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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons released an April 2013 survey of 218,167 prisoners that reports .02% of prisoners are atheists.You read that right. Not 2%, or even .2 percent, but .02% of American prisoners are atheists.Hemant Mehta first reported the statistic on his … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation continues to challenge a discriminatory admission policy by Festa Italiana in Milwaukee, Wis., which offers free admission to Catholic Mass attendees for its ethnic festival on July 21. FFRF, a state/church watchdog from Madison, Wis. with over 19,000 members, sent … More »
Statement by Annie Laurie GaylorCo-President Freedom From Reiigion Foundation Florida Gov. Rick Scott apparently looks on public piety as the perfect "out" in response to the outcry over the not guilty verdict in the Trayvon Martin case. After avoiding a sit-in of peaceful African-American youths, … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, on behalf of its more than 500 Ohio members, is objecting to a religious design on a Holocaust memorial to be built at the Ohio statehouse. FFRF, a Madison, Wis.-based association of 19,000 atheists and agnostics, is a national … More »
A complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation cancelled two constitution classes, to have been based on videos and lessons distributed by right-wing religious groups, which were scheduled to begin this summer in Springboro, Ohio. News outlets in Springboro reported on July 4 that the … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio and individual plaintiffs have agreed to settle their lawsuit against the public school district in Jackson, Ohio, for displaying a large portrait of Jesus above the entrance to Jackson Middle School. The … More »
A national state/church watchdog is warning that Washingtonians are rapidly losing access to constitutionally protected forms of health care as Catholic medical organizations take over the state system. Soon almost half of Washington's hospital beds will be under the control of the United States Conference … More »
A full-page ad set to run July 4 celebrating ‘our godless Constitution’ by the national Freedom From Religion Foundation was censored by the Daily Oklahoman, apparently to avoid offending the Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby. The craft megastore, which is based out of Oklahoma City, has … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is fighting to protect the constitutional rights of Washington residents after more than eight secular hospitals have merged or plan to merge with Catholic hospitals. This is part of a larger phenomenon happening across the country where the merged hospital … More »
Hundreds of freethinkers interested in state/church separation will be gathering on Sept. 27-28 for the 36th annual Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) convention at the Concourse Hotel in Madison. Headliners this year include Dan Savage, an American author, media pundit, activist and newspaper editor. He … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is running a full-page ad celebrating “our GODLESS Constitution” in a number of U.S. dailies on July 4. FFRF, a state/church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., serves as the nation’s largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics). The ad is … More »
FFRF continues to fight proposals in Springboro, Ohio, to promote religion and conservative religious views in public schools. FFRF's first letter to Springboro Community City Schools in 2011 warned the district that a proposal to teach creationism wrapped in history to counter the alleged "controversy" … More »
Last week the Wisconsin Legislature moved the state one step closer to the most sweeping expansion of private school vouchers in the state's history, to the detriment of secular public education, when it passed the 2013-15 budget. The budget is expected to be signed … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation successfully petitioned the United States government to exempt a 64-year-old British atheist immigrant from taking an oath to bear arms. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services tried to force Margaret Doughty to get religious documentation from a church proving her … More »
Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker, FFRF co-presidents A shrine to Jesus is not religious? A ski slope is like a museum? In what Alice in Wonderland world do we find ourselves? Answer — in the lame and dishonest world of legal machinations to rationalize violations of … More »
Younger Americans — increasingly nonreligious and not shy about it — are about to have new support in speaking out against intrusions of religion in their educational environment. The Secular Student Alliance, an organization devoted to empowering nonreligious students, and the Freedom From Religion … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the city of Tucson, Ariz., to remove religious shrines or move it to a more appropriate loacation. FFRF received a local complaint about the Our Lady of Guadalupe located at the southeast base of "A" Mountain. "A" … More »
Today the Supreme Court declared DOMA unconstitutional and upheld a lower court decision striking down California’s Proposition 8. This is a great day for all Americans and for our godless Constitution. The secular ideal that all people are equal in the eyes of the law … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation ran a prominent quarter-page ad in yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Review section, challenging Boy Scouts of America’s continuing exclusion of nonreligious boys. “We’re so pleased Boy Scouts of America is moving forward on gay rights, and that it decided … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully stood up for equal rights of the nonreligious by forcing the US Office of Customs and Immigration Services to strike down a unconstitutional requirement for religious documentation that would have barred an atheist from becoming a citizen. Margaret … More »
Statement By Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor Co-Presidents Freedom From Religion Foundation Lost in the political outrage over the IRS and the tea party scandal is the IRS’s failure to go after church politicking — most of it by Christian Right pastors. Where’s … More »
Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker / Co-Presidents Freedom From Religion Foundation Grandstanding pols in Texas last week passed the “Merry Christmas” bill, supposedly to ensure that public school students and teachers can say “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Hanukkah” unimpeded. As MSNBC commentator Rachel … More »
