FFRF successfully ended prayers during annual state in-service meetings for transportation employees at the Berkeley County School District in South Carolina. The complainant informed FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott that …
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FFRF stops illegal church discount (November 8, 2013)
Luna’s Friendswood, a Mexican restaurant with six different locations in Texas, has stopped offering a 10% discount to dine-in customers who presented a current church bulletin on Sundays. FFRF Staff …
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Rallies at Oklahoma high school will include pep but no prayer (November 4, 2013)
A concerned student reported to FFRF that pep rallies at Alva High School in Alva, Okla., regularly featured student-led prayer circles supported by the faculty. In a letter sent on …
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FFRF ends prayers during morning announcements in Alabama high school (October 31, 2013)
Until October, Hokes Bluff High School in Etowah County, Ala., began school mornings with student-led recitations of bible passages over the school’s intercommunications system, a regimen approved by school administration. …
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Prayers are dropped from pregame routine in Oregon high school (October 29, 2013)
The Aloha High School (Aloha, Ore.) football team will no longer implement prayers in its pregame routine, thanks to a concerned student who reported this practice to FFRF Staff Attorney …
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FFRF grounds prayer at Atlanta airport (October 28, 2013)
A staff member at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport attended an employee and customer satisfaction luncheon that was organized by the airport, which is owned by the city of Atlanta and …
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FFRF stops teachers from wearing “Jesus Is My Hero shirts” (October 23, 2013)
Teachers at the Buchtel Community Learning Center will no longer be allowed to wear religious-themed T-shirts in Akron, Ohio. These T-shirts promote the school’s athletic program with messages such as …
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Tenn. judge cited for nixing Messiah (October 23, 2013)
On Aug. 14, FFRF Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert wrote to Timothy R. Discenza, disciplinary counsel for the Tennessee Board of Judicial Conduct in Nashville, to lodge a formal complaint …
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FFRF Stops mandatory treatment prayers (October 22, 2013)
Military veterans sent to substance abuse treatment by the Sacramento Veterans Administration in California will be offered an alternative to religious programs because of an FFRF letter of complaint.FFRF was …
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