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FFRF condemns Speaker Mike Johnson’s role in Christian nationalist gathering
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is rebuking House Speaker Mike Johnson for using his government office to promote Christian extremism at a recent get-together in the nation’s capital. The second annual …
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Buffalo newspaper publishes bishop’s op-ed against National Prayer Breakfast
Photo provided by The Council for Global Equality The Buffalo News published an op-ed from a faith leader calling for an end to congressional involvement in the National Prayer Breakfast. Interconnected Justice …
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FFRF attorney’s Kansas City Star op-ed details recent win
FFRF Staff Attorney Sammi Lawrence has had an op-ed published in the Kansas City Star discussing a recent Freedom From Religion Foundation victory in defending the rights of student-athletes. “The separation of state …
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FFRF successfully objects to Tenn. school’s mandatory religious assembly
The Haywood County, Tenn., school district has agreed to change its practices after the Freedom From Religion Foundation objected to a mandatory, religiously charged school assembly.A concerned community member informed the state/church …
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Secular groups applaud Okla. board for rejecting nation’s first religious public school
A coalition of organizations today applauded the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board for rejecting Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School’s application to form the nation’s first religious public charter school. This …
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FFRF calls out Religious Liberty Commission for misplaced focus and ideological bias
The Freedom From Religion Foundation strongly condemns the continued bias, misplaced priorities and troubling direction of the President’s Religious Liberty Commission, which met for the fifth time today. Throughout the …
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FFRF: Revised Education Dept. prayer guidance goes too far
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is raising serious concerns about new guidance issued yesterday by the U.S. Department of Education on “constitutionally protected prayer and religious expression” in public elementary …
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Trump (surprise) uses National Prayer Breakfast to push Christian nationalist agenda
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling attention to President Trump’s pandering use today of the National Prayer Breakfast to promote a Christian nationalist vision of government. The annual event, …
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FFRF removes religious influence from Missouri district’s sports program
Photo by Patti Black on Unsplash The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully worked with the Hannibal School District #60 in Missouri to stop religious prayers at district softball events.A concerned …
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