News Releases Archive
FFRF’s ‘Secular Spotlight’ tackles recent ICE conflicts in Minnesota
Two secular legislators and a Freedom From Religion Foundation staff member from Minnesota offer their perspectives for the latest episode of “Secular Spotlight” on the ongoing ICE crisis.FFRF Legal Fellow Kyle Steinberg, …
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Secular groups urge Okla. officials to reject religious public charter school application
A secular coalition is urging today the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board to reject Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School’s application to form the nation’s first religious public charter school.The groups …
Judge rules FFRF hometown case against religious tax exemptions may proceed
A judge issued a ruling on Friday allowing a lawsuit to move forward that the Freedom From Religion Foundation and three Madison, Wis., residents filedagainst an unconstitutional tax exemption benefiting the …
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Court allows Tenn. taxpayers to participate in religious public school lawsuit
Five taxpayers in Knox County, Tenn., who support public education and church-state separation have been granted permission by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee to intervene …
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FFRF lambastes arrest of Don Lemon due to privileging of churches
The Freedom From Religion Foundation castigates the shocking arrest of journalist Don Lemon and three others in connection with a recent protest at a church in St. Paul, Minn. Lemon …
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No choice about it: vouchers hurt public schools and fund religion
The Freedom From Religion Foundation cautions that the almost unrestrained expansion of so-called school choice programs continues to overwhelmingly divert public education dollars into private, mostly religious, schools while undermining …
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Riverton (Utah) City Councilmember claims residents have only ‘God-given rights’
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is admonishing a Riverton (Utah) City Councilmember for telling residents during a meeting that they “actually don’t have any First Amendment rights” — only “God-given …
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FFRF stops religious activity in Tenn. elementary school after district posts biblical photo op
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has forced the Crockett County Schools system to clarify its policy on bible distributions at a district elementary school, and has also had it remove a post …
Tenn. coalition seeks to block religious public charter school
Six Knox County taxpayers dedicated to supporting public education and the separation of church and state filed a motion today in federal court seeking to intervene in a case about the constitutionality …
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