The Freedom From Religion Foundation provided legal support to the Center for a Sustainable Coast and its local member in a that lawsuit challenged a land exchange and road construction …
Other Court Challenges
FFRF challenged Texas Judge’s Coercive Courtroom Prayer Practice (2022)
FFRF filed a lawsuit against Justice of the Peace Wayne Mack on May 29, 2019, due to his refusal to end the divisive practice of opening each of his court …
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FFRF sued Congress for invocation discrimination (2019)
On the 2016 National Day of Prayer, May 5, the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed suit against Congress for refusing to allow Co-President Dan Barker to deliver the House of …
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FFRF filed IRS challenge in D.C. court on behalf of Nonbelief Relief (2019)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed suit on behalf of Nonbelief Relief on October 10, 2018, in D.C. district court. This was a challenge to the preferential exemption of churches …
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FFRF Sued Kentucky Jail for Records Related to “Night of Prayer” (2019)
On October 6, 2017, FFRF requested records from Laurel County, Kentucky Jailer Jamie Mosley related to a “Night of Prayer” held at Laurel County Correctional Center (LCCC) on August 29, …
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FFRF challenged Catholic shrine on Big Mountain (2017)
FFRF filed suit in U.S. District Court in Montana, challenging the Forest Service’s decision to renew a special permit for a “shrine to our Lord Jesus Christ” on federal property …
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FFRF and members filed suit against Latin cross on Lehigh County seal (2016)
FFRF filed suit in August 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania over a Latin cross on the Lehigh County seal. Co-plaintiffs with FFRF were …
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Gaylor v. Mnuchin challenged IRS clergy housing privileges (2016)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation renewed its challenge against the IRS U.S.C. § 107 in a federal lawsuit filed on April 6, 2016, in the Western District of Wisconsin. The …
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FFRF sued the IRS for preferential treatment of churches (2014)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and its North Carolina chapter, Triangle Freethought Society, sued the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for giving religious groups preferential treatment. Under IRS regulations, all 501(c)3 …
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