News Releases Archive

August 16, 2024

FFRF warns that Texas Education Agency plans to infuse Christianity into Texas schools

The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemns the latest efforts by Texas Christian nationalists to force the bible and Christianity upon a captive audience of public school students, most recently by …

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August 15, 2024

FFRF warns Missouri school district over civil rights violations

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is warning the Francis Howell School District of many constitutional and statutory rights it  risks violating if it adopts two anti-transgender policies at today’s meeting. …

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August 15, 2024

FFRF underwrites Wis. campus voter awareness 

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to announce that it is underwriting four campus organizing fellows at key universities in Wisconsin. These fellows will focus on voter registration and …

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August 15, 2024

FFRF friend of court brief takes on bigoted Ind. school teacher for second time

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation today is filing a second friend of the court brief on behalf of the Secular Student Alliance (SSA) contending that an Indiana public school district acted …

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August 14, 2024

FFRF removes Christian cross from Ind. sheriff’s vehicle

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has ensured that a Christian cross has been removed from a sheriff’s vehicle in Greenfield, Ind. A concerned community member informed the national state/church watchdog …

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August 13, 2024

FFRF intervenes after coach-led high school football baptism in Fla. goes viral

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is taking action after a Brevard Public Schools (Fla.) high school football coach recently hosted a Christian full-body immersion baptism for players after practice. Multiple …

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August 9, 2024

FFRF awards $18,850 in 2024 BIPOC student essay contest!

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to announce the 11 top winners and seven honorable mentions of the 2024 David Hudak Memorial Black, Indigenous and Persons of Color Student …

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August 7, 2024

Victory! FFRF removes religion from Tenn. school district’s mandatory training

Almost immediately after the Freedom From Religion Foundation contacted the Jackson-Madison County School System in Tennessee over inappropriate Christian worship songs at a mandatory event in July, the district took …

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August 6, 2024

Gov. Abbott and Texas pay $358,000 in attorneys fees in FFRF’s Bill of Rights case

The 8-year legal saga over censorship by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of a Bill of Rights display has finally ended with receipt of attorneys’ fees by the Freedom From Religion …

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