Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Annie Laurie Gaylor

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author Annie Laurie Gaylor.
Last updated on April 21, 2025.
Annie Laurie Gaylor

Annie Laurie Gaylor is an American atheist, secular and women's rights activist and a co-founder of โ€“ and, with her husband Dan Barker, a current co-president of โ€“ the Freedom From Religion Foundation. She was also the editor of the organization's newspaper, Freethought Today until 2015. Gaylor is the author of several books, including Woe to the Women: The Bible Tells Me So, Betrayal of Trust: Clergy Abuse of Children and, as editor, Women Without Superstition: No Gods โ€“ No Masters.

It's so simple: Right to marriage is a civil right, which like all civil rights should not depend on what state you happen to live in.
Let's forget about the mythical Jesus and look for encouragement, solace and inspiration from real women... Two thousand years of patriarchal rule under the shadow of the cross ought to be enough to turn women toward the feminist 'salvation' of this world
Religion's greatest "sin" lies in displacing human endeavor, thought, time, resources and efforts from this world, our only world, in order to exalt a highly unlikely, unknowable, unseeable, unprovable and unbelievable pretend afterworld. The only afterlife that ought to concern us is leaving our descendants (along with the other animals and life we share our planet with) a secure and pleasant future.
Organized religion always has been and remains the greatest enemy of women's rights. . . .
Our cemeteries are full of people who prayed to live.
The word 'religion' takes on a sinister cast when one examines its root, religare, meaning 'to bind,' which in turn means 'to hold, to make prisoner, to restrain. โ€” ยฉ Annie Laurie Gaylor
The word 'religion' takes on a sinister cast when one examines its root, religare, meaning 'to bind,' which in turn means 'to hold, to make prisoner, to restrain.
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