News Releases Archive

May 5, 2011

Secular billboard comes to Wenatchee, Wash.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with the help of local secularists, has placed a red-white-and-blue billboard with the message that God and government are a “dangerous mix” at Wenatchee Avenue …

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April 29, 2011

FFRF opposes four National Day of Prayer events around country

The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent four letters to elected leaders opposing their upcoming participation in sectarian National Day of Prayer events. Recipients of the FFRF letters include Governor Gary …

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April 26, 2011

Calling all nonbelievers . . . Come out of the closet!

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is launching an online invitation to nonbelievers everywhere to “come out of the closet, to declare and share your nonbelief,” by participating in FFRF’s innovative …

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April 19, 2011

Michigan judge: County can bar nativity scene

In a case stemming from a Freedom From Religion Foundation complaint in 2008 on behalf of its Michigan members, a federal judge has dismissed a man's lawsuit against the Macomb …

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April 14, 2011

FFRF to seek en banc rehearing on National Day of Prayer ruling in 7th Circuit

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago today ruled 3-0 that the Freedom From Religion Foundation and its plaintiffs do not have standing to …

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April 13, 2011

Wash your hands of religion with FFRF’s debaptismal certificate!

Prefer 'original good' to 'original sin'? Think religion is all wet? Indignant that a congregation still claims you as a believer based on baptismal records? Wishing you could formally renounce …

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April 6, 2011

FFRF plans appeal in Spartanburg bible course dispute

The Freedom From Religion Foundation plans to appeal a district court decision out of South Carolina upholding a school policy that granted credit for religious release time into student grade …

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April 4, 2011

With this Supreme Court we can’t Winn

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled today that taxpayers do not have standing to challenge an Arizona law that provides for taxpayer-subsidized religious instruction. Arizona offers a dollar-for-dollar …

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