News Releases Archive

September 28, 2015

Pray to Play exposé riles up Ala. Legislature

Alabama State Rep. Craig Ford has proposed a new bill seeking to authorize football team chaplains at state public universities. The bill is a direct response to the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s report, …

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September 25, 2015

Secularism will join nativity on display in Ind. this winter

The Freedom From Religion Foundation will display a Bill of Rights “nativity” and a Winter Solstice banner this year in Franklin County, Ind., to counter a nativity scene that has …

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September 24, 2015

FFRF ads counter ‘pope-mania’

Click images below to enlarge.  Look in today’s New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today and Philadelphia Inquirer for FFRF’s full-page advertisements about why it’s inappropriate that Pope Francis was …

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September 23, 2015

Quartet receives Catherine Fahringer Student Activist Awards of $2,500 each

Right to left: Therrin Wilson, Mercedes Hawkins, Adrienne Parkes & Zera MontemayorThe Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to announce that it has given $10,000 in scholarship grants in memory …

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September 23, 2015

FFRF seeks Breathitt County plaintiff to challenge county Jesus painting

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on citizens in Breathitt County, Ky. to participate in a lawsuit over the unconstitutional Jesus painting that hangs in the Breathitt County Courthouse. …

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September 22, 2015

FFRF offers ‘Reason’ to Missouri sheriffs

In response to the Missouri Sheriffs Association’s recent decision to place “In God We Trust” decals on every sheriff’s department patrol car, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is offering to …

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September 22, 2015

FFRF victory: ‘Jesus Welcomes You To Hawkins’ sign to come down

After months of community turmoil and divisive religious pandering by the mayor of Hawkins, Texas, the Hawkins City Council voted Monday to remove the controversial sign reading “Jesus Welcomes You …

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September 22, 2015

Council backs off ‘Christians only’ invocation policy

After the Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a warning letter, the Coolidge City Council, Ariz., has decided not to limit invocations to only Christians after all. News reports indicate that the council …

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September 22, 2015

FFRF pulls out stops to counter pope-mania

Click images below to enlarge.  The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pulling out the stops both with letters of complaint and TV and newspaper advertising protesting state/church entanglements with Pope …

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