In an amicus brief filed today, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and the Secular Coalition for Arizona are asking a federal district court to dismiss a case that a religion-spouting board member has brought against her school board in Arizona. The case arises from last … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is excoriating a theocratic bill signed into law in Tennessee that makes a version of the bible an “official state book.” House Bill 1828, which was signed today by Gov. Bill Lee, will add the “Aitken Bible” (among other documents) … More »
FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor has penned an op-ed published in a Louisiana newspaper warning of legal action if the Statehouse passes a constitutionally problematic Ten Commandments bill. “My organization will take the state of Louisiana to court if the Legislature approves a bill requiring … More »
Jeff Weigand The Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding that a home county supervisor say sorry for his recent comments making bogus connections between homelessness and “sin.” At the April 4 meeting of the Dane County Board, Supervisor Jeff Weigand used his position to push his personal … More »
Watch the teaser here. The scientist who discovered perhaps the most key fossil in anthropological history is the guest on Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” show this week. And he happens to also be an outspoken atheist.Donald C. Johanson is the paleoanthropologist who found … More »
Photo by Fabio Fistarol on Unsplash The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling out the Vatican for its latest harmful statements against LGBTQIA-plus communities and women. In the newly released “Declaration ‘Dignitas Infinita’ on Human Dignity,” the Vatican has once again made clear its utter disregard … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is once again sounding the alarm on Uganda’s horrific Anti-Homosexuality Act after a recent ruling by the Ugandan Constitutional Court.In defiance of international law and pressure from the international human rights community, the court upheld many of the discriminatory … More »
Photo by Gayatri Malhotra on Unsplash Individual freedoms — including that foremost liberty to decide if and when to become a parent — must never be left up to states, maintains the Freedom From Religion Foundation.Proving that point is the horrific decision today by the … More »
Union County Public Schools in North Carolina has informed the Freedom From Religion Foundation that it won’t promote religious events in its schools.A concerned local community member had communicated to the state/church watchdog that Sardis Elementary School in Monroe, N.C., recently publicized a “prayer … More »
FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor dissects in a recent op-ed published in a number of Utah newspapers a new law that allows the Ten Commandments to be taught in public schools. “The measure says that the commandments should be added ‘to a list of historical … More »
A state/church watchdog’s complaint over a county clerk website post that crosses the constitutional line is heating up in Rowan County, Ky. The Freedom From Religion Foundation contacted the Rowan County Clerk’s Office in Kentucky to complain about its inappropriate use of a graphic depicting … More »
Watch the teaser here. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s TV show focuses this week on the “Forgotten Founder” Thomas Paine — and a planned monument to him in the nation’s capital.A pair of leading experts are interviewed on “Freethought Matters” about the revolutionary patriot and … More »
A Christian group has been barred from targeting an Illinois school district’s children with religious propaganda, thanks to the efforts of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.A concerned parent informed the state/church watchdog that Marion Community Unit School District #2 was regularly allowing outside adults … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling constitutional misconduct on University of South Carolina basketball head coach Dawn Staley for her recent comments denigrating nonbelievers.In her conversation with ESPN reporter Holly Rowe courtside Sunday following her team’s victory over Oregon State, Staley said that there … More »
Florida's Supreme Court Justices Florida has fallen to anti-abortion crusaders. A crushing decision on Monday, April 1, by the state Supreme Court approved one of the nation’s strictest abortion bans. The Freedom From Religion Foundation calls it appalling that the ruling will effectively eliminate abortion access … More »
A display that the Freedom From Religion Foundation and its Windy City chapter put up to represent secular views in Chicago during Eastertime has been cut down and stolen.The Chicago Daley Center security notified FFRF’s Metropolitan Chicago Chapter that they have a video of … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with a coalition of 100-plus groups, is sounding in on a second abortion-related case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case deals with the rights of pregnant persons under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, also known as EMTALA. … More »
Watch the teaser here. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s guest this week is constantly striving to protect the interests of secular Americans.Steven Emmert is the executive director of the Secular Coalition for America, an advocacy group in Washington, D.C., that works to preserve the equal … More »
FFRF Action Fund Senior Policy Counsel Ryan Jayne has authored an op-ed for the Kansas City Star forcefully urging that a public-school chaplain bill not be allowed to become law. “Kansas House Bill 2732 would permit public schools to employ chaplains to ‘provide support, services … More »
An Oklahoma school system took down a massive biblical display after the Freedom From Religion Foundation objected that it was unconstitutional.A concerned Putnam City Schools employee informed the state/church watchdog that Western Oaks Middle School was prominently displaying a bible verse in one of … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has made certain that students in Fredericktown, Ohio, will not be pressured to participate in an evangelical release time bible study program. A concerned district community member informed the state/church watchdog that schools within the district had been promoting and … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has taken action to ensure that all residents of a Michigan county are treated on par with Christian prayer-givers. The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners, which opens its board meetings with invocations, agreed that a member of The Satanic Temple … More »
In its first major abortion case since its ultraextreme majority overturned Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a lawsuit today that could imperil access to medication abortion. Several justices questioned whether the anti-abortion groups suing the Food and Drug Administration have standing to … More »
FFRF Action Fund Senior Policy Counsel Ryan Jayne has crafted an op-ed for a major Alabama newspaper calling for a public-school chaplain bill in the state to be voted down. “House Bill 59 would permit chaplains to ‘provide support, services, and programs for students’ in … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that the McGuffey Area School Board shouldn’t begin its meetings with prayer. A concerned school district employee informed FFRF that at the board’s Feb. 15 meeting, President Zonie Jackson announced that the majority of board members had decided … More »
Photo by Max Mishin West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed into law a bill aimed at inserting religion into public schools throughout the state, and another bill with a similar purpose is headed to the governor’s desk. The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemns these … More »
Watch the teaser here. Our courts and our democracy are not laughing matters but the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s TV show guest happens to be a humorist who is also a legal maven. Meagan Hatcher-Mays, an attorney and democracy expert, was previously director of democracy policy … More »
Photo by Mercedes Mehling on Unsplash The Freedom From Religion Foundation is applauding the work of Florida educators, activists and legal advocates that led to the recent defanging of the state’s infamous “Don’t Say Gay” law.“Don’t Say Gay,” which was first passed two years ago to … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that the Jefferson County School District in Alabama end religious coercion in its football program. FFRF has been informed that Oak Grove High School’s head football coach has been using his position and his affiliation with the Fellowship … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of The Satanic Temple against the Shelby County Board of Education in Memphis, Tenn., over serious violations of the First Amendment.Since November 2023, when The Satanic Temple sought to begin an afterschool … More »