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June 5, 2024

FFRF, Satanic Temple plan to distribute materials in Park County, Colo., schools

The Freedom From Religion Foundation and Satanic Temple are planning to distribute materials to students in a Colorado school district if officials don’t prevent the Gideons from targeting students with …

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June 4, 2024

FFRF refutes Christian apologists in defending Calif. city’s ending of sectarian prayer

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is demolishing the arguments of First Liberty Institute, a Christian nationalist law firm, in defending a decision by the city of Carlsbad to end sectarian …

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June 4, 2024

New Wash. Post exposé discloses huge cost of religious school voucher schemes

Yet another news exposé reveals the folly of taxpayer-funded school voucher programs. A recent Washington Post story highlights the growing and exorbitant cost to taxpayers subsidizing vouchers paying for private …

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May 31, 2024

Coalition including FFRF seek injunction to block Okla. religious public charter school

A coalition of plaintiffs (including the Freedom From Religion Foundation) that has filed a lawsuit to stop the nation’s first religious public charter school asked the District Court of Oklahoma County …

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May 30, 2024

Missouri school district halts graduation prayer after FFRF insistence

It took a bit of work but the Freedom From Religion Foundation has convinced a Missouri school district to stop scheduling prayers at a high school’s commencement. Kennett High School …

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May 29, 2024

FFRF urges Va. school district to rein in prayerful lacrosse coach

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that Chesterfield County Public Schools in Virginia stop a high school lacrosse coach from coercing student athletes into prayer. A concerned district community …

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May 28, 2024

FFRF: La. abortion pill ban signals escalated crusade to abolish abortion

The passage of a Louisiana bill banning medication abortion without a prescription is evidence that religious anti-abortion crusaders don’t intend to stop until they abolish abortion nationwide. The bill, signed …

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May 24, 2024

“Freethought Matters” spring finale: Dan goes to Oxford to debate God delusion 

Watch the teaser here. The super-super spring finale of “Freethought Matters,” the Freedom From Religion weekly TV show, was shot on location and chronicles FFRF Co-President Dan Barker’s recent debate …

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May 24, 2024

FFRF reports Calif. Pastor Tim Thompson to IRS for electioneering infractions

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a formal complaint with the IRS over flagrant electioneering violations by a Southern California pastor whose efforts to elect Donald Trump were the subject …

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