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October 26, 2023

Secular elected officials get heard on FFRF Sunday TV show

 The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s TV show this Sunday features two guests who represent the growing numbers of nonreligious elected officials around the country. The show first interviews Minnesota state …

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October 26, 2023

FFRF awards $18,050 to 2023 grad student/older student essay contest winners

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to announce the 10 top winners and eight honorable mentions in the 2023 Cornelius Vander Broek Grad/“Older” Student Essay Competition. FFRF has paid …

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October 26, 2023

We Dissent: Back to (public) school!

A new episode of “We Dissent” examines a variety of religious intrusions into public schools — and explains why you should be aware of such developments. On episode 23, “We …

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October 26, 2023

FFRF victory: W.Va. families secure policy changes in religious revival lawsuit

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has secured a constitutional win for families in a West Virginia school district whose students were subjected to a religious revival. Four families in Huntington, …

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October 23, 2023

FFRF calls on book-banning Wis. school district to ban the bible

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding that the Menomonee Falls School Board in its home state of Wisconsin ban the bible after the school district’s recent book-banning spree. The …

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October 23, 2023

FFRF calls out Miss. school district for promoting religion

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has taken issue with the George County School District in Lucedale, Miss., after receiving a report of multiple First Amendment violations. The state/church watchdog has …

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October 20, 2023

Joint statement on Oklahoma attorney general’s lawsuit regarding proposed public Catholic charter school

Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Education Law Center – the organizations litigating a lawsuit to stop Oklahoma …

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October 19, 2023

FFRF Sunday TV guest has unearthed large-scale church child abuse

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Sunday TV show guest has made visible an extremely shameful aspect of organized religion: widespread child abuse. Award-winning journalist and author Christine Kenneally has a …

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October 19, 2023

FFRF brief sides with Southwest Airlines over unprecedented ‘religious liberty training’ order

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed an appeals court amicus brief against a district judge’s order compelling Southwest Airlines attorneys to attend “religious liberty training” by a controversial Christian …

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