News Releases Archive

May 17, 2008

FFRF Complaint Halts Evangelical Talk in High School

A timely complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, acting on a tip from a resident, halted a scheduled evangelical talk during the lunch hour at Stoughton High School in …

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April 26, 2008

State/Church Watchdog Makes $1,200 Bid on Holmen “Star Hill” Site

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., has formally offered $1,200 for a 990-foot bite of land on what is known as the “Star …

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April 26, 2008

FFRF Files Lawsuit Against Rio School District and Wisconsin Department of Instruction

Challenging State Subsidy of Child Evangelism Group The Madison, Wis.-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national organization of freethinkers working to keep church and state separate, today filed a lawsuit …

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April 25, 2008

Repelled by Expelled

Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor Co-President of the Freedom From Religion Foundation I ruined a perfectly good spring evening to see “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed,” a so-called documentary by rightwing …

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April 22, 2008

FFRF Bids on Holmen “Star Cross” Site

Protests Sweetheart Deal” to Maintain Cross The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., has formally offered to purchase what is known as the “Star …

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April 19, 2008

FFRF Objects to Sheriff Dept.-Sponsored Prayer Breakfast featuring Justice (Elect) Gableman

In Burnett County, Wisconsin A Wisconsin county sheriff has been asked to cease and desist his eighth annual sponsorship of a prayer breakfast by the Burnett Sheriff Department. This year’s …

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April 18, 2008

Letter to the Burnett County Sheriff

Dean W. Roland, Sheriff Burnett County Sheriff’s Department 7410 County Rd K, #122 Siren WI 54872 Re: State/Church Violation; Open Records Request Dear Sheriff: Our organization, which works to protect …

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April 17, 2008

“Faith Forum” Outright Religious Test for Public Office

News Release & Action Alert: CNN Crosses the Line, Again Nearly a year ago, when CNN broadcast a presidential faith forum last June, the Freedom From Religion Foundation issued a …

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April 11, 2008

FFRF Halts Christian Vending at Madison VA

(Madison, Wis.) Acting on a complaint from a patient at the Madison VA Hospital, the Freedom From Religion Foundation today protested the presence of Christian vendors setting up shop at …

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