America’s “Nones” — the nonreligious — are at an all-time high, now comprising nearly one in five Americans (19%), according to a new study by the Pew Center for the …
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Don’t ‘discount’ civil rights
‘Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be …
Election year caveat goes up in Wenatchee, Okanogan
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with the help of area secularists, has placed an election-year caveat, “God and government are a dangerous mix,” on a red-white-and-blue billboard at the intersection …
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FFRF tells Augusta Mayor eggs and bacon need a side of toast, not prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is renewing its request that Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver “cease all organization of the monthly Mayor’s Prayer Breakfasts.” FFRF first wrote to Copenhaver about these …
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Ellwood City saga ends in victory
Seven months after the Freedom From Religion Foundation first protested a city nativity scene, the Ellwood City Borough Council (Pa.) has agreed to uphold the First Amendment. The council voted …
Freethought Radio – July 14, 2012
Hasa Diga Eeebowai! After reporting news on our own continent–including an FFRF victory in Virginia stopping prayers at a county board meeting, a JFK billboard in Lubbock, press coverage of …
Georgia school district ignores the U.S. Constitution
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a follow-up letter to Houston County (Ga.) Schools documenting rampant and egregious violations of the First Amendment. FFRF, a state-church watchdog, is also …
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FFRF silences unlawful Christian prayer in Henrico County, Va.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has halted illegal prayer before Henrico County Board of Supervisor meetings in Henrico, Va. Henrico County officials decided to drop the 25-year-old tradition on Tuesday …
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FFRF seeks review of released time ruling in South Carolina
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a petition with the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seeking its review of a decision by a three-judge panel approving academic credit …
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