News Releases Archive

October 18, 2012

FFRF seeks Texas plaintiffs to challenge cheerleading practice

“There is no such source and cause of strife, quarrel, fights, malignant opposition, persecution, and war, and all evil in the state, as religion. Let it once enter our civil …

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October 18, 2012

15 secular billboards are up in Portland

Portland, Ore., was not only the setting for the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s 35th national convention last weekend, attracting nearly 900 attendees, but for a bright new billboard campaign featuring 15 …

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October 17, 2012

Texas AG stirs up wrath against atheists

by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie GaylorFFRF Co-Presidents Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has crossed the line from carrying out his secular constitutional duties to defend the state of Texas, …

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October 8, 2012

FFRF stops illegal city collaboration with church

The city of West Linn, Ore., rescinded an unconstitutional grant to Willamette Christian Church after a Sept. 28 Freedom From Religion Foundation letter of complaint. It came to FFRF’s attention …

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October 5, 2012

FFRF to blitz Portland with cheery atheist/secular messages

The Freedom From Religion Foundation will be making its mark next week as 880 of its members from around the country visit Portland to attend FFRF’s 35th national convention. Helping …

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October 4, 2012

Florida sheriff prays for end in crime

View a PDF version of this letter here.  Sheriff Jerry L. DemingsOrange County Sheriff’s Office PO Box 1440 Orlando, FL 32802-1440 Re: Orange County Sheriff using 40 days of prayer …

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October 4, 2012

‘Pulpit Freedom Sunday’ turns clergy into outlaws

This Sunday, Oct. 7, many ministers across the nation will purposefully violate the law from their pulpits. Called “Pulpit Freedom Sunday,” the day has been marked by the Alliance Defending …

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October 3, 2012

FFRF files amicus brief in Texas prayer banner case

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Kountze Independent School District, Kountze, Texas, which had ordered cheerleaders to stop holding Christian prayer banners …

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October 3, 2012

Help fund FFRF’s work through CFC

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has once again qualified for inclusion in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). The CFC is the only officially sanctioned program for soliciting federal government employees …

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