News Releases Archive

May 27, 2011

FFRF objects to Tennessee school prayer

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter of complaint May 26 to Giles County Director of Schools Tee Jackson in Pulaski, Tenn., objecting on behalf of district residents to …

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May 26, 2011

FFRF awards brave grads $1,000 student activist scholarships

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is delighted to be awarding $1,000 student activist awards to two brave graduating high school seniors in the bible belt who courageously protested unlawful graduation …

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May 26, 2011

Can prayer request overcome law and school policy?

A representative for a national Christian youth group called Young Life says he's no longer allowed to regularly visit public schools in Sullivan County, Tenn., and for that he blames …

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May 24, 2011

Freethinkers set to celebrate July 1-3 in Alabama

Independent thinkers are gathering Independence Day weekend in Alabama to celebrate the quest for freedom from state-established religion that brought so many of America's founders to its shores. The 21st …

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May 24, 2011

Update: Ten “out of the closet” freethought billboards go up in Tulsa

Below is a map and locations of billboards going up in Tulsa this week as part of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Out of the Closet” campaign employing Tulsa-area friendly …

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May 23, 2011

Tulsa nontheists come ‘Out of the Closet’ in FFRF campaign

Ten billboards featuring Tulsa-area nonbelievers and families are going up this week for a month in Tulsa, Okla., as part of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s personalized, myth-dispelling “Out of …

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May 18, 2011

Georgia county drops prayer breakfast phone line

Freedom From Religion Foundation letters of complaint on behalf of Georgia members about government involvement in the Cobb County Prayer Breakfast led to corrective action by the county. FFRF received …

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May 12, 2011

FFRF contests Tennessee school board prayer

The McNairy County School Board has a habit of opening its meetings with prayer in the courthouse in Selmer, Tenn., and often the prayers are Christian in nature. The Freedom …

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May 5, 2011

FFRF combats National Day of Prayer in nation’s capital today

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation previously announced its secular bus campaign currently ongoing in Washington, D.C., and that was timed to make an impact on unconstitutional celebrations of the congressionally …

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