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A Madison-area coffeeshop — and the lethality of magical pandemic thinking
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is taking on fundamentalism-inspired pandemic idiocy at its home base this weekend. FFRF has been a pillar of the Madison community for 40 years. We …
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Pompeo commission report on “Unalienable Rights” is dangerous Christian Nationalism
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s Commission on Unalienable Rights produced a report today asserting that religious beliefs are more important than other peoples’ rights. The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemns …
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Secret White House calls helped funnel tax money to Trump preachers
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is releasing evidence today of how the Trump administration has secretly turned the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) into a bonanza of tax-paid handouts for churches …
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FFRF Denver billboard urges ‘social distancing between church and state’
A new Denver public message couldn’t be more timely: “Practice social distancing between church and state.” The dictum on a backlit 10-foot-by-23-foot billboard situated on Broadway south of 10th Avenue …
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FFRF condemns Catholic lobbying for billions in taxpayer support
Greed is said by the Roman Catholic Church to be one of the “seven deadly sins.” Yet that entity, including many of its dioceses involved in clergy sexual abuse cover-ups, …
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Texas churches shouldn’t be exempt from mask order, FFRF insists
The state of Texas needs to revoke its ill-advised mask-wearing exemption for churchgoers, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging. The recently issued Executive Order GA-29 admirably requires Texans to …
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Eliminate religious mask exemption, FFRF asks Columbus officials
The Columbus City Council should remove its exception for houses of worship from mask-wearing requirements, urges the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The City Council passed an ordinance on July 6 …
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FFRF condemns “Ark Park” taking taxpayer money, again
The infamous Ark Encounter in Kentucky, the $100 million boondoggle meant to prove that the bible is literally true, has taken in more than $1 million in taxpayer dollars earmarked …
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FFRF blasts Supreme Court contraceptive ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court in its decision today lamentably has blessed the Trump administration’s expansion of exceptions to contraceptive coverage for religious reasons. In Trump v. Pennsylvania, and its …
