News Releases Archive

October 19, 2023

FFRF Sunday TV guest has unearthed large-scale church child abuse

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Sunday TV show guest has made visible an extremely shameful aspect of organized religion: widespread child abuse. Award-winning journalist and author Christine Kenneally has a …

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October 19, 2023

FFRF brief sides with Southwest Airlines over unprecedented ‘religious liberty training’ order

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed an appeals court amicus brief against a district judge’s order compelling Southwest Airlines attorneys to attend “religious liberty training” by a controversial Christian …

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October 17, 2023

FFRF gets prayer cards removed from Mississippi middle school

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully persuaded the Jackson County School District to reprimand a teacher and update staff training after a middle school teacher placed “prayer cards” under …

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October 17, 2023

FFRF and donor Brian Bolton team up to endow Badger State secular professorship

The Freedom From Religion Foundation proudly announces a pioneering professorship in secular studies at a home state university — only the third such professorship in the nation. The Brian F. …

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October 12, 2023

Nonreligious students earn FFRF cash awards through Secular Student Alliance

With the backing of donors, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has collaborated with the Secular Student Alliance to select, announce and distribute several worthy 2023 student scholarships. This year’s scholarships …

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October 12, 2023

FFRF Sunday TV guest says evangelical movement failed a generation

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s guest on its Sunday TV show has a lot of insights to offer about the evangelical movement — he grew up in it. Jon Ward is the …

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October 11, 2023

FFRF’s powerful ‘Freethought Day’ ad runs in USA Today Thursday, Oct. 12

A full-page ad by the Freedom From Religion Foundation warning of latter-day witch hunts will run in the main section of USA Today tomorrow, Oct. 12, which marks the anniversary …

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October 10, 2023

FFRF awards $17,400 to 2023 college student essay contest winners

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to announce the 11 winners and six honorable mentions of the 2023 Kenneth L. Proulx Memorial Essay Contest for Ongoing College Students. FFRF …

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October 9, 2023

Statement on contract approval for Oklahoma’s St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School

OKLAHOMA CITY — The Freedom From Religion Foundation, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, American Civil Liberties Union, and the Education Law Center – the organizations litigating the lawsuit …

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