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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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is supporting the Arrowhead Union High School District for upholding the First Amendment by declining to include religious or political messages in its official graduation …
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Photo by Arpit Rastogi on Unsplash The Freedom From Religion Foundation has persuaded the West Chester Area School District, located in Exton, Pa., to stop a teacher from leading a religious club and pressuring …
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Missouri — After hearing from FFRF, a bus driver in the Sainte Genevieve R-11 School District in Missouri will no longer play religious music while students are being driven to …
Maryland — FFRF’s efforts persuaded Maryland’s Calvert County Public Schools to remove a box for religious prayers from one of its schools. A community member informed FFRF that Patuxent High …
Minnesota — The Waseca Public Schools system in Minnesota will ensure that future district choir performances will not include religious content, thanks to FFRF fighting for a secular family of …
Louisiana — The Caddo Parish Public Schools in Louisiana agreed to cease allowing an outside religious group to distribute bibles to students, as well as no longer having school staff …
Iowa — FFRF persuaded the Iowa High School Athletic Association to revise the criteria student-athletes need to win the state’s highest school honor. A concerned Iowa parent reported that the …
Indiana — The Mooresville Schools District has agreed to put a stop to a religiously motivated study program after FFRF brought its unconstitutional nature to the district’s attention. A member …
Illinois — FFRF has ensured that the Lisbon Community Consolidated School District 90 in Illinois will not permit official graduation prayers at a middle school from now on. FFRF learned …
