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Don’t ‘discount’ civil rights
‘Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be …
Election year caveat goes up in Wenatchee, Okanogan
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with the help of area secularists, has placed an election-year caveat, “God and government are a dangerous mix,” on a red-white-and-blue billboard at the intersection …
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FFRF tells Augusta Mayor eggs and bacon need a side of toast, not prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is renewing its request that Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver “cease all organization of the monthly Mayor’s Prayer Breakfasts.” FFRF first wrote to Copenhaver about these …
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Ellwood City saga ends in victory
Seven months after the Freedom From Religion Foundation first protested a city nativity scene, the Ellwood City Borough Council (Pa.) has agreed to uphold the First Amendment. The council voted …
Georgia school district ignores the U.S. Constitution
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a follow-up letter to Houston County (Ga.) Schools documenting rampant and egregious violations of the First Amendment. FFRF, a state-church watchdog, is also …
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FFRF silences unlawful Christian prayer in Henrico County, Va.
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has halted illegal prayer before Henrico County Board of Supervisor meetings in Henrico, Va. Henrico County officials decided to drop the 25-year-old tradition on Tuesday …
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FFRF seeks review of released time ruling in South Carolina
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a petition with the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seeking its review of a decision by a three-judge panel approving academic credit …
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Moyers interviews Philip Appleman, freethought poet laureate
Watch Bill Moyers’ interview with Philip Appleman. Trouble viewing embedded video? Click here to watch. If you missed Bill Moyers’ interview of FFRF After-Life Member Philip Appleman, the distinguished poet, …
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U.S. Army: We Want YOU! to mow the Catholic charities’ lawn
The Regimental Noncommissioned Officer Academy’s Advanced Leader Course (ALC) at Fort Gordon, Ga., is ordering soldiers to “provide area beautification support to the Catholic Social Services of Augusta, Ga.” A …
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