News Releases Archive

January 19, 2023

FFRF Urges Charleston, S.C., School District To Nix Prayer

Don’t begin school board meetings with a prayer, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has written to the Charleston County School Board in an open letter.  A concerned member of the …

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January 18, 2023

FFRF: SCOTUS’ new USPS case signals more religious privileging

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is disheartened that the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear yet another case involving a Christian plaintiff seeking to broaden religious exemptions in the …

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January 18, 2023

FFRF: Wis. conversion therapy ban reversal will cause needless harm

The Madison-based national Freedom From Religion Foundation denounces Wisconsin legislators who have reversed a ban on conversion therapy, a discredited anti-gay practice favored by Christian fundamentalists and other religious extremists. …

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January 18, 2023

Remove insurrectionary Christian nationalist flag, FFRF tells Rep. Grothman

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is appealing to a home state member of Congress to get rid of a Christian nationalist flag associated with the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection. Rep. Glenn …

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January 18, 2023

FFRF demands that Indiana sheriff halt inmate baptisms

Update: In a previous version of its press release, FFRF stated that Dave Durant was the sitting sheriff. Shortly before it was released, Bill Beyerrose was inaugurated as sheriff. FFRF …

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January 17, 2023

FFRF leads organizational sign-on letter opposing the National Prayer Breakfast

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, joined by 30 secular and religious groups, has sent a letter to members of Congress and the White House today urging a boycott of the …

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January 17, 2023

Texas college hides details of ‘gift’ to Christian school

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is charging that a Texas public community college is covering up details of its transfer of significant public land to a private Christian school. FFRF …

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January 16, 2023

Celebrate National Religious Freedom Day: Reform SCOTUS

The National Religious Freedom Day, proclaimed on Jan. 16 annually by presidents since 1993, memorializes a constitutional principle that today is imperiled by our Supreme Court. The landmark Virginia Statute …

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January 16, 2023

Pass the Freedom to Vote Act to truly honor Martin Luther King Jr

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, in commemorating civil rights legend Martin Luther King Jr. today, urges freedom-lovers in King’s memory to resolve to fight against endangered voting rights. The Supreme …

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