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Pa. Judge: Dismisses FFRF suit but chastises pandering House
U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner today dismissed the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s lawsuit against officials of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for declaring 2012 as “the Year of the Bible,” …
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FFRF gets church property on tax rolls
A Freedom From Religion Foundation letter of complaint Aug. 21 about a wrongful religious tax exemption in Wichita, Kan., resulted in the property being put back on the tax rolls …
Texas AG attacks FFRF, butts into banner case
Once again, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has inappropriately weighed in on the wrong side of a Texas state/church controversy involving the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Last December, Abbott sent …
FFRF takes Ten Commandments to court
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit today in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh against the Connellsville Area School District for maintaining …
FFRF helps save Tucson taxpayers $1.1 million
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has received word that the Tucson City Council has permanently suspended its decision to grant $1.1 million to the Catholic Diocese of Tucson to repair …
New FFRF billboard goes up in Missouri
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has placed a bold 14×48-foot billboard bulletin saying “Ban Marriage Between Church and State” in Smithville, Mo., in America’s heartland. FFRF’s bright purple billboard, adorned …
Lord’s Prayer out, silence in
Another Pennsylvania school board has decided to drop prayer at board meetings after getting a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.The Octorara Area School Board in Atglen voted Sept. …
Texas school halts football bible banners
The Kountze High School Lions will no longer run through banners inscribed with religious messages before the start of football games in Kountze, Texas. On Sept. 17, Stephanie Schmitt, Freedom From …
Christian prayers dropped at UTK after FFRF complaint
As a result of a recent complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, it appears sectarian prayer by Christian clergy over the loudspeaker at University of Tennessee-Knoxville football games will …
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