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FFRF persuades Indiana school board to stop prayer at meetings
A responsive Indiana school board ended prayer at its meetings after the Freedom From Religion Foundation pointed out the constitutional inappropriateness of the practice. A concerned Crawford County resident conveyed …
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Ban the bible, national state/church watchdog tells Utah school district
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has contacted a Utah school district that has prohibited at least 33 books to back up a local parent’s request to also ban the bible. …
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No official burying of bibles, FFRF advises Texas school district
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is in disbelief at a Texas school district’s burying of a bible to commemorate a new building — and the district’s explanation isn’t helping. A …
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FFRF ready to take on Texas Ten Commandments edict
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is readying a court challenge of the bill expected to pass the Texas Legislature that would require every public school classroom in Texas to prominently …
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We ‘Nones’ make every day Earth Day
The fact that atheists, agnostics and the religiously unaffiliated are the most likely to recognize that human activity is causing climate change is why we “Nones” must assert ourselves. Nine-in-10 …
Rise of the ‘Nones’ spotlighted on FFRF TV show Sunday
A leading researcher on the increasingly nonreligious make up of the United States is the guest on the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Sunday television show. Eastern Illinois University Professor Ryan …
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FFRF lambastes Fla. expansion of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law
Copyright: Ted Eytan The Freedom From Religion Foundation is condemning the Florida Board of Education’s vote on Wednesday to expand the “Don’t Say Gay” law through the 12th grade. The …
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Rescind religiously slanted noise ordinance, FFRF insists to Minneapolis
The city of Minneapolis should revoke a new ordinance allowing the broadcast of an amplified call to prayer at any time of the day, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is …
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Supreme Court seems to favor religious workers in key employment case
The U.S. Supreme Court appears ready to change employment law in favor of religious workers, charges the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The court heard arguments today in Groff v. DeJoy, …
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