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Massachusetts court blocks religious statues at Quincy government building
A Norfolk Superior Court today granted a preliminary injunction blocking the planned installation of two large statues of Catholic saints outside the entrance of the new public safety headquarters in Quincy. …
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FFRF op-ed opposing religious coercion in school sports reaches millions across the U.S.
FFRF Regional Government Affairs Manager Mickey Dollens’ recent op-ed opposing religious entanglement in college sports programs has reached millions of readers across the country. “As a former Division I football player and …
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FFRF decries Washington’s backtrack on clergy abuse reporting law
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is deeply disappointed by Washington state’s decision to exempt clergy from reporting child abuse or neglect learned during religious confession. The FFRF Action Fund, FFRF’s …
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Breaking: Court rules Chino Valley (Calif.) school board bound by no-prayer injunction
A U.S. district court judge in California has ruled that a historic Freedom From Religion Foundation legal victory over theocratic school board members should remain in place. FFRF, a national …
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FFRF helps prevent Knoxville sweetheart land deal to religious group
Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to see that the city of Knoxville has heeded its advice in shelving the sale of public land to …
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BREAKING! FFRF sues to defend right of S.C. atheists to be poll workers
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of a South Carolina citizen challenging an unconstitutional requirement that poll workers swear a mandatory religious oath. …
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New report exposes the ongoing scourge of book-banning
The level of censorship in the United States remains at an alarmingly unacceptable level, as PEN America’s recently released banned-books report reveals. We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation are …
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FFRF corrects Trump: You don’t need God to be good
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the largest association of freethinkers in North America, is pushing back against President Trump’s recent remarks suggesting that people cannot be good without God. Speaking …
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5th Circuit to reconsider La. 10 Commandments ruling
The entire 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to reconsider a prior ruling by a three-judge panel that had held “plainly unconstitutional” a Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments …
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