The Chesterfield County (S.C.) School District canceled a student assembly featuring a presentation by a faith-based drug rehabilitation center after a Freedom From Religion Foundation letter Oct. 17 on behalf …
Legal Advocacy Victories
FFRF ends church Bulletin discount in Bethlehem (Pa.) (Oct. 24, 2011)
FFRF brought an end to a church bulletin discount at Bethlehem Brew Works in Bethlehem, Pa. A concerned local resident sent FFRF a copy of a menu for “‘Show Your …
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FFRF complaint kicks Gideons out of Georgia elementary school hallways (Oct. 12, 2011)
A concerned Georgia parent alerted FFRF in September 2011 to bible distribution by Gideons International inside Chatsworth Elementary School. According to the parents, their child came home with a bible …
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FFRF stops prayer rallies, religious memorials at South Carolina middle school (Oct. 12, 2011)
Several flagrant legal violations at New Heights Middle School in Jefferson, S.C., were documented in FFRF’s Sept. 19 letter of complaint [http://ffrf.org/uploads/legal/newheights_letter.pdf] to Superintendent John Williams of the Chesterfield County …
FFRF gets Christian ministries out of S.C. school assemblies (Oct. 12, 2011)
Florence School District in Florence, S.C., will no longer allow local Christian ministries to hold assemblies in the schools. In March 2011, Wilson High School hosted an assembly where, under …
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FFRF’s educational efforts end prayer in Mississippi school district, (Oct. 7, 2011)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent educational memos to all the public school superintendents (396) in Mississippi, Louisiana and Kentucky reminding them that official prayer at school-sponsored events is illegal …
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FFRF complaint ends Kentucky bible distribution (Oct. 5, 2011)
Muhlenberg County Schools in Kentucky will end the distribution of bibles by Gideons International after receiving a letter of complaint from FFRF. On Sept. 28, a group of men was allowed …
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Gideons under close scrutiny in Colorado (Oct. 4, 2011)
FFRF was alerted by a Fort Collins parent concerned about conduct by the Gideon Society in September 2011, at a pubic school. When handing out bibles after school outside of …
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FFRF stops prayers at school board meetings in Ilion, N.Y. (Oct. 4, 2011)
After receiving a complaint from an area member about a school board routinely hosting prayers at meetings, FFRF Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert sent a letter on June 29, 2011 to the …
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