Some 150 members of Congress today voted in favor of allowing nonreligious military chaplains to serve atheists and agnostics in the armed forces. Although that wasn’t enough for an amendment to succeed, it means a lot to American freethinkers. U.S. Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO) offered the amendment … More »
The place of religion in our society is an exalted one, achieved through a long tradition of reliance on the home, the church and the inviolable citadel of the individual heart and mind. We have come to recognize through bitter experience that it is … More »
Read the letter of complaint to the Houston USCIS … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog, has heard from many of its Michigan members concerned over the mischief-making intent of two state Senate bills discussed in a Committee on Education hearing Wednesday. Although ostensibly relating to history instruction and religion in … More »
Statement by FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor Disgraceful passage by the Wisconsin Legislature today of an unconstitutional bill promoted by Roman Catholics to allow religious employers to bar contraception coverage for women employees is a travesty. SB 202 has major state/church implications. The bill would prohibit … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking the Howard-Suamico Board of Education in Wisconsin to reprimand a school district superintendent for exhorting parents to pray in his commencement speech at a Green Bay high school. FFRF, a Madison, Wis.-based state/church watchdog, sent a letter on … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit June 13 in U.S. District Court in Florida against the Orange County School Board in Orlando for censoring distribution of freethought materials while allowing unfettered distribution of the Christian bible. Plaintiffs are FFRF, its Co-Presidents Annie Laurie … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation called it “highly disappointing” that the Arizona State Court of Appeals yesterday threw out its bid to declare unconstitutional annual Arizona Day of Prayer proclamations by Gov. Jan Brewer. The case was not lost on its merits, but on “standing.” The … More »
FFRF Statement "Forward" may be the official motto of Wisconsin, but Wisconsin's governor has made an alarming deal with legislative leadership that will take our state educational system backward. Wisconsin's constitutionally created secular common school system is under ruthless attack.The budget approved by the Joint … More »
There are plenty of foxhole atheists, but religionists on the U.S. House Armed Services Committee made sure this week that none will be allowed to serve as secular representatives in the chaplain corps.A stream of invective against atheists followed the introduction of an amendment by … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is objecting to proposals in Springboro, Ohio, that appear to promote religion under the guise of controversial issues and patriotic ceremonies. FFRF, a Madison, Wis.-based state/church watchdog, is concerned that the policies are a ploy to inject religion into what … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is placing the blame for a string of problematic religious violations in Pickens County schools, Pickens S.C., upon its prayerful Board of Education. A valedictorian's open defiance of a non-prayer policy at his June 3 graduation ceremony at Liberty High … More »
Oh no! "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" is back! The Orwellian-named "Alliance Defending Freedom" typically hosts the annual Pulpit Freedom Sunday in the fall, encouraging pastors around the country to openly violate IRS law by endorsing political candidates from the pulpit. This annual event, in which … More »
The Colorado Supreme Court announced earlier this month that it will hear an appeal by Gov. John Hickenlooper of the Freedom From Religion Foundation's victory in the appeals court declaring unconstitutional the governor's "Colorado Day of Prayer" proclamations.Hickenlooper and his predecessors, including Gov. Bill … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation remains concerned at a Texas school districts role in organizing tonight’s performance at a high school auditorium which was paid for by a Baptist Church. FFRF, a Madison, Wis.-based state/church watchdog, was contacted three days before a religious 5th grade … More »
Wilkes-Barre student Justin Vacula, in conjunction with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, has just arranged placement of a colorful banner saying "Nothing Fails Like Prayer" in Public Square in downtown Wilkes-Barre, Penn. The banner is in response to a banner placed by a religious … More »
Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker FFRF Co-Presidents We congratulate Boy Scouts of America for lifting its longtime, hurtful ban on gays being members. BSA has taken a major step forward, albeit still barring gay adult leadership. But why does it remain socially acceptable … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has renewed its objections to constitutional violations occurring aboard U.S. Navy ships. In a May 20 letter to Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel urged Mabus to order an end to the practice of broadcasting … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison, Wis-based state/church watchdog, stopped presentation of a fifth-grade religious musical program in Lindale, Texas. FFRF was contacted by a concerned parent about a 5th grade music program scheduled to take place today at E.J. Moss Intermediate School … More »
Statement by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie GaylorFFRF Co-Presidents State Rep. Steve Smith chastised Mendez yesterday, asking other members to join him in a second daily prayer in "repentence" for Mendez's secular words.Mendez replied: "If my lack of religion doesn't give me the same opportunity … More »
Statement By Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor FFRF Co-Presidents The Freedom From Religion Foundation has a very rare, very elite category of members who are “honorary officers.” The title is reserved for freethinkers who have won Supreme Court cases in favor of the separation of … More »
After receiving a student complaint, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has called for Ball State University in Muncie, Ind., to investigate allegations that a physics and astronomy professor appeared to be teaching creationism at the public university. FFRF, a Madison, Wis.-based state/church watchdog, sent a … More »
Should a church in Madison, Wis., be allowed to proselytize in the Pheasant Branch Conservancy in the adjoining city of Middleton? The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state-church watchdog based in Madison, thinks not. The city's Conservancy Lands Committee will discuss a request from Rev. … More »
