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FFRF ends North Chicago Police Department’s religious events
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has put a stop to the North Chicago Police Department’s practice of hosting and promoting religious events.A concerned area resident reported that the police department was regularly …
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FFRF: Resist Trump’s move to destroy elections
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is denouncing President Trump’s reprehensible executive order that carries out his threat to seize control of the federal elections before the midterms. As FFRF has …
FFRF intervention clarifies faith-based Ohio juvenile program not approved
A recent Freedom From Religion Foundation’s investigation into a faith-based program slated for an Ohio juvenile facility revealed that it was never formally approved. It will not take place now. …
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FFRF rebukes USDA Secretary for Easter ‘rant’ to government workers
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling out U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins for sending an explicitly Christian devotional email, apparently to almost 100,000 USDA employees. FFRF has received …
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FFRF ends prayer led by Ravenswood (W.Va.) City Council members
Ravenswood (W.Va.) City Council members will no longer deliver religious invocations at official meetings — thanks to the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s constitutional advocacy.A concerned community member reported that at …
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FFRF asks Florida AG to follow the Constitution — or resign
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is decrying a recent memorandum from the Florida attorney general that announces a refusal to enforce the Florida Constitution’s clear prohibition on public funding of …
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FFRF’s Chicago chapter puts up secular display at the Daley Center Plaza
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Metropolitan Chicago Chapter has set up a display at the Daley Center Plaza in Chicago to counter Easter activities there.Each year, the chapter erects a …
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FFRF blasts Florida’s unconstitutional school ‘prayer hotline’
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is warning that a newly announced Florida Department of Education complaint system threatens to undermine constitutional protections. In a letter sent to Florida Education Commissioner …
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FFRF applauds federal court dismissal of Johnson Amendment challenge
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is cheering a federal court decision yesterday that dismissed a lawsuit seeking to undermine a longstanding provision of federal law preventing charitable nonprofits from engaging …
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