After hearing from FFRF, a California school has removed a Latin cross and bible verse from the wall of a classroom. A parent reported to FFRF that a teacher at …
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Legal Advocacy Victories
N.C. district removes prayer from event (October 17, 2022)
FFRF was able to get a North Carolina school district to recast and rename what had been referred to as a “prayer walk” into a secular event. A district parent …
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FFRF gets chaplain to resign from Texas district (September 27, 2022)
After FFRF contacted a Texas school district over the unconstitutional use of a Christian chaplain as a “mental health interventionist,” the chaplain was placed on leave before resigning. It was …
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Ohio school district to end graduation prayers (September 22, 2022)
FFRF was able to put an end to prayers at an Ohio high school graduation ceremony after being alerted to the constitutional violation by a concerned citizen. During the 2021 …
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Texas school district to end invocation (September 14, 2022)
FFRF put a stop to a sectarian prayer in a Texas school district’s in-service training for faculty and staff. A concerned Frenship Independent School District employee contacted FFRF about the …
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FFRF halts religious music in Oklahoma class (August 31, 2022)
A concerned parent reported to FFRF that a sixth-grade math teacher at Oakridge Elementary was regularly playing Christian music during the class period while students were working. Reportedly, this teacher …
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Tennessee school to end prayer at ceremony (August 30, 2022)
A concerned district parent contacted FFRF regarding prayer at the fifth-grade “promotion ceremony” at Ooltewah Elementary School in Tennessee. Reportedly, the school’s principal introduced a pastor to “lead us in …
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Tenn. district to end religious commencement (August 30, 2022)
A concerned employee contacted FFRF regarding the religious nature of a graduation ceremony at Jellico High School in Tennessee. The employee reported that the commencement seemed to be a religious …
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Displays removed from clerk’s office in Tenn. (August 26, 2022)
A concerned Rutherford County (Tenn.) resident contacted FFRF regarding religious messaging on display in the county clerk’s office. The resident reported seeing the phrase “He is Risen” displayed on an …
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