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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam to put reason on an equal footing with religious faith, if only for a day, due to a new state …

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A Colorado teacher in the Fremont RE-2 School District has favorably settled his case against the district, which has long drawn the ire of the Freedom From Religion Foundation for …

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The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter yesterday asking that the city of Pensacola, Fla., take down a 15 to 20-foot tall cross that stands in Bayview Park, a public park. …

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Orange County Public Schools, Fla., spent $86,164.68 paying its attorney to defend a lawsuit filed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation—only to eventually do what FFRF requested it do months …

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The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent seven letters recently to police and sheriff’s departments across the South that have decided to display “In God We Trust” on their law …

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Judge Terrence McVerry ruled on July 27 that FFRF and a parent of a student who challenged a Ten Commandments monument in front of a public school do not have …

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Statement by the Freedom From Religion Foundation What’s wrong with this picture? In a laudable development, the national Boy Scouts of America organization is expected today to end its blanket …

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The Supreme Court of North Carolina delivered a stunning blow to public education and the separation of state and church yesterday. In a tellingly partisan 4-3 decision, the court upheld the …

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