News Releases Archive

February 20, 2024

Shocking Alabama abortion ruling enshrines religious fetal personhood

The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemns the recent outrageous theocratic 7–2 ruling by the Alabama Supreme Court. It describes embryos as “children,” contains a bible-laden concurrence and endangers in-vitro fertilization …

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February 19, 2024

Why Idaho AG shouldn’t hire a Christian nationalist law firm

In a case of “he doth protest too much,” Idaho’s attorney general is doubling down on his outrageous decision to hire the Christian nationalist Alliance Defending Freedom to defend the …

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February 16, 2024

FFRF removes religious ‘character coach’ from Iowa high school basketball program

After the Freedom From Religion Foundation called foul, the Urbandale Community School District will ensure its basketball program stays free from religious entanglement. The state/church watchdog received a report that …

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February 15, 2024

Oregonian’s foster care religious exemption request should be denied, FFRF brief insists

Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash An Oregon woman’s religious challenge to state foster care regulations would undermine the state’s ability to protect vulnerable children, asserts a just-filed Freedom From …

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February 15, 2024

Rep. Huffman exposes House Speaker’s Christian nationalism on FFRF Sunday TV show

Watch the teaser here.  On the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Sunday TV show, the co-chair of the Congressional Freethought Caucus reveals the Christian nationalist agenda of Speaker Mike Johnson. Rep. …

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February 14, 2024

FFRF stops preaching Fla. math teacher from imposing Christianity on students

Students in a math class in the Palm Beach County School District in Florida will no longer be subjected to proselytization — thanks to the diligent efforts of the Freedom …

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February 12, 2024

FFRF blasts ‘corrective’ Christian prayer before Fla. city council

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has written to the Tavares City Council in Florida to complain, after it arranged a “corrective” Christian prayer to follow a Central Florida Freethought Community …

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February 8, 2024

FFRF Sunday TV show focuses on atheism in Africa

Watch the teaser here. Atheism in Africa is the subject of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Sunday television show. Africa’s largest and most active atheist group is Atheists In Kenya …

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February 8, 2024

Remove Christian decals, FFRF urges Texas sheriff office

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that a Texas sheriff department get rid of Christian decals affixed on its vehicles. A concerned local resident has informed the state/church watchdog …

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