The Christian movie “Facing the Giants” won’t be shown to Medina Middle School’s seventh-graders in the future, FFRF has ensured. A parent of a student at the Dyer, Tenn., school …
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Legal Advocacy Victories
Unconstitutional tie-up in preschool ends (August 19, 2016)
An unconstitutional tie-up between a Wisconsin school district and a parochial preschool has been nixed following an FFRF complaint. In Beaver Dam Unified School District, 3-year-old public school students with …
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Lunchtime religious school group disbanded (August 16, 2016)
FFRF has gotten an outsider-led lunchtime religious group at an Illinois public school disbanded. School administrators at Harrisburg Middle School were allowing a Baptist minister to lead a religious session …
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FFRF gets religious group to pay fees (August 12, 2016)
FFRF has made certain that a Wisconsin religious organization will pay full rental fees at local public schools. Mission of Hope has held several events at public schools in Waupaca, …
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Softball coaches leave prayer circle (August 11, 2016)
After receiving a letter from FFRF last year, West Virginia’s Putnam County Schools has finally instructed softball coaches at Buffalo High School to stop praying with students. A photo from …
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FFRF stops school’s Christian music (August 9, 2016)
Students in the weight room at Tecumseh High School in Tecumseh, Mich., won’t be forced to listen to Christian music, thanks to FFRF. FFRF received a report from a local …
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Principal won’t pray with students (August 9, 2016)
Bakersfield High School Principal Connie Grumling will not pray with students in the future. Grumling had met with students to pray at the flagpole. FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel lodged …
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Teacher instructed to stop praying (August 8, 2016)
The Academy for Scholarship and Entrepreneurship in the Bronx, N.Y., will stop including teacher-led invocations in its graduation ceremonies. The decision was prompted by a July 14 letter from FFRF …
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Florida police prayer event canceled (August 2, 2016)
The Ocoee, Fla., Police Department will no longer host a “Prayers for Police” event after FFRF sent a letter of complaint. The department put on the event in May at …
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