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Lifting ban on church politicking would undermine our secular republic
The new political setup in Washington, D.C., is hell-bent on converting religious institutions into campaign halls. The Johnson Amendment bars churches or other 501(c)(3) tax-exempt groups from endorsing or opposing …
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Indiana school district pledges to FFRF about religious flyers
An Indiana school district has pledged to the Freedom From Religion Foundation that it will not permit the distribution of fundamentalist flyers to its school kids. A member of the …
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Leaked “religious freedom” exec order draft reveals alarming attack on civil rights
A leaked presidential executive order draft that the Trump administration is floating reveals a sweeping and alarming agenda to permit discrimination, dismantle the Civil Rights Act and other protections in the …
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National Prayer Breakfast yet again breaches constitutional wall
In these turbulent times, our elected leaders need to be working nonstop on our behalf. Instead, many of the nation’s top officials will be soon wasting their time at a …
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District assures FFRF that staff will not participate in school gospel choir
An Illinois school district has confirmed to the Freedom From Religion Foundation that its staff members will not remain involved in a school gospel choir. FFRF initially contacted the Oak …
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FFRF highly apprehensive about Supreme Court nominee Gorsuch
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is deeply concerned about the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gorsuch, 49 years old and currently on the 10th U.S. Circuit …
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Freethinking groups ask Mich. town to remove cross from veterans park
Two of the nation’s most prominent freethinking organizations are asking a Michigan town to remove a cross from its veterans memorial in a public park. An Alto, Mich., resident contacted …
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Bans based on religion violate Constitution
By Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan BarkerCo-PresidentsFreedom From Religion Foundation “Out of many, one.” That’s the meaning of the Latin E Pluribus Unum, our nation’s original motto — chosen by a …
Remove Christian flag from veterans memorial, FFRF requests Miss. town
A Christian flag has no place at a veterans memorial, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is telling a Mississippi town. A concerned community member in Rienzi, Miss., contacted FFRF to …
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