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Federal judge dismisses suit against FFRF solstice sign
The Freedom From Religion Foundation's call for reason to prevail in the Illinois Capitol was legal, U.S. District Judge Rebecca Pallmeyer ruled July 20. Pallmeyer dismissed a suit filed in …
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Catholic Statement Today Caricatures Itself
Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor Foundation Co-President Today it was reported that the Vatican considers the ordination of women as priests to be as “grave” an offense as pedophilia in …
FFRF complains to prayerful South Carolina boards
Three South Carolina public boards have received warnings from the Freedom From Religion Foundation about constitutional violations of separation of church and state. FFRF sent a letter to Mayor Brad …
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Nothing fails like prayer in the Gulf of Mexico Part II
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent letters chiding Govs. Bob Riley (Alabama), Haley Barbour (Mississippi), Bobby Jindal (Louisiana), Rick Perry (Texas) and Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp (Florida) for calling for …
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FFRF objects to Michigan county praying in Jesus’ name
The Madison, Wis.-based Freedom From Religion Foundation on June 21 urged the Otsego County Board of Commissioners (Gaylord, Mich.) to end its practice of sectarian prayers to Jesus at official …
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Nothing fails like prayer in the Gulf of Mexico
Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor Freedom From Religion Foundation Co-President Well, it’s been two days since Louisiana lawmakers’ pompous day of prayer to stop the oil gusher in the Gulf …
Light the Empire State Building to honor Mother Teresa, or else?
Catholic forces in New York City are not-so-quietly mobilizing a massive petition drive, protest, lobbying effort and media campaign to attempt to force the owner of the Empire State Building …
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FFRF stops Alabama teacher’s bible distribution
An Alabama fourth-grade teacher has been ordered to stop giving bibles to her students after the Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote a letter of complaint on behalf of a parent. …
FFRF stops fourth-grade ‘field trip’ to Ohio Nazarene church
Taking public school students to a Nazarene church to hear a bible story violates state-church separation, even if the school calls it "release time" instead of a field trip, says …
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