News Releases Archive

June 19, 2017

Secular groups to get gigantic cross yanked from Fla. park

Two of the country’s leading secular organizations have achieved a big legal victory today with a ruling against a massive cross in a Florida public park. The 34-foot white Latin …

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June 16, 2017

Texas Statehouse harms children with new law

Texas has a new unnecessary and harmful law in the name of religious freedom. Both chambers of the Texas Statehouse recently approved House Bill 3859, with the Orwellian name the …

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June 16, 2017

FFRF objects to official devout Indiana messages

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is protesting explicitly religious correspondence that regularly originates from an Indiana government office. A concerned local resident informed FFRF that condolence letters on behalf of …

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June 16, 2017

FFRF salutes Penn. school district’s graduation policy

The Freedom From Religious Foundation is applauding a Pennsylvania school district for respecting the right of conscience of all its students. At the recent Beaver High School graduation ceremony, the …

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June 15, 2017

FFRF asks Fla. schools to investigate unconstitutional prayer and partnership

FFRF is asking that a Florida school district investigate state-church constitutional violations within its athletic program. Three high schools in the Alachua County School District – Gainesville, Eastside and Buchholtz …

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June 14, 2017

New Fla. law will fail its schools

Florida Gov. Rick Scott last week signed into law Senate Bill 436: the “Florida Student and School Personnel Religious Liberties Act.” The Freedom From Religion Foundation has been strongly opposed …

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June 13, 2017

Wisconsin bill limits voucher accountability

A new Wisconsin bill will further hide the state’s voucher schools in a cloak of secrecy. On Friday, June 9, the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Education voted 4-3 to approve …

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June 13, 2017

FFRF confronts religious Ala. police department

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is charging that an Alabama police department’s intensely religious behavior is unlawful. The city of Wetumpka reportedly hosts a “CJ Deputy Summer Program” at the …

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June 12, 2017

FFRF picks apart group’s incursion into Wis. town

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is poking holes in a Christian apologist group’s intervention on behalf of public religious signs in a Wisconsin town. FFRF wrote last month to the …

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