News Releases Archive

August 21, 2015

FFRF reopens prayer complaint against Ky. school district

The Freedom From Religion Foundation was forced this week to take up a complaint it had already resolved. The Bell County Board of Education in Kentucky announced that it would …

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August 20, 2015

FFRF demands removal of Jesus portrait from Kan. school

The portrait of Jesus hanging in Royster Middle School must go, the Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote today to Chanute Public Schools, Kansas. A print of Warner Sallman’s “Head of …

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August 19, 2015

FFRF asks U. of S.C. to end its paid football chaplaincy

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s blistering report on unconstitutional Christian chaplains in college football programs highlights the University of South Carolina as one of the major offenders. FFRF wrote to USC President Dr. Harris …

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August 19, 2015

FFRF to UGA: Permanently bench football chaplain

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s expose, “Play to Pray,” on unconstitutional Christian chaplaincies at public college football programs singles out University of Georgia as one of the major offenders. FFRF wrote to 20 …

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August 19, 2015

FFRF: Auburn employs chaplain who baptizes players, has office in stadium

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s just-released national report, “Pray to Play,” documenting unconstitutional Christian chaplaincies embedded in public university football programs, includes the Auburn University in its list of offending universities. FFRF, …

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August 19, 2015

FFRF: Unconstitutional football chaplaincy at Georgia Tech

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog, has contacted  Georgia Institute of Technology President G.P. Peterson to request changes to the football program’s embedded chaplain. Peterson is one of 20 …

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August 17, 2015

State/church watchdog issues report damning college football chaplains, coaches

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog with more than 22,700 members, issued a report today condemning more than 25 public universities for allowing football coaches to impose …

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August 14, 2015

Civil rights triumph, for now, in Colorado

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is hailing a decision by the Colorado state appeals court yesterday, ruling that a baker cannot invoke religious beliefs as an excuse to deny services to a …

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August 14, 2015

FFRF lodges formal complaint against proselytizing Texas judge

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a complaint to the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct yesterday about Smith County Judge Randall Rogers, who required a man to marry his girlfriend, as well …

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