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February 14, 2023

Last call for FFRF law student essays!

The Freedom From Religion Foundation wants to remind secular law students of an impending deadline for its 2023 Diane and Stephen Uhl Memorial Essay Competition for Law School Students. Law …

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February 14, 2023

FFRF welcomes Rep. Mullin to the Congressional Freethought Caucus

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to announce that Rep. Kevin Mullin, D-Calif., has joined the Congressional Freethought Caucus, demonstrating his commitment to the separation of state and church …

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February 13, 2023

Texas school board’s prayer practice is divisive, says FFRF

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is spotlighting a Texas school board’s troublingly divisive practice of regularly having Christian prayer at its board meetings. A concerned Midlothian ISD resident has contacted …

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February 13, 2023

Portugal yet another country scarred by the Church’s crimes

A recent headline that should surprise absolutely no one: “Thousands of children abused by members of Portugal’s Catholic Church over 70 years, report finds.” Given the pervasiveness of credible allegations …

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February 13, 2023

FFRF insists that Okla. Catholic charter school proposal be rejected

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is strongly objecting to the application that the biggest Catholic entities in Oklahoma have submitted to establish a state-funded charter school. FFRF published a counterargument …

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February 10, 2023

FFRF thanks Rep. Hank Johnson for reintroducing Supreme Court ethics bill

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to be listed as an official supporting organization in the reintroduction yesterday of an important Supreme Court reform bill. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Ga., …

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February 9, 2023

FFRF calls for end to Ohio school district’s discriminatory prayer

Immediately cease coercive and discriminatory school board prayers, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Ohio-based East Knox Local School District.  FFRF has been informed by a concerned member …

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February 9, 2023

Brave secular city councilor on FFRF’s Sunday TV show

Watch the teaser here. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show has as its guest a city councilor who has received death threats after asking her board to …

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February 9, 2023

FFRF welcomes study showing Americans strongly reject Christian nationalism

The findings of the just-released PRRI/Brookings Christian Nationalism Survey are generally reassuring news for secularism. Thankfully, half or even up to two-thirds of Americans reject Christian nationalist precepts. “More than …

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