News Releases Archive

March 22, 2019

Six-week abortion bans are a state/church issue

On Thursday, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant became the most recent governor to sign into law a punitive bill that is popping up in states around the country. The bill bans …

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March 21, 2019

FFRF calls for end to UK coach’s unconstitutional religious promotion

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling attention to serious First Amendment violations involving Matthew Mitchell, University of Kentucky’s head women’s basketball coach. Following numerous instances of religious proselytization by …

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March 20, 2019

Celebrate National Coming Out Day

Join FFRF’s Out of the ClosetVirtual Billboard Campaign At the Freedom From Religion Foundation, we consider every day a “coming out day” for freethought! But this Saturday, March 23, has …

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March 20, 2019

FFRF requests removal of religion from Arkansas curriculum

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Arkansas Department of Education to address the unconstitutional religious promotion included in an online health class it offers. A concerned parent of …

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March 18, 2019

State Department’s exclusion of nonreligious press unconstitutional, FFRF contends

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog, is calling attention to the troubling unconstitutional exclusion of nonreligious media from a State Department call today. A member of the …

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March 18, 2019

FFRF: remove bible verse from St. Louis courthouse

An Old Testament verse displayed at the St. Louis circuit attorney’s office must be immediately taken down, says the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog.  A concerned resident …

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March 15, 2019

7th Circuit blesses clergy housing allowance, rules against FFRF

A three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago today ruled against the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s historic challenge of a housing allowance in the tax …

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March 15, 2019

FFRF condemns New Zealand terror strikes

Several shooters went into two mosques in Christchurch (one of New Zealand’s largest cities) and opened fire, killing indiscriminately. Nearly 50 are dead — a number expected to rise — …

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March 14, 2019

Why does the Freedom From Religion Foundation do what it does?

An answer can be found in the sentence doled out this week by the Islamic Republic of Iran to a human rights attorney there: 148 lashes and 33 years imprisonment. …

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