It’s a rocky road ahead for secular Americans. Trump’s inauguration is infused with evangelical fervor and many of his cabinet picks have a religious-right agenda. FFRF attorney Rebecca Markert tells …
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Trump’s picks a threat to church/state issues
Evangelicals who pushed Donald Trump over the top in the election are surely pleased with several of his appointments to the cabinet and other high-ranking positions in his administration. Trump …
Minnesota town removes religious war memorial after FFRF protests
A Minnesota town has removed a religious veterans’ war memorial after the Freedom From Religion Foundation protested. In Veterans Memorial Park in the city of Belle Plaine, there was a …
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FFRF, parent sue to end 75 years of bible classes in Mercer County, W.Va.
This visual aid is used among more than 60 images to help teach elementary school students in Mercer County Schools the Ten Commandments.The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed its …
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FFRF lawsuit removes 14-foot cross in California
Local media tweet showing before and after photographsA 14-foot granite cross in a public park in Santa Clara, Calif., was recently removed, following a federal court challenge by the Freedom …
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FFRF objects to official prayer meeting in Jackson, Miss.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has strongly objected to a recent police chief-led prayer meeting in Mississippi’s capital and largest city. “State and local leaders gathered Friday for a prayer …
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Senate should carefully assess Rick Perry
This is an FFRF billboard caricature of Rick Perry at the time of its lawsuit against him The Senate needs to carefully assess Energy Secretary nominee Rick Perry’s qualifications for …
Secular groups demand nonreligious drug treatment program for Pennsylvania inmates
For Immediate Release The Freedom From Religion Foundation and the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center are criticizing the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections for unconstitutionally requiring an inmate to …
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Freethought Radio — January 12, 2017
We celebrate the anniversary of the January 16, 1786, adoption of Jefferson’s Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom and the January 17, 1706 birthday of Benjamin Franklin, who opposed public funding …