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New episode of ‘Secular Spotlight’ focuses on freethinking students
The latest episode of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Secular Spotlight” showcases the positive impact nonreligious students can have on their schools.Secular Student Alliance Executive Director Kevin Bolling joins FFRF …
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FFRF announces $30,000 in 2026 Forward Freethought scholarship winners
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the First in the Family Humanist Forward Freethought scholarship. FFRF has awarded $30,000 in total to six students, …
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FFRF contacts Pentagon over its Christianizing of history curriculum
A new history curriculum for the federal school system serving military families appears designed to promote Christianity while presenting Islam as a threat to Western civilization. The Freedom From Religion …
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FFRF warns DOJ seeks to force taxpayers to fund religious proselytizing
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is condemning a sweeping new Department of Justice legal opinion that seeks to dramatically expand the ability of religious groups to use federal taxpayer dollars …
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FFRF’s ‘Secular Spotlight’ charts an ex-pastor’s journey to nonbelief
The latest episode of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Secular Spotlight” YouTube show tells the story of former Evangelical Pastor Timmy Gibson’s journey to atheism.Gibson joins FFRF Co-President Dan Barker …
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FFRF disburses more than $17,000 to First in the Family student essay winners
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to announce the 11 top winners and nine honorable mentions of the 2026 David Hudak Memorial First in the Family Student Essay Competition. …
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FFRF rebuts Oklahoma AG’s defense of school-sponsored prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is refuting the Oklahoma attorney general’s erroneous claim that a public school district is free to organize and promote a Christian prayer event. FFRF recently …
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FFRF Supreme Court brief pushes back on religious preschool discrimination claims
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a friend-of-the-court brief before the U.S. Supreme Court to refute a specious argument by a Catholic church that seeks to discriminate in a …
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FFRF ends Ga. school district’s annual prayer walks
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully halted a Georgia public school district’s promotion of Christian “prayer walks.” A concerned student informed the state-church watchdog that Laurens County Schools had organized and …
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