News Releases Archive

October 10, 2017

FFRF calls on Ky. jail to end coercive prayer

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is shocked over a blatant constitutional violation that occurred at a Kentucky jail. It was reported to FFRF that in August the Laurel County Correctional …

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October 9, 2017

Boca Raton nonprofit snubs secular donation

A Florida nonprofit seems more intent on scoring points rather than helping people in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Nonbelief Relief, a humanitarian adjunct of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, …

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October 6, 2017

FFRF educates Ga. school on First Amendment

A Georgia elementary school will be keeping prayer out of its events after receiving a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation about this constitutional violation. A concerned parent reported …

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October 6, 2017

Trump’s orders against contraception pervert “religious liberty”

The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemns President Trump’s executive orders today that virtually overturn Obamacare’s contraceptive mandate by exempting any employer with a religious or “moral” objection from covering contraception. …

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October 6, 2017

Sessions’ theocratic memo on ‘religious liberty protections’ will unleash legal chaos

The Trump administration today unveiled a series of theocratic interpretations of “religious liberty protections” that will unleash legal chaos and discrimination, charges the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The executive orders …

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October 6, 2017

Secular groups insist on freedom for Louisiana students

The nation’s leading secular organizations, including the Freedom From Religion Foundation, are standing in support of freethinking students in Louisiana. As recently reported in the national media, school authorities have …

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October 6, 2017

FFRF wins major housing allowance challenge (again)

 A federal judge for a second time has ruled in favor of the historic challenge by the Freedom From Religion Foundation of a housing allowance in the tax code that uniquely …

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October 5, 2017

FFRF excoriates Ky. governor for bible school call

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is admonishing the Kentucky governor for exhorting students to carry bibles to class. In a highly inappropriate Oct. 3 Facebook video post, Gov. Matt Bevin …

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October 4, 2017

U.S. sides with death penalty for blasphemy

The United States recently disgraced itself at the United Nations. Inconceivably, the United States on Sept. 29 voted against a U.N. Human Rights Council resolution that denounced the imposition of …

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