On Monday a public school district in Muldrow, Okla., confirmed that it has permanently removed Ten Commandment signs which were posted in its classrooms. The final vote is a victory for the separation of church and state. The whistleblower was 16-year-old student Gage Pulliam, who … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation today contacted Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, protesting his decision to override the Department of Natural Resources and return bibles to all lodge rooms and cabins in Georgia state parks. The DNR, appropriately, had removed the bibles after a guest … More »
An Oklahoma school district is learning a valuable lesson thanks to a student and the Freedom From Religion Foundation. On May 1, FFRF sent a letter to Superintendent Ron Flanagan requesting that he ensure that numerous Ten Commandments postings be removed from Muldrow Public Schools … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking Lumpkin County Schools in Georgia to discipline four staffers who left their classrooms unattended and about 50 students who skipped class to join a prayer rally that started in a coach's office.The national state/church watchdog based in … More »
A misguided decision by a state judge in Texas, permitting public school cheerleaders to exhibit Christian bible verses and messages during high school football games, makes Christianity the official school religion in Kountze, Texas.So contends the Freedom From Religion Foundation, whose letter in September … More »
Click ad to enlarge The Freedom From Religion Foundation is taking its objections to the annual National Day of Prayer to "pious politicians" in the seat of federal government, via a full-page ad in today's Washington Post."When we have faith in ourselves, we won't need faith … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and its Florida chapter, the Central Florida Freethought Community, will be passing out atheist and freethought literature to students in Orange County Public Schools this Thursday.The distribution of freethought literature is set for May 2, the National Day of … More »
After the St. Johns County School Board voted recently against allowing high school graduation prayer in St. Augustine, Fla., a Colorado pastor is offering a $1,000 reward to the first student to flout school policy and break the law. A state law enacted last year … More »
At the urging of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, numerous framed postings of the Ten Commandments have come down in Breathitt County Schools in Kentucky. FFRF contacted the manager for the school system, Larry Hammond, on April 5 about the postings. FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick … More »
The city of Hattiesburg, Miss., shouldn't be using city resources and public tax dollars to promote a May 2 religious observance, FFRF Staff Attorney Elizabeth Cavell told Mayor Johnny L. DuPree in an April 9 letter of complaint. The event being publicized as the "Mayor's … More »
Without intended irony on April Fools' Day, Republican Rowan County Reps. Harry Warren and Carl Ford introduced House Joint Resolution 494 to establish a state religion in North Carolina.Unbelievably, the bill has already attracted 12 other equally ignorant sponsors. It’s no joking matter that … More »
Portrait now hanging in Jackson Middle School challenged today A display of Jesus is just as unconstitutional in a high school as it is in a middle school. That's the message of the amended complaint filed today by the ACLU of Ohio and the Freedom … More »
Pennsylvania state Rep. Tim Krieger has introduced a bill in the General Assembly that would outlaw the use of pseudonyms in litigation challenging religious symbols on public property. In a memo to representatives seeking co-sponsorship, Krieger said the bill is in direct response to lawsuits … More »
Mayan and Balen Essak, student activists Mayan and Balen Essak have each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The brothers attend Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wis., a Milwaukee suburb. The brothers received the awards for speaking out in their community and … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, along with 19 other plaintiffs, is suing the U.S. Treasury for stamping "In God We Trust" on currency. Honorary FFRF board member Mike Newdow is acting as legal counsel in the suit, which was filed in the U.S. District … More »
By Annie Laurie Gaylor Co-President, Freedom From Religion Foundation Not one workday ever goes by that we at the Freedom From Religion Foundation do not give thanks — to the McCollum family for the landmark ruling they won. We must pause this Friday, March 8, … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which has been corresponding with Wynnewood Public Schools, Okla., over inappropriate actions by a teacher promoting religion in the classroom, is releasing its correspondence with Superintendent Raymond Cole, in which he preached at FFRF and indicated he rejects evolution.FFRF … More »
An appeals court ruled today that a Michigan mayor can censor nonreligious speech, while continuing to endorse a nativity scene in the city atrium.A 3-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled against the Freedom From Religion Foundation's … More »
Mexican Fiesta will no longer give discounts for attending Catholic Mass per the terms of a settlement with Richard Halasz, a Freedom From Religion Foundation member from Milwaukee.Mexican Fiesta, an annual festival held each summer in Milwaukee on the Summerfest grounds, had advertised a … More »
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's budget proposal includes major increases in taxpayer funding to subsidize vouchers for primarily religious schools, the Freedom From Religion Foundation charges.The governor's budget includes a $73 million increase for voucher schools and a new $21 million program for a statewide … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a brief on Feb. 15 fighting the federal government's motion in support of a permanent shrine to Jesus in the Flathead National Forest, leased at no cost since the 1950s to the Knights of Columbus. The statue is near Kalispell, Mont. "A … More »
Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Dan Barker has teamed up to write a song with Broadway icon (“Annie,” “Bye Bye Birdie”) Charles Strouse, and their irreverent collaboration debuts in FFRF’s newly-released third musical CD, “Adrift on a Star.” Cover: Seymour Cwast … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed a lawsuit today (Feb. 6, 2013) on behalf of plaintiffs who seek removal of a portrait of Jesus from Jackson Middle School in Jackson. FFRF sent an initial letter of complaint … More »
