News Releases Archive

November 1, 2021

FFRF awards $22,900 in 2021 BIPOC student essay contest

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is gladly awarding tens of thousands of dollars to this year’s winners of its Black, Indigenous and Persons of Color student essay contest. The freethought …

More » from FFRF awards $22,900 in 2021 BIPOC student essay contest

October 29, 2021

FFRF Supreme Court brief endorses Maine’s secular stance on school funding

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is siding in a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief with the state of Maine in its refusal to use taxpayer money to fund religious education. A …

More » from FFRF Supreme Court brief endorses Maine’s secular stance on school funding

October 29, 2021

FFRF celebrates new poll supporting state/church separation

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is delighted by the results of a new Pew Research Center poll showing that Americans overwhelmingly support the constitutional principle of separation between state and church.  …

More » from FFRF celebrates new poll supporting state/church separation

October 28, 2021

FFRF to Okla. Gov. Stitt: Stop the religiously inspired gender essentialism

  Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s recent religiously motivated gender essentialist comments are reprehensible, says the Freedom From Religion Foundation. After the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) issued a gender-neutral birth …

More » from FFRF to Okla. Gov. Stitt: Stop the religiously inspired gender essentialism

October 28, 2021

FFRF Sunday TV show pays homage to Ed “Lou Grant” Asner

 Click here to watch the teaser. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” show this Sunday is paying tribute to one of the most-honored actors of our time, also a …

More » from FFRF Sunday TV show pays homage to Ed “Lou Grant” Asner

October 28, 2021

Don’t sponsor annual religious breakfast, FFRF urges Congress

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on members of Congress to abandon the National Prayer Breakfast. The state-church watchdog has sent letters to every member of Congress who sponsored …

More » from Don’t sponsor annual religious breakfast, FFRF urges Congress

October 27, 2021

Freethought Caucus members laudably request religious health care probe

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation is commending Congressional Freethought Caucus members for asking regulatory authorities to investigate a dubious, religious form of health care. “Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. …

More » from Freethought Caucus members laudably request religious health care probe

October 27, 2021

Let’s all celebrate Secular Day of the Dead next Tuesday

Join us for a prominent Mexican celebration — albeit with a decidedly secular touch — early next week. The 2021 Secular Day of the Dead/Día de los Muertos Secular celebration …

More » from Let’s all celebrate Secular Day of the Dead next Tuesday

October 26, 2021

‘Yes, there is such a thing as the separation of state and church,’ says FFRF

At a recent GOP senatorial debate in Ohio, a lengthy and erroneous answer to the question “What’s the greatest crisis facing kids?” was given that included this lie: “There’s no …

More » from ‘Yes, there is such a thing as the separation of state and church,’ says FFRF

Freedom From Religion Foundation