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FFRF Contests New Mexico "Faith Pod"
The Freedom From Religion Foundation's federal lawsuit challenging a 24/7 bible-based residential program" at the New Mexico Women's Correctional Facility in Grants, N.M., is being briefed for judgment by the court. Typical graphics from Life Principles curriculum used at the women's prison in Grants, N.M. More »
Supreme Court Accepts Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation
Right to Sue over White House's "Propaganda Vehicle for Religion" (MADISON, WIS.) The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation challenging the government preference for religion shown by the creation of the White House Office of Faith-based Initiatives. More »
State/Church Watchdog Groups Seeks Plaintiffs to Sue Over Dixie County Decalog
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog group, is looking for Dixie County residents willing to join a lawsuit challenging the placement of a 6-ton monument of the Ten Commandments on the steps of the Dixie County Courthouse last week.The Foundation, an More »
FFRF Solstice Message Returns to Wisconsin Capitol
Tis the Season More »
Action Alert
Help Keep Freethought Radio on the Air!(MADISON, WIS.) Freethought Radio, the only weekly freethought radio broadcast in the nation, has been airing on the local Air America affiliate in Madison, Wis., Progressive Talk The Mic 92.1, for more than half a year.That broadcast (which More »
"Single Faith" Federal Prison Programs Canceled after FFRF Files Suit
A Major Victory for FFRF!(MADISON, WIS.) In response to a legal challenge by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Federal Bureau of Prisons quietly canceled its plan to open at least five single faith" programs at federal penitentiaries.The Bureau in late May had suspended More »
IRS Needs to Enforce Prohibition Against Partisan Politicking by Churches
Cincinnati Campaign Signs at Church Reported More »
Ohio IRS Letter
Commissioner Mark W. EversonInternal Revenue Service1111 Constitution Ave NWWashington DC 20224Dear Mr. Everson:On behalf of a member of the public in Ohio, our national association working to keep state and church separate is notifying you of a serious infraction of the IRS codes by More »
29th National Convention of the Freedom From Religion Foundation
Oct. 6-8"Infidel Gala" Meeting in Irreverent San Francisco More »
"He Who Is Without Sin"
Faith Wars Doom Planet? More »
Shabaz Rules FFRF Lawsuit Against VA May Proceed
Major Lawsuit Challenges Pervasive Spirituality" in Health Care(MADISON, WIS.) Judge John C. Shabaz, U.S. District for the Western District of Wisconsin, ruled yesterday that a major lawsuit filed in April by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, challenging the pervasive integration of "spirituality" into health More »
She Leaves Legacy to Protect and Inspire
Vashti Cromwell McCollum, 93, In Memoriam1912-2006 More »
Congress Makes Monumental Mistake
A 29-Foot Lighted Cross Owned by the Defense Department Is What Theocracy Looks LikeStatement by the Freedom From Religion FoundationThe Senate voted unanimously on Tuesday to thwart the court-ordered removal of a huge cross from public land in San Diego, by approving a scheme More »
Hollow House Action on Pledge Reveals Enmity toward Unbelievers
Statement by the Freedom From Religion FoundationThe ludicrous vote by the House on Wednesday to protect the Pledge of Allegiance" from the purview of federal judges was all show, over one of those meaningless "gotcha" issues the Religious Right excels in promoting. In fact, More »
FFRF Blasts Doyle's "Faith Based Initiative" Office as Election-Year Pandering
State of Wisconsin to Open Faith-based Office"The national Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, which has taken the national lead in challenging Pres. Bush's "faith-based initiative," blasted Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle's surprise announcement today that he is joining Bush by outfitting a state faith-based office."We More »
"Fighting Words!"
Freethought Radio 2nd show available online More »
Irreverent News, Views, Music & Interview with Feminist Robin Morgan
Freethought Radio's Second Show Airs Saturday More »
FFRF Sues Federal Bureau of Prisons over Faith-based Prison Programs
FFRF v. Gonzales Filed in Federal Court in Major ChallengeFFRF Files Second Major Faith-based Challenge in a Week(MADISON, WIS.) In its ninth major lawsuit challenging the faith-based initiative," and its second new federal challenge in a week, the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a More »
White House Faith-based Office Challenge Headed to Supreme Court?
7th Circuit Panel Upholds FFRF Standing But . . . The 11-member panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Chicago voted 7-4 not to rehear the question of standing in the Freedom From Religion Foundation's federal lawsuit challenging creation of More »
FFRF Takes to the Airwaves!
Freethought Radio Debuts Saturday Morning in Madison, Wis. (Will be Podcast, too)Broadcasting should be broad-minded! More »
Basic Spiritual Assessment
Big Spring VA Medical Center Directions: Please answer the following questions by marking an 'X' in the space above the group of words that best describe you. 1. When talking to people- how often do you mention spiritual or religious things? [] very often [] often [] More »
Nonreligious Cold-Shouldered on Meet the Press Roundtable on Faith
Action AlertA rabbi, Muslim, nun, priest, evangelist: What's missing from this picture?Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press, introduced an Easter Sunday special edition: faith in America" examining religion and politics, on April 16. His six guests covered the religious gamut in America, but More »
FFRF Sues Veteran Affairs Department Over Religion
Pervasive Emphasis on Spirituality by VA Challenged(MADISON, WIS.) In its seventh major lawsuit challenging the "faith-based initiative," the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit yesterday in federal court, challenging the pervasive integration of "spirituality" into health care by the Department of Veteran Affairs.The More »
FFRF in the News & Action Alert
An FFRF complaint on behalf of parents with children in Brunswick County Schools (North Carolina) has resulted in a decision by the Board not to permit passive distribution" of Gideon bibles in elementary schools, as originally intended. However, the Board of Education is now More »
Isn't This What Theocracy Looks Like?
Prayer Breakfast Pandering and Unbridled Catholic PowerWe are going to lose our secular republic if runaway church politicking is not reined in soon.Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor, Foundation co-president:This morning President Bush shared the podium with various Roman Catholic officials at the "third annual More »
"Wake Up America" Ad Campaign Runs on National Air America
FFRF Takes Message to Combat Theocracy to the Air WavesThe Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national watchdog group whose members are atheists and agnostics working to keep church and state separate, is taking its Wake up America" message to national airwaves.Beginning today for three More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wis., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational charity, is the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics), and has been working since 1978 to keep religion and government separate.
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