Email or phone the President today urging him as honorary president of Boy Scouts of America to support inclusion of gay and nonreligious members, volunteers and leaders. The White House Comment Line: 202/456-1111TTY/TTD Comment line: 202/456-6213 FFRF letter to President Barack Obama re: BSA policy of exclusion (PDF … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is suing a Rhode Island florist in Superior Court in Providence for refusing to deliver FFRF's order of a dozen red roses to Cranston teen Jessica Ahlquist after she won a court case in January 2012. The complaint, filed Jan. … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s first-of-its-kind feature production for use as educational filler on public television affiliates aired more than 1,430 times over three months late last year. This is the first such segment featuring discussion of freethought, atheism and focusing on the specific … More »
U.S. District Judge Terrence McVerry ruled Jan. 22 that the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s challenge to a Ten Commandments monument in front of a Pennsylvania high school will go forward. McVerry rejected a motion to dismiss by the New Kensington-Arnold School District and issued … More »
Statement by Annie Laurie GaylorCo-PresidentFreedom From Religion FoundationThe Freedom From Religion Foundation has asked every president since FFRF was founded, starting with Jimmy Carter, to eschew the use of a bible and the "So help you God" phrase at presidential inaugurations. Staff Attorney Andrew … More »
Note: Below the following call to action is a copy of the letter FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor sent to Washington State Lt. Governor Owen over inappropriate prayer at the Jan. 14 State Senate session. Click here to view the letter as PDF. We … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation's Winter Solstice banner is back up and will hang in the Wilkes-Barre Public Square for six more days — provided that it is not vandalized again. "We are very pleased to hear that the city has rehung the banner and … More »
A Winter Solstice banner placed by the Freedom From Religion Foundation in a public park in Manassas, Va., was stolen over the holidays. FFRF received a permit from the city for its "Let Reason Prevail" banner to counter a nativity scene. It was placed by … More »
From left: Sean Cunningham, Shelly Colanduno, Matt Newcomb and Jason Shainline. "Keep Saturn in Saturnalia" is the message the Freedom From Religion Foundation would have liked to share with Pitman, N.J., residents this holiday season, but the group was stonewalled by borough officials. The state/church … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a federal lawsuit yesterday challenging the Internal Revenue Service’s preferential treatment of churches in applying for and maintaining tax-exempt status. The IRS exempts churches and certain other religious organizations from paying expensive application fees and filing the onerous … More »
It was not exactly “good will toward all” at public forums around the country. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s winter solstice banner or sign, placed in 12 cities to counter religious displays on public property, has been stolen or vandalized in four spots by … More »
Below is a copy of the letter FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor sent to the mayor of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., on Dec. 21 in response to the recent vandalism of FFRF's Winter Solstice banner. It has been five days since FFRF's banner was vandalized by an … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is challenging an inappropriate nativity scene in Manassas, Va., with its own message about the "real reason for the season." FFRF's 7½-by-3-foot banner states: "At this Season of the Winter Solstice, LET REASON PREVAIL. There are not gods, no devils, … More »
A thief or thieves in Warren, Mich., stole the Freedom From Religion Foundation's Winter Solstice banner several days after it was put in place to counter a religious nativity scene on public property. It was vandalized on Dec. 16, the day after it was … More »
A man yesterday about 4 p.m. brazenly climbed a structure to cut the cord attaching the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Winter Solstice banner in Public Square in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The city, which requires that its workers must place displays, had just put the banner … More »
The City Council in Cheboygan, Mich., moved a nativity display off public property rather than give the Freedom From Religion Foundation equal time during the winter holiday season. “We couldn't be more pleased,” said Annie Laurie Gaylor, FFRF co-president. “We think religion — or irreligion … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is challenging a nativity scene in North School Park in Arlington Heights, Ill., with a message about the "real reason for the season." Despite being called "spoil sports" by a local resident, members of FFRF Metropolitan Chicago Chapter say that … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with the help of a Pennsylvania member, has placed its Winter Solstice banner in Wilkes-Barre's Public Square to counter religious displays set up there. The 7½-by-3 foot banner states: “At this Season of the Winter Solstice, LET REASON PREVAIL. There … More »
Darrell Barker poses with FFRF's banner in 2011. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, on behalf its 1,000 Washington members, placed its Winter Solstice sign today in front of the state capitol for the second year. The Madison, Wis.-based national state/church watchdog has over 19,000 members nationwide. Thanks … More »
Religion "hardens hearts & enslaves minds" declares the Freedom From Religion Foundation on its newly placed Winter Solstice banner challenging a nativity scene on government property near city hall in Prineville, Ore. FFRF is a national state/church watchdog with over 19,000 members nationwide, including more … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation's Winter Solstice banner is on display on the grounds of the Gladwin County Courthouse in Gladwin, giving Michigan secularists an opportunity to celebrate reason during the winter holiday season. Local FFRF supporter Joe Chavez put the banner up last week … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has placed a Winter Solstice banner in Streator's city park today to counter a nativity scene and Christian display on public property. FFRF is a national state/church watchdog with over 19,000 members nationwide, including nearly 700 in Illinois. This is not … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation will place its Winter Solstice banner in Boston Common (Boston, Mass.) today at 2 p.m. to counter an inappropriate nativity scene on park property. FFRF Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert has worked diligently to secure a permit for a location … More »
