News Releases Archive

June 27, 2013

FFRF condemns Wisconsin voucher expansion

Last week the Wisconsin Legislature moved the state one step closer to the most sweeping expansion of private school vouchers in the state’s history, to the detriment of secular public …

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June 27, 2013

FFRF: Protect rights of all nonreligious immigrants

The Freedom From Religion Foundation successfully petitioned the United States government to exempt a 64-year-old British atheist immigrant from taking an oath to bear arms. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration …

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June 27, 2013

Judge’s Montana ruling a slippery slope

Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker, FFRF co-presidents A shrine to Jesus is not religious?  A ski slope is like a museum? In what Alice in Wonderland world do we …

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June 27, 2013

In Response to Mounting Violations, National Orgs Vow to Protect Atheist Students’ Rights

Younger Americans — increasingly nonreligious and not shy about it — are about to have new support in speaking out against intrusions of religion in their educational environment. The Secular …

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June 26, 2013

FFRF: Remove religious shrines from “A” Mountain

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the city of Tucson, Ariz., to remove religious shrines or move it to a more appropriate loacation. FFRF received a local complaint …

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June 26, 2013

Our Godless Constitution prevails over religious bigotry

Today the Supreme Court declared DOMA unconstitutional and upheld a lower court decision striking down California’s Proposition 8. This is a great day for all Americans and for our godless …

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June 24, 2013

FFRF runs ad challenging BSA ban on atheists

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation ran a prominent quarter-page ad in yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Review section, challenging Boy Scouts of America’s continuing exclusion of nonreligious boys. “We’re …

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June 20, 2013

FFRF helps pacifist atheist immigrate

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully stood up for equal rights of the nonreligious by forcing the US Office of Customs and Immigration Services to strike down a …

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June 19, 2013

Electioneering Religious Right churches get free pass

Statement By Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor Co-Presidents Freedom From Religion Foundation   Lost in the political outrage over the IRS and the tea party scandal is the IRS’s …

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