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Oppose Religious Right’s cruel domestic and international abortion gag rules
The Religious Right is already baring its fangs under the new Trump administration. Among religiously motivated congressional threats is a venomous piece of antiabortion legislation passed by the House on …
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Senate needs to view agriculture secretary nominee with skepticism
The Senate should be highly apprehensive about President Trump’s nominee for secretary of agriculture. Sonny Perdue, the ex-governor of Georgia, has a demonstrable record of fealty to religious overzealousness and …
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FFRF documents Pryor’s ‘disastrous’ record; critiques Trump SCOTUS pool
A national state/church watchdog released a detailed analysis today documenting why William Pryor, short-listed as a possible Supreme Court nominee, would be a “disastrous appointment, and must be vigorously opposed.” President Trump …
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FFRF urges a Calif. county not to donate land to church
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging a California county not to gift land to a local church group. Placer County is considering donating 26 acres of land to Placer …
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FFRF, tongue in cheek, questions Trump proclamation
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent the following letter today to President Trump about a possible typo in his new proclamation for a National Day of Patriotic Devotion. Read the letter …
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CIA chief nominee has extremist worldview
Mike Pompeo, the nominee slated to head the CIA, has a darkly dangerous way of thinking that is based on evangelical Christian notions, contends the Freedom From Religion Foundation. “To …
Illinois school district apologizes to FFRF for coach’s public piety
An Illinois school district has said sorry to the Freedom From Religion Foundation for a coach’s participation in prayer gatherings at school matches. On Dec. 26, after a game between …
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Trump’s picks a threat to church/state issues
Evangelicals who pushed Donald Trump over the top in the election are surely pleased with several of his appointments to the cabinet and other high-ranking positions in his administration. Trump …
FFRF, parent sue to end 75 years of bible classes in Mercer County, W.Va.
This visual aid is used among more than 60 images to help teach elementary school students in Mercer County Schools the Ten Commandments.The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed its …
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