News Releases Archive

July 6, 2012

Giles case settled: Ten Commandments removed

U.S. District Court Judge Michael Urbanski accepted a settlement and ended the lawsuit between a Giles County, Va., parent and student and the Giles County School Board on July 3. …

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July 5, 2012

FFRF brings JFK billboard to Lubbock

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has placed a new 14’x48′ billboard featuring the words of John F. Kennedy on the west side of Interstate 27 one mile north of the …

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July 5, 2012

Pennsylvania restaurant offers unlawful church discount

Restaurant owners in Columbia, Pa., are facing an open investigation into an illegal church bulletin discount. Lost Cajun Kitchen in Columbia offers an illegal ten percent discount to church-going patrons. …

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July 5, 2012

FFRF seeks review of Fourth Circuit’s “misguided” decision

The Freedom From Religion Foundation announced that it will seek an en banc review of a decision last Friday by a three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of …

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July 2, 2012

FFRF stands with Air Force against religious attacks

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to stand firm against unfounded criticism from 66 Republican members of Congress alleging that the U.S. Air …

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July 2, 2012

FFRF’s ‘Quit the Catholic Church’ ad runs July 4 in LA Times

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is taking its provocative full-page ad, “It’s Time to Quit the Catholic Church,” to the Los Angeles Times on Wed., July 4. In the ad, …

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June 28, 2012

Contraceptive mandate issue remains timely

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s TV ad currently playing around the country, countering the Catholic bishops’ war against contraception, remains timely and current after today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme …

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June 25, 2012

Celebrating 50th anniversary of landmark prayer case

Photo: Brent Nicastro Today is the 50th anniversary of the Engel decision. I write in remembrance and appreciation. Engel v. Vitale was decided 7-1 on June 25, 1962, in a …

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June 25, 2012

Reason prevails over Mt. Soledad cross violation

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sends its warmest congratulations and thanks to Steve Trunk, whose legal challenge of a huge cross on public property masquerading as a war memorial was …

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