A vandal or vandals in Warren, Mich., damaged the Freedom From Religion Foundation's Winter Solstice banner the day after it was put in place to counter a religious nativity scene on public property. The 7½-by-3 foot banner states: “At this Season of the Winter Solstice, … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation says an illuminated Latin cross atop the San Angelo Police Department in San Angelo, Texas, must come down. FFRF is a national state/church watchdog with over 19,000 members nationwide, including over 900 in Texas. FFRF and its local complainant contend that … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation returns to Macomb County (Warren, Mich.) this holiday season — this time with its bright and timely Winter Solstice banner. With the help of local member Douglas Marshall, the display is set to go up tomorrow at 2 p.m. near … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation contacted Prescott public schools, the City of Prescott, Yavapai County and the Arizona Secretary of State over their support and participation in a devotional Christmas celebration in front of the county courthouse in downtown Prescott, Ariz., that crosses the … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is hosting a noon solstice celebration on Friday, Dec. 21 from 12-1 p.m. at the Wisconsin State Capitol (GAR Memorial Hearing Room — use door 413 North or 417 North. The festivities will include solstice carols with Dan Barker … More »
Ten bus signs bearing four different messages from the Freedom From Religion Foundation went up today for a month on Anchorage city (“People Mover”) buses. FFRF, based in Madison, Wis., is a state/church watchdog and the largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics) with more than … More »
Freedom From Religion Foundation's new Chicago-area chapter has placed a Winter Solstice banner in Niles, Ill., celebrating the "nativity" of our Bill of Rights. It depicts the Founding Fathers reverently observing the Bill of Rights in a manger. The FFRF Metropolitan Chicago Chapter is posting … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging Kansas Governor Sam Brownback to rescind his religious proclamations and opt not, in his official capacity, to attend or endorse the overtly Christian event "Going to the Heart," which is scheduled to broadcast live from Topeka, Kan., … More »
A Freedom From Religion Foundation member has placed the group's Winter Solstice sign in the Milwaukee courthouse today for the second year in a row. FFRF Lifetime Member Edward Susterich delivered the … More »
U.S. District Judge Dana Christensen ruled Nov. 27 that the Freedom From Religion Foundation's lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service and the Catholic Knights of Columbus council in Kalispell, Mont., can proceed. FFRF sued in February 2012, seeking a declaration that the "continued presence of … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation helped one of its Pennsylvania members obtain a favorable ruling for nonbelievers from the state Human Relations Commission. After John Wolff of Lancaster was unable to get the owners of Prudhomme's Lost Cajun Kitchen in Columbia to stop discriminating against … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has racked up four solid victories in the past several weeks on behalf of the separation of state and church. Victories in Kansas and Michigan will remove direct endorsements of God and Christianity from public schools and government property. Texas … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully petitioned the city of Buhler to remove a cross from its official seal — and now we need your help to sustain the victory. FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott wrote to Mayor Daniel Friesen on Sept. 14, urging … More »
'Tis the season . . . for the Freedom From Religion Foundation's gilt Winter Solstice message, which returns today, for its 17th visit to the first-floor rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol now through the month of December. Today also marks the second coming of … More »
The village of Alsip, Ill., will not display a Latin cross on the village water tower this holiday season after receiving notice from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a state/church watchdog, that the practice is unconstitutional. The annual display of an illuminated cross each December … More »
A billboard whose purpose was to introduce Portlanders to their “friendly neighborhood atheists” was defaced recently. The billboard is located on Highway 99E at Ross Island Bridge, Portland, Ore. The billboard features the genial image of Mark Hecate, who is an I.T. director for a local … More »
A federal judge today denied a Christian group's attempt to force Santa Monica officials to re-open spaces in city parks for private displays, including Christian nativity scenes. U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins denied a motion for a preliminary injunction to a religious right … More »
Below is a copy of the letter FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor sent to the Roanoke County Board of Supervisors today in response to their newly adopted prayer policy. Click here to view the letter as a PDF. November 16, 2012 Mr. Richard C. Flora (This … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is taking the Internal Revenue Service to court over its failure to enforce electioneering restrictions against churches and religious organizations, calling it a violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment and of FFRF’s equal protection rights. FFRF … More »
The U.S. Supreme Court today denied a petition for a writ of certiorari by the Freedom From Religion Foundation and its Spartanburg co-plaintiffs, asking the court to rule against academic credit for release-time instruction in Spartanburg (S.C.) public schools. The petition, filed by attorney George … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a letter to President Obama asking him to reject the way this country politicizes religion. The Constitution, which prescribes the oath in Art. 2, Sect. 1, does not contain the “so help me God” language or require … More »
In letters to the Internal Revenue Service, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has reported possible illegal political campaign intervention by Catholic bishops in Green Bay and Madison, Wis. In a Nov. 1 letter to the IRS office in Dallas which oversees "exempt organizations classification," FFRF … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter of complaint Nov. 6 to Mayor J. Michael Houston in Springfield, Ill., about illegal city involvement with the Nov. 13 Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. FFRF, a national nonprofit with over 19,000 members, including 675 in Illinois, works to … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a report with the Internal Revenue Service over illegal political campaigning by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA). BGEA, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, has run full-page ads publicizing Billy Graham's call for the electorate to “vote biblical values.” The … More »
