News Releases Archive

December 14, 2017

FFRF display back in California Capitol

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation and its Sacramento chapter are back at the California Capitol to counter religious displays at that legislative shrine. The Greater Sacramento Chapter of FFRF …

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December 13, 2017

Judge sides with FFRF against Texas Attorney General

A district judge has rejected the Texas attorney general’s attempt to meddle in a Freedom From Religion Foundation lawsuit against an overly prayerful judicial official. In March of this year, …

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December 13, 2017

FFRF opposition to extremist judicial nominee pays off

In a significant victory for state-church separation and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, President Trump’s worst judicial nominee, Jeff Mateer, will not get a lifetime federal appointment.  One day after …

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December 12, 2017

FFRF explains the true reason for the season

In her Monday, Dec. 11, press briefing, Sarah Huckabee Sanders stood before the White House podium and seal and began highlighting the work of a West Virginia church to preach …

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December 12, 2017

FFRF ensures equal time for freethought at home base

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is making sure that freethought is being given equal representation in small-town Wisconsin. When a crèche scene went up at Veterans Memorial Park in the …

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December 12, 2017

FFRF fights congressional discrimination against atheists

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is filing an appeal of a district court ruling in October that legitimized the exclusion of nonbelievers from the nation’s legislative chambers. U.S. District Judge …

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December 12, 2017

FFRF files amicus brief in support of Fla. athletic association

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a brief at the appeals court level in support of a state athletic association against a Florida Christian school that wants to compel …

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December 11, 2017

FFRF prevails: Johnson Amendment still in force, DOJ admits — again

President Trump has failed to fulfil his misguided promise to “get rid of and totally destroy the Johnson Amendment,” according to documents filed in court by his own lawyers. The …

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December 11, 2017

FFRF gets Gideons blocked from Mich. schools

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has blocked the Gideons from a Michigan school district. A concerned parent informed FFRF that on Oct. 20, members of Gideons International were passing out …

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