News Releases Archive

August 7, 2001

Take the New FFRF Internet Quiz: What Do You Really Know about the Bible?

Is It Really Such a “Good” Book? As a refreshing antidote to the plethora of piety on the Internet, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is debuting a challenging, but fun …

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August 3, 2001

FFRF Urges Governor to Remove Moore’s Bible Edicts

Supreme Affront Alabama Governor Don Siegelman has been asked to remove the set of biblical edicts which Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore illegally erected this week in the Alabama Supreme …

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July 11, 2001

Bush’s Faith-Based Funding Proposal Would Ring in Faith-Based Discrimination

“Do Ask. Don’t Hire?” The Salvation Army’s proposed “deal” with the Bush Administration, exposed by the Washington Post yesterday, should be ringing alarm bells–not donation bells–according to the Freedom From …

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April 30, 2001

Court of Appeals Upholds Foundation Victory in “TEACH” Challenge

Direct Subsidy to Parochial Schools Unconstitutional A 3-judge panel for the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Chicago ruled on Friday, April 27, in favor of a lawsuit by …

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April 27, 2001

Freedom From Religion Foundation Lawsuit Challenges Illegal Religious Instruction in Public Schools

Scopes II? A lawsuit to halt pervasive illegal religious practices in public schools in Rhea County, Tennessee was filed in the courtroom of Chief Judge Edgar, United States District Court …

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April 25, 2001

Bush’s Holocaust Remarks Distort History, Scapegoat Freethinkers

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has written President George W. Bush pointing out the Christian origins of the anti-Semitism that led to the Holocaust, in response to Bush’s recent remarks …

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March 9, 2001

Alabama Ten Commandments Amendment Opposed

Governor Advised: “It’s Unconstitutional” The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent the following letter to the Governor of Alabama regarding a proposal to amend the Alabama State Constitution to permit Ten …

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March 8, 2001

Watchdog Group Calls for Probe, Audit of Tax Money to Graham’s Ministry

Taxpayers Subsidize Proselytizing of Quake Victims? A national watchdog organization working to keep church and state separate has called on the US Agency for International Development to investigate allegations that …

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March 7, 2001

Where Would Women’s History Be Without Freethought?

In Honor of International Women’s Day (March 8) and Women’s History Month The untold story of the feminist movement is that it was sparked by women without superstition, by religious …

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