News Release Archive
FFRF Files Suit Against Green Bay Creche
Dec. 26, 2007 (Madison, Wis.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog, filed a federal lawsuit today challenging the unlawful display of a manger scene at the entrance of city hall in Green Bay, Wis. ...
House Resolution Recognizing the Importance of Christmas and the Christian Faith Crosses the Line
Dec. 14, 2007 The vote by the House of Representatives on Dec. 11, 2007, to approve H. Res. 847, "Recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith," was both a meaningless exercise in pandering, and a meaningful gauge of how quickly politicians still roll over and play dead when confronted with a religious "gotcha" issue ...
Romney's Pandering Speech
Dec. 7, 2007 We've read John F. Kennedy's 1960 address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, and have to say, Mitt Romney, you're no JFK ...
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Debuts in Chambersburg, Penn.
Dec. 5, 2007 A local member of the Madison, Wis.-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, which is the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics), has sponsored a first-of-its-kind billboard in Pennsylvania ...
FFRF Solstice Message Returns to Wisconsin Capitol for 12th Year!
December 3, 2007 'Tis the season . . . for the Freedom From Religion Foundation's gilt "Winter Solstice" message, which returns for its 12th visit to the first-floor rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol for the month of December ...
Enjoy Golden Compass Rumpus!
Nov. 30, 2007 No children's movie could ask for better advance publicity than a boycott called by the Catholic League! ...
Newdow, FFRF Launch New Challenge of "Under God" in Pledge
Nov. 21, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation has joined Michael Newdow in launching a new challenge of the religious phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance ...
"Imagine No Religion" Billboard Debuts in Atlanta Area Nov. 25!
Nov. 21, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which is the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics) and has many members in Georgia, is unveiling a new nontheistic billboard in the Atlanta area later this month. ...
FFRF Offers Book Sale in the Mail!
Nov. 16, 2007 Many like-new, one-of-a-kind, and lightly-used books on freethought and religion are now available for purchase from the Freedom From Religion Foundation ...
FFRF Chides Gov. Perdue for Hosting Prayer Service to Pray for Rain
Nov. 12, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation's largest association of atheists and agnostics, has endorsed and publicized the Atlanta Freethought Society's counter-protest of Gov. Sonny Perdue's religious service to pray for rain, taking place on Tues., Nov. 13, at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. ...
FFRF 07 Convention Webcast Available Now!
November 9, 2007 Speeches from the Freedom From Religion Foundation's 30th annual convention, which took place at the Monona Terrace convention center in Madison, Wis. on Oct. 12-14, 2007, can be watched or heard online at ...
Newdow, FFRF Launch "Under God" Challenge in New Hampshire Pledge of Allegiance Case
November 1, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation has joined Michael Newdow in launching a new challenge of the religious phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance ...
Cherry Creek Schools Unlawfully Urge Churchgoing
October 19, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation's largest association of atheists and agnostics, is suing the Cherry Creek School District in Denver, Colo., for urging that children spend an hour a week at a religious institution ...
Freethought Radio Goes National!
October 3, 2007 "Hello all you godless infidels, out-of-the-closet atheists and happy heathens!" That line will greet listeners Saturday to the nation's first-ever national broadcast of a freethought radio program ...
Nontheist Billboard Goes Up Tuesday!
October 1, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which is the nation's largest association of atheists and agnostics, is unveiling what is believed to be one of the first nontheistic billboards on Tuesday, Oct. 2 in Madison, Wis. ...
Legal Victory for FFRF--Indiana Drops Chaplain Post
September 28, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a state/church watchdog, has ended a major First Amendment violation in Indiana this week ...
FFRF Objection to Religion at Attorney General's Sept. 25 Remembrance Ceremony Results in Change
September 21, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which had contacted Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen this week about too much religion at an upcoming Department of Justice ceremony, has been informed that the program will be revised ...
Watchdog Group Calls on State to Keep Ceremony Secular
September 18, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation has contacted Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen following complaints about religion permeating the schedule of the upcoming first National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims commemoration, to gather at the Capitol rotunda on Sept. 25 ...
Jesus Flyer Calls for School District Policy Change, FFRF Charges
September 18, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the Madison Metropolitan School District to alter its laissez-fair take-home flyer policy, following complaints about a religion-drenched flyer sent home on behalf of a church in the backpacks of elementary-aged schoolchildren ...
FFRF Awards $4,900 in Scholarships to College-Bound High School Seniors
August 28, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of its 2007 essay competition for college-bound high school seniors ...
Imperial Presidency Can Now Promote Religion
June 28, 2007 Statement from the Freedom From Religion Foundation: Fasten your seat belts, kids. The stacked Supreme Court is careening to the right, and taking our Constitution along for a very bumpy rid ...
Executive Actions to Promote Religion Ruled Beyond Court Scrutiny
June 25, 2007 The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 decision today in Hein v. FFRF granting the executive branch the freedom to violate the separation of church and state without court review spells "imperial presidency," charges the Freedom From Religion Foundation ...
Challenges North Dakota's Subsidy of Christian Juvenile "Ranch"
June 19, 2007 The 10,000-member Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog group, today filed a federal lawsuit in North Dakota challenging state and county subsidy of avowedly Christian juvenile detention facilities ...
Protest Public University Plans to Install Football Chaplain
June 14, 2007 The Des Moines Register ("Controversial chaplain plan still in the works," June 13, 2007) reports on plans to make a chaplain available to Cyclone football players at Iowa State University ...
Gather for Freethought & Independence Day at Lake Hypatia June 30-July 2, 2007
June 14, 2007 Sign up now to attend the Alabama Freethought Association's relaxing "Glorious July 4th" celebration at Lake Hypatia, Ala., taking place on the 3-day weekend of June 30-July 2 ...
Presidential Faith Forum a Religious Test for Public Office
June 8, 2007 The implications of CNN-TV's recent presidential forum on "faith and values," ("The Situation Room," June 4, 2007) are deeply dismaying. If this is a sign of the media's pandering to come, the secular values of our nation are in worse trouble than we thought ...
Watchdog Group Sues Indiana over FSS Chaplaincy
May 2, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog group, has filed a faith-based challenge today in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Indiana, challenging the creation of a chaplaincy for the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) ...
National Day of Prayer Dishonors Our Secular Constitution
May 1, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the largest national association of atheists and agnostics, which reached 10,000 members last month, says public officials should not issue proclamations of prayer or direct citizens to worship ...
Supreme Court Faith-based Case Briefed; Oral Arguments Feb. 28
February 2, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation today filed its brief in Hein v. the Freedom From Religion Foundation before the U.S. Supreme Court, which will hold oral arguments on Feb. 28 ...
Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic Submits Merits Brief in Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation Case
February 2, 2007 The Yale Law School Supreme Court Clinic news release about its role in filing the Freedom From Religion Foundation's brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in Hein v. FFRF, about the right of taxpayers to challenge the White House Office of Faith-based Initiatives ...
FFRF to Appeal Veteran Affairs Religion Ruling
January 10, 2007 The Freedom From Religion Foundation will appeal this week's unfavorable ruling by a federal district judge, approving the pervasive integration of religion and spirituality into all aspects of taxpayer-supported healthcare for veterans ...