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FFRF honors Virginia woman for contesting school religion
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “first commandment” is honor the constitutionally mandated separation of state and church. To accomplish that, FFRF needs cooperation from citizens like Sarah McNair, who is …
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Announcing FFRF’s 2011 student scholarship contests!
Topics, rules and deadlines for the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s 2011 high school, college and graduate/mature student essay scholarship competitions have been released. FFRF, an educational state/church watchdog that has …
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FFRF to Tennessee: Keep prayer out of school events
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent educational letters to 132 superintendents in Tennessee reminding them that official prayer at school-sponsored events is impermissible and urging districts to adhere to …
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FFRF: Wisconsin State Assembly shouldn’t have a prayer!
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison, Wis.-based national watchdog working to keep church and state separate, formally put leadership in the Wisconsin State Assembly on notice that its pervasively …
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FFRF: FOIA documents Army’s ‘Rock the Fort’ subsidy
The Freedom From Religion Foundation today sent its second letter protesting Army involvement in the evangelical "Rock the Fort" festival to the commanding general at Fort Bragg, N.C. The latest …
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Virginia school board votes to put Ten Commandments back in county schools
The Giles County School Board, unbelievably, voted 5 to 0 this afternoon to return Ten Commandment postings to school walls. The Board overruled a responsible decision by its superintendent to remove …
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Wisconsin FFRF’er sponsors billboard
“Enjoy Life Now: There Is No Afterlife” is the message a Wisconsin Lifetime Member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation is sponsoring for several weeks on a billboard near Columbus, …
FFRF contests Colorado invocations
At Peggy Littleton's first meeting as an El Paso County commissioner in Colorado Springs, Colo., she called for more prayer. “I’d like to encourage my colleagues to have, at a …
FFRF urges the Iowa State Legislature to end unconstitutional opening prayers
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, on behalf of its Iowa membership, urged the Iowa State Legislature to drop prayer and reject resolutions continuing prayer in the 84th General Assembly and …
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