News Releases Archive

September 24, 2010

FFRF signs onto AHA brief challenging tax credit for religious schools

It's wrong to fund religious schools with taxpayer dollars, say the Freedom From Religion Foundation and other advocates for state-church separation in an amicus brief filed in a case before …

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September 24, 2010

FFRF protests Billy Graham’s “Rock the Fort” evangelism of Fort Bragg

The Freedom From Religion Foundation fired off a letter Sept. 21 to the commanding general at Fort Bragg, N.C., vigorously protesting the upcoming “Fort Bragg Rock the Fort” soul-winning event …

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September 23, 2010

Statement from FFRF Regarding Pulpit Freedom Sunday

This Sunday, September 26, 2010, churches across the country will participate in an event known as Pulpit Freedom Sunday. This event, organized and promoted by the Alliance Defense Fund, a …

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September 21, 2010

Truth-tellers Hirsi Ali, Uygur are FFRF’s ‘Emperor’ awardees

MADISON, Wis. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author of the poignant memoirs Infidel and Nomad, and Cenk Uygur, host and founder of "The Young Turks," the first-ever live, daily web-TV show, …

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September 20, 2010

School says it will drop Bible/Library Club

The Bible/Library Club that was a homeroom activity at Bellwood-Antis Middle School in Bellwood, Pa., has been dropped by the public school district after a complaint by the Freedom From …

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September 16, 2010

FFRF Albuquerque Chapter Celebrates “Constitution Day”

To celebrate "Constitution Day," the 232nd anniversary of the signing of the secular U.S. Constitution (September 17, 1787), the newly-formed Albuquerque chapter of the Freedom From Religion foundation is placing …

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September 13, 2010

FFRF contests Kentucky school bible distribution

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has informed the Laurel County School District in London, Ky., that it's illegal to let Gideons International distribute bibles to fifth-grade students. FFRF sent a …

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September 13, 2010

‘Christ centered’ school activity draws FFRF’s eye

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking a public school district to investigate the Bible/Library Club that is a homeroom activity at Bellwood-Antis Middle School in Bellwood, Pa. A parent …

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September 13, 2010

Hartford council urged: Drop prayers altogether

The Hartford [Conn.] Common Council, which has announced its intention to host Muslim prayers during its September meetings, has been contacted by the national Freedom From Religion Foundation asking it …

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