News Releases Archive

June 25, 2024

‘We Dissent’: Reproductive Rights with guest Maya Rupert

On the podcast’s latest episode, the hosts of “We Dissent” discuss reproductive justice in America in an increasingly hostile era. On episode 31, Americans United Vice President and Legal Director …

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June 24, 2024

BREAKING NEWS: FFRF, coalition sues over La. law requiring public schools to display 10 Commandments

A group of nine Louisiana families with children in public schools filed suit in federal court today to block HB 71, a new state law requiring all public elementary, secondary, …

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June 21, 2024

FFRF applauds legislation to repeal Comstock Act

Some members of Congress are finally taking action to repeal the Comstock Act — a step the Freedom From Religion Foundation wholeheartedly endorses. In introducing legislation to repeal the Comstock …

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June 20, 2024

FFRF persuades Robeson County, N.C., education board to stop prayer

A North Carolina county board of education has ended its longtime practice of opening prayer after the Freedom From Religion Foundation pointed out its unconstitutionality. A concerned parent had informed …

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June 19, 2024

FFRF, coalition to file lawsuit against new Louisiana 10 Commandments law

The Freedom from Religion Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana and Americans United for Separation of Church and State announced today that they …

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June 17, 2024

FFRF puts Mississippi school district on secular course

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has ensured that students won’t be under the threat of proselytization in Mississippi’s Covington County School District. A concerned district parent informed FFRF that a …

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June 17, 2024

FFRF asks Colo. town council to end preferential treatment of local church

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the Dillon Town Council to follow the advice of its former attorney and end a local church’s exclusive use of the town’s amphitheater …

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June 13, 2024

FFRF demands judicial reforms after Alito wishes for ‘godliness’ in America

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is deeply alarmed by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s recently revealed comments. As Rolling Stone and numerous other media outlets have reported, Alito was recorded …

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June 13, 2024

FFRF: Supreme Court does bare minimum in tossing mifepristone case

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation welcomes the U.S. Supreme Court decision today ending a phony lawsuit seeking to curtail availability of the abortion medication mifepristone. It warns, though, that …

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