News Releases Archive

August 9, 2023

FFRF again asks S.C. school board members to cease prayer

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation is once again asking the Dorchester School District Two School Board to stop opening meetings with a scheduled prayer. In 2021, FFRF contacted the …

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August 8, 2023

FFRF denounces judge’s Southwest Airlines “religious-liberty training” order

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is decrying a U.S. district judge’s order requiring Southwest Airlines lawyers to take “religious-liberty training” from a theocratic legal group. A flight attendant sued Southwest …

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August 3, 2023

Animated music video to lift secular spirits, compliments of FFRF

In honor of one of secularism’s many talented voices, the poet Rupert Brooke (1887-1915) — whose birthday is today, Aug. 3 — the Freedom From Religion Foundation is sharing the …

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August 3, 2023

Mich. school district drops prayer after FFRF intervenes

A Michigan school district has deleted Christian prayer from its senior award ceremony after the Freedom From Religion Foundation conveyed the objection of parents to officials. A concerned Vicksburg Community …

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August 3, 2023

Texas school district to end promotion of prayer thanks to FFRF

Due to the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s efforts, Burnet Consolidated ISD will no longer promote a prayer marathon event before the start of the fall semester. A concerned complainant reported …

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August 1, 2023

FFRF to Calif. county: Rescind fake Christian history proclamation

A national state/church watchdog group is chastising a California county board for adopting an un-American resolution designating July as “American Christian History Month.” Not only did the El Dorado County …

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August 1, 2023

Exclusive briefing on a new lawsuit to protect public education!

Americans United for Separation of Church and State, ACLU, Freedom From Religion Foundation and Education Law Center just filed a lawsuit to stop Oklahoma officials from creating the nation’s first …

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August 1, 2023

FFRF proudly announces Lorraine Hansberry Humanist scholars

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is excited, in association with the Women’s Leadership Project, to announce the 2023 Lorraine Hansberry Humanist Scholarship awardees. FFRF has helped to fund scholarships for …

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July 31, 2023

FFRF, local activist ensure banned books return to Colo. schools

  Three books removed from a Colorado school system’s libraries at the request of a conservative group will be back on the shelves after the Freedom From Religion Foundation and …

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