[3] They established non-religious cemeteries (at least 12 such cemeteries were established; the first in Šiauliai in 1923, others in Kaunas, Kupiškis, Plungė, Kretinga, Girkalnis, Žagarė),[4] lobbied for civil registration of births, deaths, and marriages (these events continued to be registered by religious institutions; the law on the civil registry was approved by the State Council, but it was not adopted), campaigned against compulsory religious education and submitted plans for non-religious schools (the customary religious education would be replaced by ethics, comparative religion, evolution, and eugenics).
[1][5] The society also organized lectures and cultural events, established reading rooms, published and distributed works promoting freethinking.
[2] The society and Laisvoji mintis sympathized with communism and Soviet Russia – the magazine often criticized Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco, but never Joseph Stalin.
[2] In 1946, Justas Paleckis, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian SSR, suggested reestablishing LEKD to promote state atheism.
The magazine devoted significant attention to science and printed many articles (often translated) focused on humanities, particularly history.
At the same time, it printed reports of current events and various local incidents attacking and mocking the Catholic Church.