative Press Release

On Wednesday, March 26, in theatres across the country, interested citizens will gather to learn about the threats to church-state separation and to demand that presidential hopefuls and candidates for other offices answer questions about key issues dealing with individual freedom.Americans who have fought for individual freedom will tell their stories during the 90-minute simulcast event.

Bryan and Christy Rehm (who fought creationism in Dover, Pa. science classes), Matthew LaClair (a New Jersey high school student who exposed religious indoctrination at his school), Roberta Stewart (an Afghanistan War widow who fought for equal rights for Wiccan veterans), Dr. Susan Wicklund (who wears a bullet-proof vest to provide reproductive services in underserved areas), the Rev. Madison Shockley (pastor and reproductive rights advocate), David and Ryan Antoon (who oppose fundamentalist proselytism at U.S. military academies), Melinda “Lindy” Maddox (who successfully sued Alabama “Ten Commandments” Judge Roy Moore), and Susan Jacoby (author of The Age of American Unreason).

First Freedom First was launched in 2006 to mobilize Americans from all walks of life in defense of church-state separation. Recently, FFF ran television ads in several presidential primary states urging citizens to ask the candidates to elaborate on their understanding of religious liberty. A list of 10 great questions to ask candidates will be featured during the program.

For more information about First Freedom First, and the simulcast event: www.firstfreedomfirst.org