News Releases Archive

October 24, 2024

FFRF requests Conn. community college to treat secular students equally

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the Three Rivers Community College (located in Norwich, Conn.) to stop violating the law and treat secular-minded students the same as it treats religious …

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October 24, 2024

Miss. school district nixes graduation prayers after FFRF’s activism

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has made certain that the Pearl Public School District will no longer feature prayers at its graduation ceremonies. A concerned community member and alumni informed …

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October 21, 2024

FFRF urges IRS to take action over politicking ministry event featuring JD Vance

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the IRS to investigate a nonprofit religious tour featuring JD Vance as part of its efforts to support the GOP ticket, in violation …

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October 18, 2024

FFRF TV show dives into the Scopes Trial — and its significance

Watch the teaser here. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s TV show this week spotlights one of the most consequential courtroom battles between religion and science in U.S. history. Guest Brenda Wineapple …

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October 18, 2024

‘We Dissent’: author Sarah Posner on ‘Tyranny by a Minority’

The hosts of the “We Dissent” podcast speak on the latest episode with renowned author and social observer Sarah Posner. On episode 35, FFRF Deputy Legal Director Liz Cavell, Americans …

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October 17, 2024

LA Archdiocese record payout shows extent of Catholic sex abuse cover-up

The nation’s largest archdiocese (the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles) recently agreed to pay a record $880 million to 1,353 survivors of horrific sexual abuse by Catholic clergy. “It’s almost …

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October 17, 2024

BREAKING: FFRF in coalition filing Okla. plaintiffs’ lawsuit to block Supt. Walters’ bible mandate

More than 30 Oklahomans today filed a lawsuit urging the Oklahoma Supreme Court to block state Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters’ mandate that all public schools incorporate the bible …

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October 15, 2024

N.C. school board nixes Ten Commandments display after FFRF letter

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s appeal to the Iredell-Statesville School Board to abandon a compulsory districtwide Ten Commandments display proposal appears to have played a key role in the board …

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October 14, 2024

Male extremist organized women’s prayerful ‘Esther Event’ in D.C.

Although a Christian prayer rally held the past Saturday in Washington, D.C., was billed as “A Million Women — An Esther Call on the Mall,” its primary organizer was a …

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