The city of Hattiesburg, Miss., shouldn’t be using city resources and public tax dollars to promote a May 2 religious observance, FFRF Staff Attorney Elizabeth Cavell told Mayor Johnny L. …
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Freethought Radio – April 6, 2013
This week we celebrate FFRF’s victory in Jackson, Ohio. The Jesus painting in the high school was taken down! We also celebrate the April 8 birthday of Yip Harburg, the …
April Fools in North Carolina pursue state religion
Without intended irony on April Fools’ Day, Republican Rowan County Reps. Harry Warren and Carl Ford introduced House Joint Resolution 494 to establish a state religion in North Carolina. Unbelievably, …
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FFRF, Ohio ACLU rebuff school’s Jesus “switcheroo”
Portrait now hanging in Jackson Middle School challenged today A display of Jesus is just as unconstitutional in a high school as it is in a middle school. That’s the …
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Freethought Radio – March 29, 2013
“Leave No Stone Unturned.” This Easter weekend, we deconstruct the biblical resurrection stories, uncovering many contradictions, asking listeners to take FFRF’s “Easter Challenge.” We also discuss gay marriage, religious abortion …
Has Pennsylvania Religious Right no shame?
Pennsylvania state Rep. Tim Krieger has introduced a bill in the General Assembly that would outlaw the use of pseudonyms in litigation challenging religious symbols on public property. In a …
Freethought Radio – March 23, 2013
It’s bad news for the Good News Club. Listen to excerpts of the speech given before FFRF’s October 2012 convention in Portland, Oregon, by Katherine Stewart, journalist and author of …
Freethought Radio – March 16, 2013
In honor of the 65th anniversary of the historic McCollum v. Board of Education victory before the Supreme Court (March 8, 1948), we interview Jim McCollum, who was the young …
Student activist awards given to Milwaukee-area brothers
Mayan and Balen Essak, student activists Mayan and Balen Essak have each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The brothers attend Shorewood High School in Shorewood, …
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