Legal Advocacy Victories

Florida — FFRF successfully urged the Okeechobee County (Fla.) School Board to put an end to multiple First Amendment violations. FFRF received a report that Okeechobee High School has included …

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Florida — FFRF worked with the Escambia County Public Schools in Pensacola, Fla., to ensure that religious guest speakers would not be allowed to promote their viewpoint to captive audiences …

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Florida — The Hardee County (Fla.) School system agreed not to include prayer in graduation ceremonies thanks to FFRF’s work defending students’ First Amendment rights. FFRF learned that Hardee Senior …

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Colorado — The Douglas County School District RE-1 in Castle Rock, Colo., recently apologized after allowing a Christian organization to read a religious children’s book to elementary school students. A …

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Arkansas — FFRF ensured that students in the Nenana City School system in Arkansas would not be punished for exercising their freedom of speech by choosing not to stand for …

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Tennessee — FFRF notified the Smith County School System that Fellowship of Christian Athletes clubs cannot genuinely be run by elementary school students. FFRF learned that Gordonsville Elementary School and …

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Tennessee — FFRF received a report that the Richland High School softball program and the Giles County High School soccer, basketball, baseball and softball programs in Pulaski, Tenn., were permitting …

More » from High School soccer, basketball, baseball and softball programs in Tennessee, were permitting FCA “character coaches” to deliver religious talks to the teams. (September 2025)