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Help Educate the Board of Aldermen in Pacific, Missouri
The Freedom From Religion Foundation objects to the Board of Aldermen opening its meetings with prayers, a practice that began in December 2009. The Foundation sent a letter to Mayor Herbert Adams of Pacific, Mo., on March 5. According to an article in the Washington… More »
Tell School District Cross Crosses the Line!
On behalf of an area resident who complained, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the Howard-Suamico School District near Green Bay, Wis., to remove a segment showing a Christian cross from a recent promotional video. The video, showcased on the district's Web site, is… More »
FFRF Objects to Prayer Proposal in Albany, New York
The Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote a letter yesterday objecting to a proposal introduced Monday by Common Council member Anton Konev, of Albany, N.Y., to replace a moment of silence at Council meetings with prayer. "Government prayer is unnecessary, inappropriate, and divisive," Foundation Co-President Annie… More »
Sign a Petition to Make Feb. 12 Darwin Day
The International Darwin Day Foundation has created a petition that will be sent to President Obama asking him to recognize Feb. 12 as Darwin Day. Many freethinkers celebrate the day each year, but it has never been officially recognized. Charles Darwin, born on that date… More »
Action Alert: Object to City Council’s Prayer Proposal and Offensive Remarks
The Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote a letter today condemning remarks by the mayor of Lancaster, Calif., R. Rex Parris, in his recent State of the City address, that he wants residents to help "grow a Christian community." He later told a reporter for NBC LA:… More »
Nothing Fails the Constitution Like a National Prayer Breakfast
The Freedom From Religion Foundation faxed a letter to the White House yesterday asking President Barack Obama to disassociate himself from the so-called annual "National Prayer Breakfast" taking place on Thursday, Feb. 4. The Foundation has federal court challenges of the National Day of Prayer… More »
Arizona Capitol Commandments Monumentally Bad Idea
A state/church watchdog is blasting what it calls "the monumentally bad idea" of Arizona State Rep. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa (with cosponsors Rep. Judy Burges, R-Skull Valley, Steve Court, R-Mesa, and Carl Seel, R-Phoenix) to plant a Ten Commandments monolith in front of the original 1898… More »
Action Alert: Protest Mother Teresa Stamp
The U.S. Postal Service announced with great fanfare in January that among the 2010 stamps it is releasing will be one honoring Mother Teresa. What's wrong with honoring this nun with a U.S. postage stamp? Plenty. Only about 25 new commemorative stamps a year are selected… More »
Object to U.S. Military Using Equipment Inscribed with Biblical Citations
U.S. Military policies prohibit the proselytizing of any religion and yet Marine and Army troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are forced to use high-powered rifle sights inscribed with biblical citations, such as 2 Corinthians 4:6, which reads, "For God, who commanded the light to shine… More »
Help Educate Indiana’s Governor
Indiana's Governor Mitch Daniels, a Presbyterian that believes the purpose of life is "to glorify God and enjoy Him forever," made inflammatory remarks about atheists in a late December 2009 interview with NewsChannel 15 in Fort Wayne, Ind. He claimed that "atheism leads to brutality," and that… More »
Help Educate a New Hampshire Public Official
In the Town of Wilton, N.H., nonbelievers, non-Christians and other residents were subjected to repetitious Christmas carols blaring out of the Town Hall Theatre clock tower, thanks to a 2-1 vote from Wilton's Board of Selectmen. One Town Selectman, Bill Condra, was quoted as saying:… More »
Consumer Action Alert: Non-Secular Tomatoes Sneak Into Freethinker’s Spaghetti Sauce!
A member contacted the Foundation to report that she accidentally polluted her special spaghetti sauce with a can of biblical tomatoes. California Healthy Harvest, a company based in Modesto, Calif., sells products with aesthetically-pleasing packaging and marketed as nutritionally-pleasing organic and natural ingredients. Yet beneath… More »
Put Children’s Lives Above Dogma
The Wisconsin State Journal reported this week that the University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School has offered to represent Dale or Leilani Neumann of Weston, Wis., who allowed their 11-year-old daughter, Madeline "Kara" Neumann, to die of untreated diabetes in March 2008.The Neumanns failed to provide their obviously… More »
Charleston Brouhaha Over FFRF’s Lighted Cross, Nativity Complaint
A Freedom From Religion Foundation complaint on behalf of the Foundation's South Carolina members about a Christian nativity scene and Latin cross at Charleston Fire Station No. 12 had the city in a tizzy. After a member notified FFRF that the station had put up… More »
Lompoc, Calif., Mayor Stands Up to Sectarian Prayers
December 14, 2009 Lompoc Mayor Mike Siminski (Calif.), during a City Council meeting on Nov. 17, interrupted an invocation by Pastor Rob Kee of the Riverview Church of God when the prayer veered into sectarian territory. As Rev. Kee said, "the only true God, as… More »
Naples City Councilman “Fed Up with Godless Heathens”
December 4, 2009 Naples City Councilman Bill Willkomm said in recent Naples Daily News article that he is "fed up with the godless heathens that are around." Willkomm expressed his disdain for nonbelievers and his satisfaction that the City Council voted to renew Celebration Beach… More »
Deceptive Minnesota-based Christian Group Seeks to Bring Christ to Public Schools
November 20, 2009 Parents of high school-aged children be warned: a controversial "Christian punk ministry," You Can Run But You Cannot Hide International, from Annandale, Minnesota, wants to evangelize your children, at school—and they might include some religion-fostered hate speech against gays while they are… More »
FFRF Demands End To District’s Discrimination Against Atheists
November 12, 2009 The Freedom From Religion Foundation, responding to complaints from concerned Indianapolis taxpayers, has sent a letter of strong objection to the Indianapolis Public School system for its policy of censorship of web content that promotes or provides information about "atheistic views." This policy, which also censors… More »
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