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First part of Dan Barker’s musical treat on Sunday ‘Freethought Matters’ TV show
Watch the teaser here. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has on its TV show this Sunday the first part of a two-week musical delight in the form of a performance by its …
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FFRF announces 2024 law student essay contest with $10,000-plus prize money
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is excited to announce the 2024 Diane and Stephen Uhl Memorial Essay Competition for Law School Students, with a top prize of $4,000. Law school …
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FFRF issues open letter to bullying Okla. Supt. Ryan Walters: Resign
Dear Superintendent Walters: The Freedom From Religion Foundation will not back down in the face of your grandstanding and (mis)use of your office to undermine Oklahoma’s secular educational system and …
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Mayor of Wash. city must halt official prayer meetings, FFRF contends
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that the mayor of Puyallup stop holding weekly prayer sessions inside City Hall. A local Puyallup resident has informed the state/church watchdog that Mayor …
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FFRF urges Calif. school district to keep prayer out of board meetings
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified Board of Education not open meetings with prayers. At its Nov. 14 meeting, Board President Shawn Youngblood asked …
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FFRF Ron Reagan ad returns to ‘Daily Show’
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s classic Ron Reagan ad is making a post-Thanksgiving comeback to “The Daily Show.” The television commercial, in which he describes himself as “unabashed atheist, not …
FFRF convinces Okla. school system to halt prayer broadcasts
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully persuaded an Oklahoma school district to stop broadcasting daily prayers at an elementary school. A concerned district community member informed FFRF that Prague Elementary …
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FFRF gets daily Lord’s Prayer halted in La. classroom
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has brought the Calcasieu Parish School District back in line with the Constitution. A concerned parent reported that their child’s kindergarten teacher at Bell City …
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FFRF and secular student group ask for lifting of West Texas A&M ban on drag shows
Student plaintiff Bear Bright receiving a $5,000 FFRF student activist award in October from Madison-area drag queen Latina Envy. Student co-plaintiff Marcus Stovall receives his $5,000 FFRF student activist award …
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