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Petulant mayor breaks cross to abide by First Amendment
Whiteville, Tenn., certainly isn't "Pleasantville" for non-Christians with James Bellar behind the civic wheel, but the mayor of that Tennessee town finally and very grudgingly agreed that a water tower …
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Alabama schools continue in unlawful prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has yet to receive a response from Superintendent William Valentine regarding Lauderdale County School District's sanction of illegal prayer before athletic events. FFRF wrote two …
FFRF halts Social Security pro-baptism practice
The Social Security Administration, following complaints by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, has halted a mandatory baptismal question previously asked of all applicants seeking benefits. In 2008, FFRF received a …
FFRF’s “fool me once” campaign asks onlookers to judge religion
A national association of atheists and agnostics that is not in raptures over the Rapture is having some fun, …
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Groups support pastors, priests leaving the pulpit
The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Science and Reason and the Freedom From Religion Foundation have announced the formation of a new group to help clergy who have “seen the light” …
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Texas school refuses to call off evangelizers
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked Northwest Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Karen Rue to halt an evangelical "Seven Project" assembly in Trophy Club, Texas. FFRF, a state/church watchdog …
Children led in illegal prayer in Florida elementary school
The Freedom from Religion Foundation has sent a letter on behalf of local complainants, to Superintendent Ben Wortham of Clay County School District (Fla.) urging him to cease an unusually …
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Southern superintendents put on notice re: illegal prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent educational memos to all the public school superintendents (396) in Mississippi, Louisiana and Kentucky reminding them that official prayer at school-sponsored events is illegal …
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FFRF threatens suit over Tennessee water tower cross
A national state/church watchdog has put town officials in Whiteville, Tenn., on notice that if they don't remove the illegal cross atop the town's water tower, it will file suit. …
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