News Releases Archive

March 29, 2011

FFRF asks Supreme Court to overturn ‘under God’ in pledge decision

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional the practice of requiring public school students to recite or listen to the religious Pledge of …

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March 28, 2011

Raleigh nontheists come ‘Out of the Closet’ in myth-dispelling FFRF billboard campaign

See more photographs at end of press release. See all the “Out of the Closet” billboards A dozen beautiful billboards will be blanketing Raleigh, N.C., in the Freedom From Religion …

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March 23, 2011

FFRF to Minnesota Senate: Drop prayer

The Madison, Wis.-based state/church watchdog, Freedom From Religion Foundation, on behalf of its 16,200 members, including 400 in Minnesota, added its objection to the controversial prayers now opening the Minnesota …

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March 16, 2011

FFRF & friends challenge Arizona Day of Prayer

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog, and four of its Arizona members, with the legal help of attorneys Richard W. Morris and Marc. J. Victor, filed a …

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March 14, 2011

After FFRF complaint, secular counselors also park free

Thanks to action by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, secular counselors will join clergy in getting free parking at the University of Kentucky Hospital in Lexington. FFRF began its investigation …

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March 11, 2011

FFRF calls on Milwaukee to deny tax exemptions to faux churches

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is concerned that Wisconsin religious organizations are failing to confirm, as required by law, that they actually qualify for tax exemptions they're getting. In a …

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March 9, 2011

Obama’s Cuba policy benefits religion at expense of secular groups

“Mr. President, we are concerned at the appearance that your order is establishing a crusading army of religious missionaries to descend upon the island of Cuba to religiously indoctrinate and …

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March 7, 2011

Walker budget proposal would open voucher floodgates, destroy common schools

The Freedom From Religion Foundation today blasted the budget proposal by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to eliminate the enrollment cap and the low-income requirement for participation in the Milwaukee voucher …

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March 3, 2011

FFRF objects to Fort Bragg’s discrimination against nonreligious

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has formally protested a March 1 decision by Col. Stephen J. Sicinski, Garrison Commander at Fort Bragg, to deny promised support for a nonreligious event slated …

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