The Louisiana Legislature has advanced a good bill, SB 172, that would establish a minimum age requirement of 16 for marriage and only allow minors to marry people who aren’t …
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Bible classes threaten secular education in Alabama
A so-called “bible literacy” bill that would allow state-funded public schools to indoctrinate students as early as sixth grade with bible classes is headed to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey’s desk. …
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Sarasota County must nix religious giveaway, FFRF urges
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking a Florida county not to approve a handout for an overtly religious event. A concerned local taxpayer informed the state/church watchdog that the …
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Freethought Radio — May 30, 2019
What does the bible really say about abortion? Annie Laurie Gaylor and FFRF attorney Liz Cavell answer that question. Then, on the first anniversary of the successful May 2018 referendum …
FFRF asks Ga. sheriff’s office to remove Christian flag
A sheriff’s office in Georgia must immediately take down a Christian flag flying outside its building, the Freedom From Religion Foundation insists. A concerned Bleckley County resident has informed FFRF …
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FFRF refiles case against religiously coercive Texas judicial official
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and a co-plaintiff are refiling a case today against a Texas justice of the peace who regularly foists prayer upon his courtroom attendees. Last September, …
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SCOTUS abortion ruling signals unstable future for Roe
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a religiously motivated law signed by former Indiana Gov. Mike Pence requiring the burial or cremation of fetal remains following abortion. In the …
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India’s vote a blow to secularism worldwide
The world’s largest secular democracy has just moved further away from its foundational secular ideals, part of a global phenomenon that alarms the Freedom From Religion Foundation. India, like the …
Freethought Radio — May 23, 2019
This week, we talk about the Religious Right assault on abortion rights, and what we can do about it. After hearing a hilarious “Practicing Atheist” monologue by Irish comedian Dave …
