News Releases Archive

January 18, 2022

FFRF cheers Stiefel Freethought Found. triple-match grant for DC Paine memorial

At a time when secularists and the world in general are in dire need of good news, the Thomas Paine Memorial Association (TPMA) is providing something to cheer about! The …

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January 14, 2022

BREAKING: FFRF warns SCOTUS challenge by praying coach means trouble

The US Supreme Court once again has signaled its intent to wreak havoc upon the constitutional principle of separation between state and church by accepting an outlier appeal from a …

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January 14, 2022

FFRF commends New Jersey for protecting abortion rights

Amid a relentless onslaught of anti-abortion bills at the state level, the Freedom From Religion Foundation celebrates passage of a positive piece of reproductive rights legislation. New Jersey Gov. Phil …

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January 13, 2022

SCOTUS ruling over OSHA vaccine policy unwisely overrules experts

The U.S. Supreme Court today issued two decisions on vaccine mandates, unfortunately one of which will have adverse effects on our nation’s ability to stem the deadly pandemic. In two …

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January 13, 2022

Legendary state/church litigant Ellery Schempp on FFRF’s Sunday TV show

Click here to watch the teaser. One of the legends in Establishment Clause law is the guest on this week’s edition of “Freethought Matters,” the weekly public affairs talk show …

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January 12, 2022

FFRF condemns latest Florida anti-abortion bills

As the future of Roe v. Wade remains precarious, religiously-motivated anti-abortion legislators throughout the country are ramping up their efforts to limit abortion services. Florida is the latest state to …

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January 10, 2022

Remove Christian bible from county seal, FFRF tells Mo. county

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Saint Francois County Commission in Missouri to remove the image of a bible with a cross on it from its county …

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January 7, 2022

‘What pandemic?’ SCOTUS downplays Covid-19

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling attention to extreme positions taken by vaccination opponents as well as by some of the justices on the Supreme Court, who heard oral …

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January 7, 2022

FFRF condemns South Dakota’s new abortion restriction

  Unfortunately, access to abortion medication just became more difficult in South Dakota, following approval yesterday of a bill creating stumbling blocks for medication abortion.   South Dakota lawmakers on …

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