A nationally-watched Wisconsin law to create a state coordinator to “assist” clergy to develop “community-wide standards of marriage” was ruled unconstitutional in a firm decision issued on May 25, 2000, …
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s two-and-a-half year court battle over a shrine to Jesus in a public park in Wisconsin concluded in November 2000 with the erection of a 4-foot, …
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Roger Cleveland and the Alabama Freethought Association, a Foundation chapter, sued to remove crosses and preference for Christian use at Alabama state parks in 1992. In 1993, the Alabama State …
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The United States District Court in Denver in 1998 approved a settlement in Wells v. Lochhead, a lawsuit challenging a shrine built to commemorate the Mass said by Pope John …
U.S. District Judge John Shabaz ruled on Feb. 24, 1996, that Wisconsin’s Good Friday legal holiday is unconstitutional. The holiday violated the First Amendment by favoring Christianity over other religions …
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In November 1993, the Freedom From Religion Foundation Denver chapter, with the national organization, successfully went to court to enjoin the Denver mayor’s office from cosponsoring a National Day of …
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In September 1984, the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a federal lawsuit seeking removal of a religious question from mandatory registration forms at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The names and …
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FFRF’s very first lawsuit, challenging the use of a religious cancellation by the Post Office in Madison, Wisconsin, successfully ended the violation in November 1977. The federal lawsuit set national …
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