News Releases Archive

May 13, 2021

Renegade member of fundamentalist Westboro family guest on FFRF TV show

 A woman who has rejected her family — infamous for its hateful fundamentalism — is interviewed on the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show this Sunday. Megan Phelps-Roper …

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May 12, 2021

FFRF praises Blinken, State Dept.’s ‘religious freedom’ report for including nonbelievers

The Freedom From Religion Foundation applauds the 2020 Report on International Religious Freedom released today by Secretary of State Antony Blinken for including the rights of nonbelievers. Blinken described religious …

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May 11, 2021

FFRF’s constitutional chiding gets Ga. media attention

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has given a Georgia school district a legal lesson on why it can no longer send children home with backpacks containing bibles and other religious …

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May 11, 2021

FFRF supports HHS proposal to expand family planning services

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is supporting a proposed Department of Health and Human Services rule to reverse the Trump administration’s cruel attacks on Title X, the federal program providing …

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May 10, 2021

Quit endorsing religion, FFRF warns Miss. Gov. Reeves & others

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is strenuously objecting to top Mississippi officials, including the governor, endorsing the National Day of Prayer in an over-the-top event. Gov. Tate Reeves, the first …

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May 10, 2021

FFRF, civil rights groups say officials shouldn’t be shielded from wrongdoing

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has joined more than 80 other organizations in calling for an end to the judicially created doctrine of qualified immunity — which shields state officials …

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May 7, 2021

Deadline approaching for FFRF’s third annual essay competition for law school students

Law students are invited to submit a no more than 1,500 word essay on the dangers of adopting a broad “history test” to justify violations of the separation between state …

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May 6, 2021

Feminist icon Robin Morgan on FFRF TV show Sunday

A towering figure in the worlds of feminism and atheism is the guest on the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show this Sunday. Robin Morgan is a poet, …

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May 6, 2021

BREAKING NEWS: FFRF wins major court victory against Gov. Abbott censorship

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has been granted permanent relief in its six-year lawsuit challenging Gov. Greg Abbott’s censorship of its Winter Solstice display in the Texas Capitol. U.S. District …

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