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Prayer breakfast serves up an unlawful mixture of state/church
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a cautionary letter to President Barack Obama asking him to once again disassociate the Oval Office from the so-called annual "National Prayer Breakfast" …
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Maine Prayer Caucus issues immoral “call to prayer”
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a memo to Gov. Paul LePage and the Maine Legislative Prayer Caucus highlighting a few of the historical fallacies, contradictions and inaccuracies in …
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Kentucky pastor asks God to trim budget
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is troubled over an illegal blending of religion and politics by Buck Run Baptist Church Pastor Hershael York prior to Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear's Jan. …
Florist shops violate Rhode Island public accommodation statute
FFRF arrangement sent to Jessica. The flower shop issued this warm statement on their Facebook page: “Glimpse of Gaia fully supports our First Amendment and will not be bullied by …
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FFRF announces “Atheists in Foxholes Support Fund”
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a 501(c)(3) educational charity which has a careful track record of administering scholarships and student activist awards for decades, is announcing the creation of a …
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Rhode Island florists refuse to deliver FFRF’s flowers to Jessica Ahlquist
FFRF arrangement sent to Jessica. The flower shop issued this warm statement on their Facebook page: “Glimpse of Gaia fully supports our First Amendment and will not be bullied by those …
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Supreme Court action pans sectarian prayer in government
On Friday, the Supreme Court denied certiorari in Joyner v. Forsyth County, a 4th Circuit Court decision that prevents government bodies from beginning meetings with sectarian prayers. 653 F.3d 341 (4th Cir. …
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Hooray for Jessica!
The Freedom From Religion Foundation warmly congratulates 16-year-old Jessica Ahlquist, whose federal challenge against a prayer banner hanging in her high school in Rhode Island prevailed when U.S. District Judge …
FFRF protests New Haven clerk’s call for school prayer
In a Jan. 10 letter of complaint to Mayor John DeStefano of New Haven, Conn., the Freedom From Religion Foundation cautioned the city against "taking an unconstitutional proposal to 'put …
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