News Releases Archive

August 19, 2021

Halt your exclusionary posts, FFRF presses Gov. Lee

Stop excluding nonreligious citizens by posting sectarian religious messages on your social media, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is chastising the Tennessee governor. A concerned Tennessee resident has contacted the …

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August 19, 2021

Stand up for secular values, FFRF urges Sen. Ossoff

Do not lead this country further away from its secular roots, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is admonishing one of the recently elected senators from Georgia. Sen. Jon Ossoff presided …

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August 18, 2021

FFRF awards $21,350! Winners of FFRF’s high school essay contest

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 William Schulz High School Essay Contest. FFRF is awarding $21,350 in scholarship money for this year’s …

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August 16, 2021

FFRF calls on Madison and Dane County to enact vaccine mandates

The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking Madison and Dane County authorities to decree vaccine mandates for social gatherings before the influx of students onto the UW-Madison campus. The …

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August 13, 2021

FFRF victory over Fla. high school coach-sponsored prayer

  A Florida high school baseball coach has stopped praying with players before every game and practice after the school received a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The constitutional …

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August 12, 2021

Pakistani and other blasphemy laws must go

    While the Freedom From Religion Foundation is relieved that blasphemy charges were dropped this week against an eight-year-old Pakistani Hindu boy, the case shows why blasphemy laws must …

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August 11, 2021

FFRF to Pres. Biden: Use executive measures to incentivize vaccine mandates

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking President Joe Biden to wield the influence and authority of the federal government to incentivize vaccination mandates. While praising the recent federal …

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August 11, 2021

FFRF blasts SCOTUS ‘shadow docket’ votes to privilege religion

The Freedom From Religion Foundation warns that there is serious trouble ahead for the principle of separation between state and church, given the Supreme Court’s emergency rulings siding with religious …

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August 10, 2021

FFRF report: School ‘prayer walks’ walk all over Constitution

  What on earth is a “prayer walk” and what’s wrong when they are performed in some public schools around the nation? The Freedom From Religion Foundation has just released …

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