News Releases Archive
FFRF praises Rhode Island AG for clergy abuse investigation
The Freedom From Religion Foundation commends Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha for releasing a long-awaited report detailing decades of clergy sexual abuse and for taking steps to hold the …
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Supreme Court uses shadow docket to empower religious privilege
A new U.S. Supreme Court order siding with religious parents challenging California’s transgender student privacy policies signals an alarming expansion of religious privilege at the expense of LGBTQ+ students and …
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FFRF urges governors to reject federal voucher program
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a letter to all state governors urging them to opt their respective states out of the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC) program, a nationwide voucher …
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FFRF: Christian nationalist “End Times” ideology is driving U.S. policy toward Iran
The Freedom From Religion Foundation warns that Christian nationalist “End Times” theology is embedded in the worldview of key officials making decisions about the U.S. attack on Iran. The Military …
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FFRF’s ‘Secular Spotlight’ looks at global authoritarianism’s faith connection
The latest episode of “Secular Spotlight” welcomes a bishop to discuss the rising authoritarian threat around the world — and its connection to fundamentalist ideology. FFRF Director of Communications Amitabh …
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FFRF to Sarasota Schools: bench the baseball team chaplain
The Sarasota County Schools (Fla.) system must immediately stop an outside adult from the Fellowship of Christian Athletes from serving as a religious chaplain to a public school baseball team, asserts the …
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Moroccan activist Betty Lachgar to receive 2026 Avijit Roy Courage Award
The Freedom From Religion Foundation announced today that the 2026 recipient of the Avijit Roy Courage Award will be Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar, a feminist and freethinker unjustly imprisoned in Morocco for …
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‘We Dissent’ reintroduces an old friend to dig into the federal courts
A former “We Dissent” host returns to the show!On Episode 50, FFRF Deputy Legal Director Liz Cavell and Americans United Legal Director Rebecca Markert welcome back National Women’s Law Center Director …
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FFRF: Surgeon General nominee Casey Means is prescription for pseudoscience
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is alarmed by the nomination of Casey Means for U.S. surgeon general — reflecting the Trump administration’s hostility toward science, medicine and the secular principles …
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