Setting the Record Straight The public is being treated to fawning eulogies, blow-by-blow descriptions of Catholic rites and rituals, and uncritical propaganda following the April 2 death of the pope. …
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Freethought Watchdog Group Sues over Faith-based Funding of Minnesota Faith Health Consortium
Public funding of the Minnesota Faith/Health Consortium is being challenged in a federal lawsuit by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison, Wis.-based national association of freethinkers working to keep …
Playing Political Football
Brain-dead Ethics? Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker, co-presidents, Freedom From Religion Foundation The United States as a Christian-permeated culture is in deep denial about death. Consequently we …
FFRF Appeals to 7th Circuit over Right to Challenge Creation of White House “Faith-based” Office
Foundation Contests Decision Barring Judicial Scrutiny of Unconstitutional Actions by Executive Branch The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison, Wis.-based national state/church watchdog group that has taken the lead in …
Landmark Decision: Health & Human Services Ordered to “Vacate” Faith-based Funding of MentorKids USA
(Madison, Wis.) The Department of Health and Human Services was ordered yesterday for the first time by a court to “vacate” funding of a faith-based group. The challenge by the …
Foundation Considers En Banc Appeal in 7th Circuit Decision on Ten Commandments
Dissenting Judge Calls La Crosse Remedy an “Obvious Sham” Bordering on “Fraud” (Madison, Wis.) The national Freedom From Religion Foundation is planning to ask the entire panel of the U.S. …
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Foundation Files Strong Friend of the Court Brief Against Texas-Endorsed Ten Commandments Display
Amicus Brief Debunks Myth that Ten Commandments Are Displayed at Supreme Court (Madison, Wis.) The national Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a strong friend of the court brief before …
Watchdog Freedom From Religion Foundation Challenges HHS Faith-based Grant to Emory University
Also Pursues Faith-based Mentoring Lawsuit (Madison, Wis.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s broad lawsuit filed last year over Cabinet-level faith-based funding under Pres. Bush’s initiative now includes a challenge of …
Health & Human Services Suspends Funds to Faith-based Mentoring Group Being Sued by Watchdog
The Department of Health and Human Services has suspended the drawdown of federal funds” to MentorKids USA, which is slated to receive $225,000 in public funds through 2006. The Madison, …
