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FFRF awards 12-year-old freethinker for student activism
Maia Disbrow, a 12-year-old from Hixson, Tenn., has received $1,000 as a student activist from the Freedom From Religion Foundation this month, for speaking before the Hamilton County Board of …
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Augusta mayor satiates FFRF’s appetite for secular gov’t
The Freedom From Religion Foundation commends the city of Augusta for agreeing to discontinue its involvement in organizing, coordinating and promoting the monthly “Mayor’s Prayer Breakfasts.” FFRF Senior Staff Attorney …
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FFRF cautions Steubenville ‘not to be duped’ by religious right offers
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has cautioned the City of Steubenville, Ohio, to place the Constitution and taxpayers’ pockets over risky offers by religious right groups to fight FFRF to …
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Chick-fil-A lays an egg
Two things the world doesn’t need any more of: fast-food chains, and the Christian-right entrepreneurs who profit from them. Chick-fil-A owner Dan Cathy is in hot water, and deservedly so, …
Atheist former Boy Scouts say ‘Shame on BSA’
Left Photo: William Dusenberry. Right Photo: William van Druten. Two atheists active with their FFRF chapters who are former Boy Scouts have had it with Boy Scouts of …
FFRF victory: Cross removed from Steubenville logo
Left: This logo is being retired. Right: This older logo is the temporary replacement. A complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation over inclusion of a chapel with a …
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Spokane and Idaho nontheists come ‘Out of the Closet’ in billboard blitz
Seven myth-dispelling billboards featuring Spokane-area nonbelievers and families are appearing this week for a month-long campaign, as part of an “Out of the Closet” project by the Freedom From Religion …
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“Nones” climb to 19%
America’s “Nones” — the nonreligious — are at an all-time high, now comprising nearly one in five Americans (19%), according to a new study by the Pew Center for the …
FFRF laments ‘drought of common sense’
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to stick to science and leave religion out of drought policy. At a July 18 White House press …
