The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to once again display the lighted “A” outside of its Freethought Hall offices in Madison, Wis.

FFRF puts up the structure every year in honor of the Winter Solstice season. The “A” is an emblem representing atheism and agnosticism, two groups that make up a significant portion of FFRF’s membership of nearly 42,000 individuals across the country.

A whopping 34 percent of Wisconsinites identify as religiously unaffiliated, higher than the national average. Of these, 14 percent call themselves atheists or agnostics. According to a painstaking county-by-county national survey, nearly 40 percent of Dane County residents have no religious affiliation.

The “A” sign is in addition to two Winter Solstice displays, one celebrating the Bill of Rights, the other celebrating nontheism, that FFRF puts up annually in the Wisconsin Capitol to counter various religious displays.

“We’re never afraid to make our presence known in our hometown of Madison,” says FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. “The lit ‘A’ stands as a reminder to the surrounding community that dissenters everywhere exist and should be celebrated.”

FFRF thanks Freethought Today Editor PJ Slinger and Graphic Artist Roger Daleiden for erecting the A. Photo credit goes to Staff Attorney Chris Line.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a national nonprofit organization with 42,000 members across the country, including 1,800 members and its national headquarters in Wisconsin. Our purposes are to protect the constitutional principle of separation between state and church, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism.

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