News Releases Archive

September 5, 2018

FFRF spars with Chicago PD over chaplaincy program

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a follow-up letter to the Chicago Police Department requesting that it discontinue its chaplaincy program. FFRF, a national state/church watchdog, originally contacted the …

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September 5, 2018

FFRF issues second warning to Ohio high school over school prayer

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has dispatched a second letter to an Ohio school district reminding them of the unconstitutionality of school-sponsored prayer. FFRF, a national state/church watchdog, originally sent …

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September 5, 2018

FFRF calls out Starbucks, Hilton for ejecting nonreligious patrons in Houston

FFRF is calling attention to a serious civil rights violation that occurred at a Hilton Starbucks in Houston the past weekend. Several volunteers of the Ex-Muslims of North America (ExMNA) …

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September 5, 2018

Kavanaugh’s alarming hostility to state-church separation on full display in confirmation hearings

Judge Brett Kavanaugh is working hard to avoid any firm stance on any substantive question in Day 2 of his Supreme Court confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. But …

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September 4, 2018

Kissimmee proclamation honors FFRF & ACLU chapters

A Florida city is officially recognizing local affiliates of two leading national organizations at its meeting this evening. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Florida chapter, the Central Florida Freethought Community, …

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August 30, 2018

FFRF asks Colorado school to cancel religious trips

    The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog, sent a letter asking a Colorado Springs (Col.) public charter school to discontinue field trips to a religious camp. …

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August 29, 2018

FFRF objects to Ohio County’s many constitutional violations

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling attention to numerous constitutional infractions committed by the Meigs County Commissioners Office. FFRF, a national state/church watchdog, sent a recent letter to …

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August 29, 2018

Trump repeats Big Lie on Johnson Amendment at pandering dinner party

It’s bad enough that President Donald Trump held what amounted to a “state dinner party” at the White House exclusively for U.S. Christian evangelical guests. But at the Monday night …

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August 28, 2018

FFRF’s ‘Freethought Matters’ airs in 9 cities beginning Sunday, Sept. 2

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s new weekly TV show, “Freethought Matters,” begins airing this Sunday in eight major cities, plus Madison, Wis., covering more than 22 percent of the United …

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