Another Pennsylvania school board has decided to drop prayer at board meetings after getting a letter from FFRF. That means FFRF is batting 5 for 5 in recent challenges to prayers by Keystone State school boards. Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert wrote Aug. 17 on … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemns as "blatant politicking" full-page ads by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, which make clear whom Graham wants voters to choose for president and U.S. Senate. The ministry ran ads in Sunday's New York Times and in the Wisconsin … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter of complaint Oct. 26 to Autauga County Schools Superintendent Spence Agee in Prattville, Ala., after being contacted by a concerned district alumnus about religious banners displayed by Marbury High School cheerleaders at football games for players … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation received word on Oct. 24 that Henderson County, Texas, is refusing to permit it to post an “equal time” display on courthouse grounds by the large Christian nativity display dominating an entire corner. The devotional display is lit at … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Internal Revenue Service to investigate an egregious case of illegal campaign activity at a church in Leakey, Texas. FFRF has received numerous complaints about Church in the Valley's blatant attempt to dish out political propaganda over its … More »
"There is no such source and cause of strife, quarrel, fights, malignant opposition, persecution, and war, and all evil in the state, as religion. Let it once enter our civil affairs, our government would soon be destroyed. Let it once enter our common schools, … More »
Portland, Ore., was not only the setting for the Freedom From Religion Foundation's 35th national convention last weekend, attracting nearly 900 attendees, but for a bright new billboard campaign featuring 15 area freethinkers and families. The three 14x48-foot bulletins and 12 EcoPosters (10-foot x 22.8-inch billboards) … More »
by Dan Barker and Annie Laurie GaylorFFRF Co-Presidents Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has crossed the line from carrying out his secular constitutional duties to defend the state of Texas, to using his government bully pulpit to bully and scapegoat atheists. At a press conference earlier … More »
The city of West Linn, Ore., rescinded an unconstitutional grant to Willamette Christian Church after a Sept. 28 Freedom From Religion Foundation letter of complaint. It came to FFRF's attention that the West Linn City Council had approved a $1,300 grant to the church, ostensibly … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation will be making its mark next week as 880 of its members from around the country visit Portland to attend FFRF’s 35th national convention. Helping to celebrate the occasion are more than 15 Portland-area FFRF members or families who … More »
View a PDF version of this letter here. Sheriff Jerry L. DemingsOrange County Sheriff's Office PO Box 1440 Orlando, FL 32802-1440 Re: Orange County Sheriff using 40 days of prayer to lower crime Dear Sheriff Demings: I am writing on behalf of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (“FFRF”) … More »
This Sunday, Oct. 7, many ministers across the nation will purposefully violate the law from their pulpits. Called “Pulpit Freedom Sunday,” the day has been marked by the Alliance Defending Freedom (formerly the Alliance Defense Fund) for preachers to openly endorse and oppose candidates … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Kountze Independent School District, Kountze, Texas, which had ordered cheerleaders to stop holding Christian prayer banners for football players to run through while entering the stadium. A typical banner read, "But … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has once again qualified for inclusion in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). The CFC is the only officially sanctioned program for soliciting federal government employees on behalf of charitable organizations. The CFC conducts annual campaigns in the workplace and allows … More »
U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner today dismissed the Freedom From Religion Foundation's lawsuit against officials of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for declaring 2012 as "the Year of the Bible," while at the same time chastening state officials for "premeditated pandering" for religious and … More »
A Freedom From Religion Foundation letter of complaint Aug. 21 about a wrongful religious tax exemption in Wichita, Kan., resulted in the property being put back on the tax rolls and back taxes assessed.Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott wrote to Sedgwick County Appraiser Mike Borchard … More »
Once again, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has inappropriately weighed in on the wrong side of a Texas state/church controversy involving the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Last December, Abbott sent to a letter to Henderson County over FFRF's complaint about a nativity scene at … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit today in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh against the Connellsville Area School District for maintaining a Ten Commandments momument at the Connellsville, Pa., Junior High School. FFRF, on behalf of local … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has received word that the Tucson City Council has permanently suspended its decision to grant $1.1 million to the Catholic Diocese of Tucson to repair the Church’s Marist Building. FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel had written an Aug. 7 letter … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has placed a bold 14x48-foot billboard bulletin saying “Ban Marriage Between Church and State” in Smithville, Mo., in America’s heartland. FFRF’s bright purple billboard, adorned with a background rainbow, is hard to miss. It was placed to counter a … More »
Another Pennsylvania school board has decided to drop prayer at board meetings after getting a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.The Octorara Area School Board in Atglen voted Sept. 17 to substitute a moment of silence for Christian prayer to open meetings.FFRF Senior … More »
The Kountze High School Lions will no longer run through banners inscribed with religious messages before the start of football games in Kountze, Texas.On Sept. 17, Stephanie Schmitt, Freedom From Religion Foundation staff attorney wrote Superintendent Kevin Weldon of the Kountze Independent School District:"It is … More »
