News Releases Archive

January 22, 2020

Supreme Court voucher case not about choice, FFRF’s Andrew Seidel contends

Andrew L. Seidel, FFRF’s director of strategic response, has written an op-ed for Religion Dispatches about the Supreme Court’s school vouchers case, which it heard today. In the article, called …

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January 21, 2020

Supreme Court should recognize real issue in Espinoza case, FFRF urges

The U.S. Supreme Court should appreciate the real issue at stake in the Espinoza voucher case, the Freedom From Religion Foundation urges as oral arguments start Wednesday in the lawsuit. …

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January 21, 2020

Gloria Steinem showcases FFRF’s 2020 convention

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is delighted to announce that legendary activist Gloria Steinem will be appearing at its annual national convention in San Antonio in November. Steinem will receive …

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January 17, 2020

Trump’s school prayer photo-op left out most common victims

President Trump held an event yesterday designed to create the phony impression that religious students and teachers are routinely discriminated against in our public schools. A diverse group of children …

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January 16, 2020

Trump school prayer guidance inadequate, other regs worrisome

President Trump’s just-released guidance on school prayer and religious instruction, issued on Religious Freedom Day, simply reiterates the state of law, but the Freedom From Religion Foundation contends that it …

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January 16, 2020

FFRF: Okla. bible college proposal unconstitutional

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is challenging an Oklahoma task force’s recommendation to create a seminary or bible college in state prisons. A centerpiece of the Criminal Justice Reentry, Supervision, …

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January 16, 2020

FFRF’s Andrew Seidel for Religious Freedom Day

Every Jan. 16, we celebrate Religious Freedom Day. On this day 234 years ago, the Virginia Assembly passed the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, a law drafted by Thomas Jefferson …

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January 16, 2020

Margaret Atwood to headline FFRF’s 2020 convention

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is delighted to announce that literary titan Margaret Atwood will be appearing at its annual convention in San Antonio in November. The gathering takes place …

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January 16, 2020

FFRF’s TV show this week has ex-minister who’s Dying Out Loud

A Lou Gehrig’s Disease-afflicted former evangelical pastor is the subject interview on the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters“ television show this Sunday. Dave Warnock, a former minister who has …

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