News Releases Archive

February 28, 2023

FFRF demands Pa. school district end partnership with local church

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that the Canton Area School District immediately end its partnership with a local church. FFRF received a complaint from a concerned member of …

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February 27, 2023

LGBTQ population growth demonstrates even more why bigoted bills must be opposed

A demographic sea change is occurring in the United States. The number of adults identifying as LGBTQ has almost doubled in the last decade, from 3.5 percent in 2012 to …

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February 24, 2023

Feminist atheist author, still feisty at 92, on FFRF’s Sunday TV show

Watch the teaser here. A feisty pioneering freethinking feminist author is the guest on the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show this Sunday. Barbara G. Walker, originally known …

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February 23, 2023

FFRF stops Christian class at Ohio primary school

  A legal complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation has halted an unconstitutional sectarian Christian class at an elementary school in Leipsic Local School District in Leipsic, Ohio. Leipsic …

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February 23, 2023

All-women secular podcast probes religious anti-discrimination exemption

The only all-women secular podcast in this country tackles in its latest episode the conundrum of why religious institutions outrageously receive an exemption from basic anti-discrimination laws. FFRF Legal Director …

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February 22, 2023

FFRF urges N.C. county board to nix commissioner-led prayers

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Stokes County Board of Commissioners in North Carolina to immediately end the practice of commissioner-led prayers before each meeting. FFRF had previously …

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February 22, 2023

DeSantis’ peculiar concept of ‘indoctrination’ disses Black History Month

Have you noticed something weird in the vocabulary of Christian nationalist public officials? They’re all suddenly against indoctrination in our public schools. Sounds good, until you realize what they really …

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February 22, 2023

Reps. Greene and Santos would censor the bible, FFRF warns

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is cautioning two book-banning members of Congress to be careful what they wish for. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and George Santos, R-N.Y., have co-sponsored …

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February 22, 2023

Don’t let predatory Baptists return to business as usual

Cory Wall (FBC/social media screenshot) It looks like the Southern Baptist Convention has edged ahead by a nose in an undeclared race with the Catholic Church to see which denomination …

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