News Releases Archive

December 12, 2014

FFRF boots nativity from Fla. city hall

After a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation — and some advice from the town attorney —  the town council in Jay, Fla., this week declared a nativity scene “surplus property” …

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December 12, 2014

FFRF disputes N.Y. fire department’s birthday wish for Jesus

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a second complaint to the City of Utica, N.Y., after the Utica Fire Department Station 4 once again put up a prominent sign outside …

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December 12, 2014

FFRF protests Ga. school’s bible distribution

The Freedom From Religion Foundation was forced to revive what it thought was a settled complaint with the Bartow County School System in Georgia, over illegal distribution of bibles to …

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December 11, 2014

No speech, free or paid, for atheists in Pitman, N.J.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has been denied space to place light-hearted billboards promoting freethought in Pitman, N.J., by Clear Channel Outdoor, as well as being censored by Pitman officials. …

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December 11, 2014

FFRF suit: Remove Ten Commandments from Pa. junior high

The Freedom From Religion Foundation and anonymous plaintiffs asked a federal court in Pennsylvania yesterday for a final ruling in its lawsuit against a prominent Ten Commandments monument on the …

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December 9, 2014

Milwaukee Courthouse has ‘room at the inn’ for FFRF’s solstice display

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Winter Solstice sign has returned to the Milwaukee County courthouse for the fourth year in a row. The Madison, Wis.-based state/church watchdog has more …

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December 9, 2014

FFRF to W.Va. commission: rescind $1,000 grant to church

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter yesterday to the Harrison County Commission in West Virginia protesting its vote to appropriate $1,000 in county funds to Immaculate Conception Men’s …

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December 9, 2014

FFRF contests Ga. mayor’s Thanksgiving church service

Mayor James Thomas of Hinesville, Ga., organizes an annual “Mayor’s Thanksgiving Service,” a church service at a local chapel. After receiving a complaint, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national …

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December 8, 2014

FFRF solstice banner, sign vandalized in Arlington Heights

  For the second year in a row, the sign by the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Metropolitan Chicago chapter was vandalized in a city park in Arlington Heights, Ill. The …

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