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FFRF Prez Barker Debates Cardinal Pell, Sydney, Australia
Foundation Co-President Dan Barker debated Cardinal George Pell, Archbishop of Sydney, Australia, at Macquarie University, Sydney, on Thursday, March 11. The debate was arranged by the Macquarie University Atheist League …
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FFRF Asks State to Quit Citing Good Friday as State Holiday
The Madison, Wis.-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, which won a major victory in federal court overturning Wisconsin's Good Friday state holiday 14 years ago, has asked the Revisor of Statutes …
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FFRF: Akron City Council’s Prayers Are Illegal
Does the Akron City Council need a lesson to learn the difference between a sectarian and a nonsectarian prayer? The Freedom From Religion Foundation thinks it does. The Foundation filed …
FFRF Calls Out Another Prayerful Calif. City Council
"We dedicate this meeting to Thee, and we do so in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen." Thus ended the invocation by Fire Chief Kirk Waters that opened the Feb. …
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FFRF Asks Houston Council to Stop Christian Prayers
The Houston City Council is out of order with sectarian prayers that advance Christianity at its meetings, says a letter to the council and Mayor Annise Parker from the Freedom …
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Court: FFRF suit against National Day of Prayer can proceed
A federal judge ruled on March 1 that the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s lawsuit challenging the National Day of Prayer can go forward. The suit was filed in October 2008 …
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Foundation Calls Out Detroit Council on Prayer
Public boards may not legally "pray in Jesus' name," even ones governing municipalities in dire economic straits like Detroit. The Freedom From Religion Foundation has written a letter on behalf …
School District Ties ‘Family’ to Christian Cross
The Freedom From Religion Foundation wonders if a Wisconsin public school district equates family values with the Christian cross and is asking the district to remove the cross from its …
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FFRF Objects to City Council Prayers in Roswell, Ga.
The City Council in Roswell, Ga., has no business opening public meetings with "religious ritual prayer," the Freedom From Religion Foundation said in a Feb. 18 letter to council members …
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