As a result of a recent complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, it appears sectarian prayer by Christian clergy over the loudspeaker at University of Tennessee-Knoxville football games will be dropped. FFRF complained Sept. 13 to Chancellor Jimmy Cheek about the practice, in which an … More »
The Grove City [Pa.] Area School District Board of School Directors voted Sept. 10 "to eliminate prayer" at meetings, according to a Sept. 13 letter to the Freedom From Religion Foundation. School Solicitor Timothy McNickle was responding to a July 10 letter of … More »
Freedom From Religion -Albuquerque, the Freedom From Religion Foundation's chapter in Albuquerque, N.M., is placing a paid advertisement in the the Albuquerque Journal on Monday, Sept. 17, "Constitution Day." The U.S. Constitution was ratified on Sept. 17, 1787. The ad takes umbrage … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a federal lawsuit today against New Kensington-Arnold School District to remove a prominent Ten Commandments monument from the grounds of Valley High School, New Kensington, Pa. FFRF, a Madison, Wis.-based nonprofit state/church watchdog with 18,500 nonreligious members … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has followed up on Walker County Schools’ (Ridgeland, Ga.) response to its request to investigate unusual constitutional violations by Ridgeland High School football coach Mark Mariakis. Although praising the superintendent’s “commitment to upholding the Constitution,” the letter raised some … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation scored a touchdown against football prayer at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga this week. The pre-game prayer, which typically included a reference to 'Jesus Christ,' was traditionally delivered by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and had been a … More »
A nonreligious Canadian family has been battling distribution of Gideon bibles in their Ontario public schools by asking the schools to distribute Just Pretend: A Freethought Book for Children, written by Dan Barker and published by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. It was announced last … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent demand letters to two Pennsylvania school districts, warning that if FFRF did not receive word by Friday, Sept. 7 that the districts were removing illegal Ten Commandment markers on school property, it and local plaintiffs will sue … More »
(A special thanks to FFRF member Florent Rizvanolli, pictured above.) In time for the Democratic National Convention, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has placed a patriotic message with a secular twist on two prominent billboards in Charlotte, N.C. The billboard, drawn by editorial cartoonist Steve Benson, … More »
Click to enlarge image In time for the Democratic National Convention, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has placed a patriotic message with a secular twist on two prominent billboards in Charlotte, N.C. The billboard, drawn by editorial cartoonist Steve Benson, depicts Uncle Sam wagging his … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has been successful in removing prayer from the Big Spring School Board meeting agenda in Newville, Pa. School board president Wilbur Wolf told The Sentinel yesterday that "prayer will be removed from future meeting agendas to avoid the potential … More »
A district court gave the green light to the right of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s nonbelieving directors to continue their challenge of the parish exemption giving preferential tax benefits to “ministers of the gospel.” U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb, Western District of Wisconsin, issued … More »
Please view photograph below of the Freedom From Religion Foundation's election-year caveat, a billboard that went up Thursday in time to greet GOP convention-goers in Tampa, on Kennedy Boulevard, 50 feet west of Arrawana Street. (The same message will be going up on two … More »
Atheist Ireland has donated $100 to the Hunger Task Force via the Freedom From Religion Foundation in response to FFRF's recent victory ending Irish Fest's discriminatory Catholic Mass discount in Milwaukee, Wis. Michael Nugent (photo), chairperson of Atheist Ireland wrote to Irish … More »
Click image for larger high-resolution version A secular message from nonbelievers is greeting GOP convention-goers in Tampa — courtesy of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics). FFRF's patriotic red-white-and-blue message, depicting a finger-wagging Uncle Sam cautioning that … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which has called for an investigation into proselytizing by a coach, advised Walker County Schools (Ga.) in an Aug. 27 follow-up letter to avoid “self-serving and misleading” offers of pro bono legal representation. The Aug. 27 letter … More »
Click image for larger high-resolution version The Freedom From Religion Foundation will be urging Republicans (next week) and Democrats (in two weeks) to stay out of the religion business, with billboards in Tampa, Fla., and Charlotte, N.C. FFRF is placing billboards in both cities hosting … More »
A full-page prepaid ad (click on the image to enlarge) by the Freedom From Religion Foundation which had been accepted more than a month ago to run on Saturday, Aug. 25, was summarily refused a few days before publication by the Daily Standard in … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking a Sedgwick County appraiser to investigate a misuse of a church parsonage exemption claimed on the home of a Kansas state Senate candidate. FFRF is a national state-church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., with over … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state-church watchdog that has directed a lot of attention toward ending Tennessee constitutional violations in schools recently, and has awarded three Tennessee student activist awards this year, has written yet another letter to a Georgia school over … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent letters of complaint to four Pennsylvania school district boards to inform members that their prayers at meetings are unconstitutional. Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert sent letters to the Octorara Area School Board in Atglen, the Eastern Lancaster County … More »
Irish Fest organizers in Milwaukee announced today that they are dropping a promotion that violated civil rights laws by rewarding Mass attendance, in response to a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Irish Fest will now offer everyone who drops off a food … More »
