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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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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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