News Releases Archive

February 12, 2020

Brevard County, Fla., commissioners agree to end religious discrimination in invocation practices

Americans United, ACLU and FFRF challenged county’s invocation policy that discriminated against minority religions and nontheists In a victory for religious freedom for all residents of Brevard County, Fla., the …

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February 6, 2020

Black filmmaker and writer on FFRF’s TV show Sunday

  A filmmaker and author who has exposed religion’s negative role in black history is interviewed on the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters“ television show this Sunday. Jeremiah Camara …

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February 5, 2020

Trump pushes founding myths in State of the Union

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is condemning President Trump’s lies about the state of separation of state and church in our union. After touting his tainting of the federal judiciary …

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February 5, 2020

National Prayer Breakfast scorns the Constitution, FFRF contends

Tomorrow, Feb. 6, the Washington establishment, with President Trump leading the way, will once again flout constitutional principles at a gala prayer event in the nation’s capital. “The National Prayer …

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February 4, 2020

FFRF condemns Trump’s school voucher proposal at State of the Union

President Trump is expected to unveil a federal voucher scheme to fund religious schools during his State of the Union this evening. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on …

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February 3, 2020

FFRF probes Kentucky city’s grant to religious university

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the city of Harrodsburg, Ky. to ensure that taxpayer funds are not being misused, after a local resident raised concerns over a …

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January 30, 2020

FFRF benefactor endows groundbreaking secular chair at UT-Austin

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is hailing the setting up of a new secular studies professorship at Texas’ premier public university, which is being endowed by an FFRF member. The …

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January 30, 2020

Wheeling City Council replaces prayer with secular message after FFRF complaint

A West Virginia city council has replaced a routine prayer before meetings with a secular alternative following a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. A concerned Wheeling citizen reported …

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January 30, 2020

Black humanist scholar on FFRF’s TV show Sunday

A distinguished humanist scholar whose work has often focused on race is interviewed on the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” television show this Sunday. Anthony B. Pinn, a professor …

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