News Releases Archive

August 25, 2016

Choose a winner, make this country constitutional

You can help to make the United States more constitutional by picking a winner in our annual online Nothing Fails Like Prayer contest.  The U.S. Supreme Court unwisely (and unconstitutionally) sanctioned …

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August 25, 2016

Nonbelievers grant $10,000 to flooded public school district

A freethought charity is providing financial assistance to a flood-hit Louisiana public school district. Nonbelief Relief, which functions as the charitable arm of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, has just …

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August 24, 2016

Lunchtime religious public school group disbanded, thanks to FFRF

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has gotten an outsider-led lunchtime religious group at an Illinois public school disbanded. School administrators at Harrisburg Middle School were allowing a Baptist minister to …

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August 23, 2016

FFRF complaint ends unconstitutional Wisconsin preschool tie-up

An unconstitutional tie-up between a Wisconsin school district and a parochial preschool has been nixed following a Freedom From Religion Foundation complaint. In Beaver Dam Unified School District, 3-year-old public …

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August 17, 2016

FFRF blasts AG’s ‘foregone conclusion’ on courtroom prayer

The Freedom From Religion Foundation says the misinformed opinion of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton approving courtroom prayer cannot go unchallenged. Although Paxton’s opinion, issued Aug. 15, was foregone and …

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August 16, 2016

Arizona public college hotel now ‘bible free’

Publicly supported hotel rooms at Thunderbird Executive Inn in Glendale, Ariz., are now bible free, thanks to a request from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. FFRF, a state/church watchdog with …

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August 16, 2016

FFRF keeps after NASA’s unconstitutional grant to religious institute

After hearing back from NASA, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has re-upped its request for NASA to revoke a grant in excess of $1 million to a Christian-focused religious institute. In …

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August 16, 2016

FFRF sues Pennsylvania county over cross on seal

The Freedom From Religion Foundation and several local members are suing Lehigh County in Pennsylvania to remove a Latin cross from the county seal and flag. The federal lawsuit was filed …

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August 12, 2016

FFRF announces 2016 college essay contest winners

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is delighted to announce the 2016 Michael Hakeem Memorial College Essay Contest winners. The list of awardees has seven top places and 13 honorable mentions …

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