News Releases Archive

December 1, 2021

FFRF’s Wisconsin Capitol exhibit marks 25 years

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s annual Winter Solstice exhibit is celebrating its (almost unbroken) silver jubilee at the Wisconsin Capitol. The secular display is back in the state/church watchdog’s hometown …

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December 1, 2021

Abortion in peril as Breyer, Kagan, Sotomayor defend it in oral arguments

The U.S. Supreme Court’s pro-choice justices, who unfortunately seem to be in a minority, made some very convincing points in a crucial abortion rights case today. The court heard oral …

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November 30, 2021

Josh Duggar’s trial shows why confessional exception shouldn’t exist

A more shameful legal maneuver in the name of religion would be hard to find. Disgraced reality TV figure Josh Duggar has reportedly made a shocking motion in his just-begun child …

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November 30, 2021

FFRF condemns N.C. Legislature for passing a budget that funds faith

  North Carolina needs to make sure that its new budget does not violate the Constitution, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting. The recently passed North Carolina budget includes grants …

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November 30, 2021

FFRF yet again counters religious display at Illinois courthouse

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has once more, with the able assistance of a member, created an equal space for secularism at an Illinois courthouse. A Bill of Rights “nativity” …

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November 30, 2021

FFRF “nativity” display returns to New Hampshire’s capital

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s secular Winter Solstice exhibit is once again ready for viewing in New Hampshire’s capital city. For the fourth successive year, FFRF members have put up …

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November 30, 2021

Discontinue chaplaincy program, FFRF urges Wash. sheriff’s office

The blatant promotion of religion and Christianity in a Washington police department must end, asserts the Freedom From Religion Foundation. A concerned Spokane County employee has informed the state/church watchdog …

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November 29, 2021

Quit your bigotry, FFRF advises Montana state Sen. Manzella

  A Montana state senator’s religion-inspired bigotry is deplorable, and her willful obliviousness makes it even more so, the Freedom From Religion Foundation declares. At a recent rally in Clinton, …

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November 24, 2021

FFRF’s Andrew Seidel interviews German fascism scholar on Christian Nationalism

For his latest Religion Dispatches piece, FFRF Director of Strategic Response Andrew Seidel has interviewed a German expert on fascism — resulting in an engaging discussion about Christian nationalism in …

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