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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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Trump twists Religious Freedom Day proclamation into Christian nationalist manifesto
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is condemning President Trump’s recent Religious Freedom Day proclamation as a sweeping distortion of American history and a direct attack on the constitutional separation between …
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FFRF: Minneapolis violence shows deadly reality of religious authoritarianism
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is horrified by the senseless, brutal slaying of ICU nurse Alex Pretti and warns that the tragic deaths of Pretti and Renee Nicole Good …
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FFRF warns Okla. school district about constitutional risks of LifeWise Academy program
Photo by Edwin Andrade on Unsplash The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging Bixby Public Schools to proceed with extreme caution as it prepares to allow LifeWise Academy, a religious …
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