News Releases Archive

September 22, 2007

FFRF Objection to Religion at Attorney General’s Sept. 25 Remembrance Ceremony Results in Change

Wisconsin Department of Justice Issue (MADISON, WIS.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which had contacted Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen this week about too much religion at an upcoming …

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September 19, 2007

Watchdog Group Calls on State to Keep Ceremony Secular

Objection to Religion at Wisconsin’s Upcoming National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims Commemoration “The Office of Crime Victims Services necessarily serves a diverse population, many of whom are not …

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September 19, 2007

Jesus Flyer Calls for School District Policy Change, FFRF Charges

Madison, Wis. Violation “Plant the Seeds of Faith in Jesus in Your Child at our Sunday School.” (MADISON, WIS.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the Madison Metropolitan School …

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September 18, 2007

This Too Shall Pass

by Yolanda Adams In the middle of the turbulence surrounding youThese trying times that are so hard to endureIn the middle of what seems to be your darkest hourHold fast …

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August 29, 2007

FFRF Awards $4,900 in Scholarships to College-Bound High School Seniors

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of its 2007 essay competition for college-bound high school seniors. Seniors were asked to write on the topic, Why …

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June 29, 2007

Imperial Presidency Can Now Promote Religion

Statement from the Freedom From Religion Foundation The Supreme Court has barred the courtroom door. By Dan Barker and Annie Laurie GaylorCo-PresidentsFreedom From Religion Foundation Fasten your seat belts, kids. …

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June 26, 2007

Executive Actions to Promote Religion Ruled Beyond Court Scrutiny

Hein v. FFRF Supreme Court Decision: White House Faith-based Office Can Function as Propaganda Vehicle for Religion” (MADISON, WIS.) The U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision today in Hein v. FFRF …

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June 20, 2007

Challenges North Dakota’s Subsidy of Christian Juvenile “Ranch”

FFRF Launches 11th Faith-based Lawsuit (Madison, Wis.) The 10,000-member Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog group, today filed a federal lawsuit in North Dakota challenging state and county …

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June 15, 2007

Protest Public University Plans to Install Football Chaplain

The Des Moines Register (Controversial chaplain plan still in the works,” June 13, 2007) reports on plans to make a chaplain available to Cyclone football players at Iowa State University. …

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