Print “Year of our Lord” is a religious relic that has been mostly discarded. This anachronistic dating convention is reported to FFRF from time to time as a violation that …
Government Violations
How you can balance or protest holiday displays on public property
Print FFRF can help you to counteract devotional displays on governmental property. FFRF’s ultimate goal is to persuade governmental bodies to end public forums for religion in December, or any …
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Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)
Print 1. What is RFRA? The Religious Freedom Restoration Act is a law that allows religious people, businesses, and/or corporations to violate generally applicable laws by claiming that the laws …
Blasphemy
Print Blasphemy laws violate the First Amendment. They promote religion, specifically Christianity, over nonreligion in violation of the Establishment Clause. They prohibit speech in violation of the Free Speech Clause. …
What’s Wrong with the Ten Commandments?
Print Read FFRF nontract, What’s Wrong With the Ten Commandments. Critics of the Christian bible occasionally can score a point or two in discussion with the religious community by noting …
Is America A Christian Nation?
Print Buy this nontract online. FFRF nontracts may be read online for personal viewing and reference. They are copyrighted and belong to FFRF. All rights reserved. This material may not …
In God We (Don’t) Trust
Print For an overwhelming part of U.S. history, America’s motto was purely secular, “E Pluribus Unum” (From many [come] one). E Pluribus Unum was chosen by a committee of Jefferson, …
Religious Activities at Senior Centers
Print They make us listen to prayer before we eat lunch at public-funded senior centers. Help! An unfortunately common state/church violation concerns prayer imposed on a captive audience of senior …
Religious Tests for Public Office
Print Why do some states require a religious test for public office? Isn’t that unconstitutional? The Supreme Court ruled in 1961 that States cannot impose a religious test for public …