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FFRF defends free speech after Va. school board targets student expression
Print The Freedom From Religion Foundation is objecting to a Virginia school board’s inappropriate reaction to a student’s artwork for critiquing religion. A Fort Defiance High School student recently used …
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Alabama principal proudly violates students’ rights ‘for Jesus’
Print The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that an Alabama principal be reprimanded for permitting an evangelical speaker to foist Christianity on students. Multiple Elmore County Schools District parents …
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‘Scouting America’ — except atheists and other nonbelievers?
Print The national Boy Scouts of America organization just announced this week that, in an effort to be more inclusive, it’s changing its name after 114 years to “Scouting America” …
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FFRF demands Birmingham (Ala.) Police Department end coercive staff prayer
Print The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Birmingham Police Department to stop its unconstitutional practice of holding department-funded coercive religious ceremonies. Multiple concerned Birmingham residents, including a department …
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Global report highlights blasphemy charges worldwide
Print The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has released its annual global report with an emphasis on blasphemy laws that the Freedom From Religion Foundation wants to amplify. The …
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FFRF calls out Orange County (Fla.) schools’ embrace of Christian nationalism
Print The Freedom From Religion Foundation is chastising Florida’s Orange County Public Schools system for endorsing Christian nationalism through its recent support of the National Day of Prayer. A concerned …
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FFRF deplores record-breaking number of book bans
Print The continuing escalation of book bans largely driven by Christian nationalists is cause for alarm, says the Freedom From Religion Foundation. PEN America recently released a report recording more …
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FFRF ‘unabashed atheist’ Ron Reagan ad airing on Taylor Tomlinson show
Print Ron Reagan’s iconic commercial on behalf of the Freedom From Religion Foundation will air for the first time on “After Midnight with Taylor Tomlinson” for the next two weeks. …
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FFRF hails new Ariz. law repealing archaic abortion court ban
Print The Arizona Legislature’s recent vote to repeal a Civil War-era abortion ban revived by the state Supreme Court in early April was welcome news, especially since it came on …
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