West Virginia — The Green Brier County Schools system heeded FFRF’s advice and removed an outside religious group after a reported baptism ceremony took place on school grounds. A district …
The Freedom From Religion Foundation Legal Archives includes documentation of more than 40 years of FFRF’s significant legal challenges and work. FFRF ends many entanglements between religion and government, defends the Establishment Clause and free speech rights of nonbelievers and otherwise strives to uphold the godless provisions of the entirely secular U.S. Constitution.
FFRF seeks to end violations through education and persuasion, in a typical year ending over 200 entanglements through legal complaint letters alone. FFRF goes to court as necessary when educational efforts fail. FFRF has brought well over 80 lawsuits and counting, winning many noteworthy victories for the constitutional principle of separation between state and church.
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A school board of education in Utah no longer engages in invocations at meetings (March 2025)
Utah — FFRF’s persistence paid off in the Canyons School District after a violation that occurred in 2023 was finally confirmed to be corrected. A district community member reported that, …
FFRF’s advocacy for state/church separation helped to keep the Van Independent School District in line with the Constitution (March 2025)
Texas — FFRF’s advocacy for state/church separation helped to keep the Van Independent School District in line with the Constitution after the district promoted a religious worship event publicly. A …
FFRF’s work in Texas ensured that students would not be coerced into prayer by outside adults or school staff in Texas (March 2025)
Texas FFRF’s work in Texas ensured that students would not be coerced into prayer by outside adults or school staff at the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District. FFRF learned that …
The Maryville City Schools in Tennessee will no longer send the school choir to perform at National Day of Prayer events (March 2025)
Tennessee The Maryville City Schools in Tennessee will no longer send the school choir to perform at National Day of Prayer events after FFRF informed the district of the surrounding …
FFRF fought back against three First Amendment violations in South Carolina (March 2025)
South Carolina — FFRF fought back against three First Amendment violations at the Anderson School District 3 in Iva, S.C. A district parent reported that the board was opening meetings …
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The Oregon Department of Corrections agreed to keep the Snake River Correctional Institute Veterans Association meetings secular (March 2025)
Oklahoma The Oregon Department of Corrections agreed to keep the Snake River Correctional Institute Veterans Association meetings secular, thanks to FFRF’s advice that it must adhere to the Constitution. An …
FFRF worked to put a stop to multiple violations of students’ First Amendment rights in Oklahoma (March 2025)
Oklahoma — FFRF worked to put a stop to multiple violations of students’ First Amendment rights in the Achille Public Schools district. A district parent reported that the district implemented …
FFRF put a stop to a Sapulpa Public Schools system bible study being led by an elementary school teacher (March 2025)
Oklahoma — FFRF put a stop to a Sapulpa Public Schools system bible study being led by an elementary school teacher. At the end of 2023, a Freedom Elementary School …
