News Releases Archive

February 2, 2023

FFRF applauds Ala. school district for halting bibles at graduations

The Freedom From Religion Foundation commends Opelika City Schools in Alabama for ensuring that future high school graduations will be free of bible distributions. The national state/church watchdog received a …

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February 1, 2023

FFRF coaches Deion Sanders on the Constitution

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has been successfully coaching Deion Sanders on the constitutional separation between state and religion. The national state/church watchdog reached out to the University of Colorado …

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February 1, 2023

Taking down the National Prayer Breakfast (as Congress knew it)

Sure, tomorrow morning the president and many members of Congress will still gather together to piously and publicly pray, as they have for the past 70 years on the first …

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January 31, 2023

FFRF urges Miami Beach City Commission to reject eruv maintenance grant

Do not approve an upcoming grant to fund the maintenance of a religious boundary, known as an eruv, the Freedom of Religion Foundation is urging the Miami Beach City Commission. …

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January 31, 2023

FFRF demands Calif. school district board end prayer at meetings

Immediately cease the practice of prayer to open school board meetings, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Gateway Unified School District Board of Trustees. On Jan. 18, the …

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January 31, 2023

An onslaught of anti-trans state-level bills alarms FFRF

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is closely monitoring the alarming surge in anti-transgender bills being introduced in state legislatures around the nation. More than 150 bills in at least 25 …

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January 30, 2023

FFRF’s Ron Reagan commercial returns to ‘Maddow’ show

The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s iconic ad featuring a presidential son Ron Reagan touting FFRF’s work and his own “unabashed atheism” returns tonight to premier television. The commercial inviting viewers to …

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January 27, 2023

BREAKING! FFRF wins its lawsuit against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott

The Freedom From Religion Foundation today won its case before an appeals court against the Texas governor’s censorship of its Capitol display. After Gov. Greg Abbott and the State Preservation …

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January 27, 2023

Florida tragedy shows why medical aid-in-dying laws are desperately needed

The tragic recent case involving the arrest of a 76-year-old woman in Florida for fatally shooting her terminally ill 77-year-old husband at his request would not have happened if Florida …

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