News Releases Archive

May 30, 2023

FFRF demands that Ark. sheriff’s office end prisoner baptisms

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is telling the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office to immediately stop promoting religion and explicitly affiliating itself with Christianity. FFRF has been alerted that the Sheriff’s …

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May 30, 2023

FFRF condemns Uganda’s draconian anti-gay law

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is condemning the Ugandan president’s catering to the agenda of U.S. Christian groups in signing the most extreme anti-homosexuality law in Africa. Despite an international …

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May 25, 2023

Abortion rights expert on FFRF Sunday TV show

Watch the preview here. A leading authority on reproductive rights — and the Roe v. Wade case specifically — is the guest on FFRF’s TV show this Sunday. Mary Ziegler, …

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May 24, 2023

Good, bad and ugly news on 10 commandments, abortion rights and pedophile priests

The Freedom From Religion Foundation congratulates the opposition that killed a Texas Ten Commandments-in-the-schools bill, deplores the passage of yet another six-week abortion ban and notes the shocking revelations in …

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May 24, 2023

FFRF applauds Fla. school district’s decision to halt graduations in churches

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is commending the Duval County School District in Jacksonville, Fla., for protecting student rights by no longer holding graduation ceremonies in churches. Executive Director of …

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May 23, 2023

DeSantis’ takeover of high school athletics assaults student freedom

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is dismayed that Florida public school students will now be subject to a high school athletic association advancing a Christian nationalist agenda. Florida Gov. Ron …

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May 23, 2023

FFRF tells Ohio school board to cease prayers

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Marlington Local Schools Board of Education to immediately stop conducting unconstitutional prayer to open its meetings. A concerned district community member has …

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May 23, 2023

We Dissent: How state/church separation has become ‘heads I win, tails you lose’

The newest episode of “We Dissent” covers the long, complex history of the fight for state/church separation. On episode 18, “We Dissent” hosts FFRF Legal Director Rebecca Markert, FFRF Attorney …

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May 22, 2023

Don’t have graduations in a church this Friday, FFRF asks Ohio school district

An Ohio school district shouldn’t hold its upcoming graduation ceremony inside a church, insists the Freedom From Religion Foundation. A concerned Groveport Madison Schools alumnus and community member has informed …

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