News Releases Archive

November 15, 2023

Reverse discriminatory prayer policy, FFRF urges Alaska borough

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding that an Alaska borough rescind its new policy of chaplain-delivered prayer in disregard of FFRF’s constitutionally sound advice. For the past several years, …

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November 15, 2023

Speaker Johnson’s views and actions take Christian nationalism mainstream

The continuing near-daily revelations about the religiously extreme views of new House Speaker Mike Johnson should be cause for concern for any American who values our secular democracy. As one …

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November 15, 2023

Activist groups seek to join Okla. AG’s lawsuit opposing religious public charter school

A group of faith leaders, public-education advocates and public-school parents — who are among the plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed on July 31 to stop Oklahoma from sponsoring and funding …

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November 14, 2023

New Supreme Court ethics code recognizes problem but fails to solve it

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is disappointed that the Supreme Court, after witnessing repeated scandals involving unreported gifts to justices and other reprehensible conduct, has belatedly adopted an ethics code …

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November 14, 2023

FFRF urges N.C. school district to end board-led prayers

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Columbus County Board of Education (based in Whiteville, N.C.) to protect the First Amendment rights of the school district community by ending …

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November 14, 2023

BREAKING! New Jersey agrees to a more inclusive oath due to FFRF lawsuit

Thanks to a Freedom From Religion Foundation lawsuit, the electoral system in New Jersey is becoming markedly more inclusive. FFRF filed suit a month ago on behalf of a N.J. resident …

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November 10, 2023

Yes, there are ‘atheists in foxholes,’ FFRF USA Today ad asserts

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is taking out a Veterans Day ad with USA Today that honors those who have served, especially freethinkers. About a quarter of FFRF’s members are …

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November 10, 2023

FFRF Sunday TV show guest explains her disbelief in new book

 Watch the teaser here. The Freedom From Religion Foundation interviews for its TV show this Sunday a Washington Post contributor who has a new book explaining why she stopped …

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November 9, 2023

FFRF’s S.C. lawsuit ends with withdrawal of $1.5 million funding request

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has obtained a victory for South Carolina taxpayers. FFRF filed a suit last year on behalf of four South Carolina taxpayers against state officials, including …

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