News Releases Archive

October 8, 2024

FFRF lambastes Project 2025’s plan to defund official hurricane forecaster

The Freedom From Religion Foundation strongly opposes Project 2025’s proposed plan to defund and dismantle the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). With Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton strongly in …

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October 7, 2024

FFRF launches “Vote Like Your Rights Depend On It” campaign

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is excited to announce the launch of its eye-catching  “Vote Like Your Rights Depend on It Because They Do” campaign. The campaign is …

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October 4, 2024

FFRF TV show guest Anthony Pinn sheds light on Black nonbelief

Watch the teaser here. The guest on this week’s episode of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show provides a highly informative primer on freethought in the Black community. …

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October 4, 2024

FFRF pushes back against Christian display in Alaska borough building

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling out the Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly for passing a resolution that would display the Ten Commandments inside its building. A concerned resident reported that …

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October 3, 2024

Catholic threats to pregnant women grow as pope targets abortion doctors

It is deplorable that the pope last weekend called physicians who help women have abortions “hitmen.” (It was also sexist, since many physicians are women!) At an event in Belgium …

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October 3, 2024

Wis. police department yanks religious job posting due to FFRF, ACLU letter

The Germantown Police Department removed religious scripture from a social media post promoting a job listing after the Freedom From Religion Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin …

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October 3, 2024

FFRF, other groups seek records related to Oklahoma spending millions on bibles

  A coalition of organizations is requesting additional records related to Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters’ recent mandate to inject the bible into public schools. In particular, the …

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October 2, 2024

FFRF opposes Miss. governor’s Christian Heritage Week proclamation

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is expressing its strong opposition to Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves’ recent “Christian Heritage Week” proclamation. FFRF has learned that Reeves proclaimed Sept. 22-28, 2024, as …

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September 25, 2024

Banned Books Week observance worrisomely apt this year

Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash We’re in the middle of Banned Books Week — an observance that is troublingly appropriate this year. “The attempts to censor, restrict or ban …

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