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Newdow, FFRF & Coalition Sue to Halt Inaugural Prayers
Also Asks Roberts to Drop God," Stick to Constitutional OathThe Freedom From Religion Foundation, its co-presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor and several of its members are among the 29 co-plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit, Newdow v. Roberts, filed today by attorney Michael More »
"Beware of Dogma" Billboard Message Comes to Little Rock
Counters Capitol Creche Violation Members of the the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Fayetteville Freethinkers and the Freethinkers of Central Arkansas gathered on Sunday Dec. 21 in front of the billboard for their HumanLight /Winter Solstice celebration. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the largest national association More »
"Beware of Dogma" Billboard Message Comes to Little Rock
Counters Capitol Creche Violation Members of the the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Fayetteville Freethinkers and the Freethinkers of Central Arkansas gathered on Sunday Dec. 21 in front of the billboard for their HumanLight /Winter Solstice celebration. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the largest national association More »
FFRF Urges Obama Not Only to Drop Warren, But All Prayer, From Inauguration
Action Alert! Urge Obama to Keep Inaugural Secular!Action Alert! Write: The Honorable Barack Obama, President-Elect c/o Presidential Inaugural Committee 2009 Washington DC 20599Fill out email form:http://change.gov/page/content/contact/ Letters to the EditorAfter being heaped More »
FFRF Sues County of Manitowoc
Over Catholic Creche Erected Yearly Since 1946 on Courthouse GroundsThe Freedom From Religion Foundation is taking the County of Manitowoc, Wis., to court over its provocative and divisive" prominent display every December since 1946 of a nativity scene bearing the words "Glory to God More »
Unfazed by Theft, FFRF Returns Winter Solstice Sign to Illinois Capitol in Springfield
Sign Stolen, But Replaced More »
FFRF Exposes Twice-Daily, Mandatory Christian Prayer Imposed by Military Chaplains at Iraq Command
Prayers Stop at Iraq Base Last Week but No Word from GatesThe Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison, Wis.-based national state/church watchdog, has been waiting a month for a reply to its More »
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Visits Canton, Ohio This Month!
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics) with 13,000 members and more than 300 in Ohio, is taking its irreverent billboard campaign to Canton, Ohio this month. As part of a campaign to take freethought to the "unmassed More »
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard to Go Up in San Antonio
In Honor of Catherine Fahringer Some members of the Foundation and Freethinkers Association of Central Texas. "Local friends of Catherine Fahringer are grateful to the Foundation for funding this display," wrote FACT president Nick Lee. The billboard was erected in honor of Catherine, just before More »
Freethought Group Places Winter Solstice Sign in Illinois Capitol in Springfield
To Protest Manger Scene at Capitol More »
FFRF Solstice Message Returns to Wisconsin Capitol for 13th Year!
And a Jaunty “Reason's Greetings” Billboard Goes Up in Near Eastside More »
FFRF Sues City of Rancho Cucamonga over Censorship of "Imagine No Religion" Billboard
Asks for Punitive Damages The national Freedom From Religion Foundation is filing a lawsuit today in federal court against the City of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., for taking actions which led to the censorship of its "Imagine No Religion" billboard on Archibald and Foothill Blvd, Route More »
Freethinking Winter Solstice Sign & BillboardTo go up in Olympia!
Tis the season . . . to bring some freethinking cheer to Olympia! The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a state/church watchdog and the nation's largest association of atheists and agnostics, is making its mark on Olympia in December. In addition to erecting a jaunty "Reason's Greetings" More »
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Comes Down in Cucamonga
Censored! FFRF Billboard Removed by Outdoor Company More »
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Comes to California for the First Time
Posted in Rancho Cucamonga The Freedom From Religion Foundation's national campaign to place nonreligious, irreverent billboards has come to California for the first time. The billboard just went up on Archibald Street, facing north, in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The colorful billboard carries the Freedom From More »
FFRF Sues Colorado Governor Over Prayer Proclamations
FFRF’s Second Challenge of National Day of Prayer(MADISON, WIS.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with the help of Denver-area members and plaintiffs, is suing Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter Jr., for showing governmental preference for religion in issuing National Day of Prayer proclamations in tandem More »
Watchdog Pursues Electioneering Violations by Priest, Catholic Group in Colorado
FFRF Urges FEC to InvestigateThe national Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a More »
Atheists/Agnostics Post "Imagine No Religion" Billboard in Colorado Springs
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the largest national association of atheists and agnostics, is taking its billboard campaign to 6737 North Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs, for the next month, asking passers-by to "Imagine No Religion." The artwork employs a stained-glass window motif. The Foundation, a More »
Watchdog Group Exposes Catholic Election Abuse in Colorado
Unholy PolitickingThe national Freedom From Religion Foundation, which has a chapter in Colorado Springs, is exposing an election abuse reported today by a member of the public from Franktown, Colo.In a More »
Does the Religious Right Know No Shame?
The misleadingly-named Liberty Counsel apparently knows no shame. It brazenly put out a news release on Oct. 15 with a totally false headline, "Nativity scene allowed on public property," claiming: "The city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, has won a legal victory over an anti-religion group." That More »
Chicago Here FFRF Comes!
The 31st national convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation will meet on the weekend of Oct. 10-12, 2008, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 E. Wacker Dr.The FFRF event begins Friday night, continues all day Saturday, and concludes by noon following the Sunday More »
Judge Declares "Real-Life Victory" for FFRF and Plaintiffs in Green Bay Nativity Scene Case
Yesterday a U.S. District judge, declaring that the Foundation and its Green Bay plaintiffs have already won," have a "concrete victory" and a "real-life victory," declared moot FFRF's lawsuit against a manger scene atop Green Bay City Hall.Today, Green Bay Mayor Jim Schmitt indicated, More »
"Keep Religion OUT of Politics" Message Comes to Des Moines
Timely Admonition by State/Church Watchdog The national Freedom From Religion Foundation, with the help of its Iowa members and Iowa Atheists and Freethinkers, is placing a timely message--“Keep Religion OUT of Politics”--that will be up until election day in Des Moines, Iowa. The billboard is More »
“Keep Religion OUT of Politics” Message Comes to Des Moines
Timely Admonition by State/Church Watchdog More »
FFRF Sues Bush, Shirley Dobson and Gov. Doyle over National Day of Prayer Proclamations
Prayer Law Violates Constitution; Complaint Cites 50 Governor Proclamations (c) Don Addis. All rights reserved. (MADISON, WIS.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog, filed a federal lawsuit today broadly challenging the federal law designating a National Day of Prayer and requiring a National More »
Church Politicking Is Uncivil Disobedience
Statement by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor Freedom From Religion Foundation Co-Presidents A well-heeled extremist legal outfit is calling on priests and pastors throughout the nation to defy IRS regulations by using their tax-exempt pulpits this Sunday, Sept. 28, to endorse candidates in the presidential More »
Cherry Creek School Violation Linked to Lutheran Brotherhood
Round Two: FFRF Amends Legal Complaint A federal judge’s decision on Sept. 8 to throw out the Foundation’s lawsuit challenging endorsement of religion by the Cherry Creek School District in Denver did not keep the Foundation down for long. Foundation attorney Robert R. Tiernan, More »
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