A short first-of-its-kind feature spot, “Spotlight on Freethought and the First Amendment,” produced in conjunction with the Freedom From Religion Foundation, begins airing on select national public television affiliates Saturday, Aug. 18. The spot is guaranteed to air 500 times in the … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation continues to challenge a discriminatory church discount that rewards people who attend Catholic Mass with free Sunday admission at Irish Fest in Milwaukee. This year the annual event is Aug. 16-19 at the city-owned Henry Maier Festival Park. FFRF, a … More »
U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Breen approved a settlement yesterday between the Freedom From Religion Foundation and the Town of Whiteville, Tenn. The Agreed Judgment ends a lawsuit brought by FFRF against the town and its mayor, James Bellar, over several crosses on town … More »
(Pictured from left to right: Richard Dawkins, Sara Paretsky, Julia Sweeney and Jessica Ahlquist) Statistics show about one-fourth of Oregon adults (more than 700,000 people) are nonreligious, so wouldn't it be a good place to hold a convention for religious skeptics? Yes, says the … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Willow Springs Water Park in Little Rock, Ark., to discontinue a church discount next season. Willow Springs Water Park owner David Ratliff offered a special Monday promotion to church groups for five dollars per … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent multiple letters to Shenendehowa Central Schools (Clifton Park, N.Y.) urging it to follow court precedent and personal conscience by removing prayerful songs from its music classes. FFRF is a national state-church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., … More »
Maia Disbrow, a 12-year-old from Hixson, Tenn., has received $1,000 as a student activist from the Freedom From Religion Foundation this month, for speaking before the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners to ask them to drop government prayer. She becomes the fifth and youngest student … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation commends the city of Augusta for agreeing to discontinue its involvement in organizing, coordinating and promoting the monthly "Mayor's Prayer Breakfasts." FFRF Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert received a two-page response from the Augusta Law Department on August 2. General … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has cautioned the City of Steubenville, Ohio, to place the Constitution and taxpayers’ pockets over risky offers by religious right groups to fight FFRF to keep a cross on its city logo. FFRF had sent a letter to the city … More »
Two things the world doesn’t need any more of: fast-food chains, and the Christian-right entrepreneurs who profit from them. Chick-fil-A owner Dan Cathy is in hot water, and deservedly so, for telling Baptist Press he operates his chain “on biblical principles” and has an established … More »
Left Photo: William Dusenberry. Right Photo: William van Druten. Two atheists active with their FFRF chapters who are former Boy Scouts have had it with Boy Scouts of America. They are encouraging other former Boy Scouts to speak out, return medals to BSA or … More »
Left: This logo is being retired. Right: This older logo is the temporary replacement. A complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation over inclusion of a chapel with a cross atop it on the new seal for Steubenville, Ohio, has resulted in a victory. … More »
Seven myth-dispelling billboards featuring Spokane-area nonbelievers and families are appearing this week for a month-long campaign, as part of an “Out of the Closet” project by the Freedom From Religion Foundation and its Spokane chapter, the Inland Northwest Freethought Society. The billboards feature the friendly … More »
America’s “Nones” — the nonreligious — are at an all-time high, now comprising nearly one in five Americans (19%), according to a new study by the Pew Center for the People and the Press. The 19% count is based on aggregated surveys of 19,377 people … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to stick to science and leave religion out of drought policy. At a July 18 White House press conference, Vilsack said, “I get on my knees every day, and I’m saying an extra … More »
‘Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with the help of area secularists, has placed an election-year caveat, “God and government are a dangerous mix,” on a red-white-and-blue billboard at the intersection of South Mission Street and Ferry, facing south, in Wenatchee, Wash. An identical billboard … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is renewing its request that Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver "cease all organization of the monthly Mayor's Prayer Breakfasts." FFRF first wrote to Copenhaver about these illegal, city-sanctioned prayer breakfasts in June. Yesterday, the group sent a second … More »
Seven months after the Freedom From Religion Foundation first protested a city nativity scene, the Ellwood City Borough Council (Pa.) has agreed to uphold the First Amendment. The council voted down a proposal Monday night that would likely have brought the nativity back to … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a follow-up letter to Houston County (Ga.) Schools documenting rampant and egregious violations of the First Amendment. FFRF, a state-church watchdog, is also the nation’s largest assocation of freethinkers with more than 18,500 members, including 369 in Georgia. FFRF … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has halted illegal prayer before Henrico County Board of Supervisor meetings in Henrico, Va. Henrico County officials decided to drop the 25-year-old tradition on Tuesday after the group received a letter of complaint from FFRF Staff Attorney … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a petition with the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals seeking its review of a decision by a three-judge panel approving academic credit for released time instruction. FFRF, and two sets of parent plaintiffs with children … More »
Watch Bill Moyers' interview with Philip Appleman. Trouble viewing embedded video? Click here to watch. If you missed Bill Moyers' interview of FFRF After-Life Member Philip Appleman, the distinguished poet, scholar and freethinker, on PBS over the weekend, don't worry! The touching and powerful interview … More »
The Regimental Noncommissioned Officer Academy’s Advanced Leader Course (ALC) at Fort Gordon, Ga., is ordering soldiers to “provide area beautification support to the Catholic Social Services of Augusta, Ga.” A joint letter drafted by Freedom From Religion Foundation Attorney Andrew Seidel and American Atheists protests … More »
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Urbanski accepted a settlement and ended the lawsuit between a Giles County, Va., parent and student and the Giles County School Board on July 3. Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia and the Freedom From Religion … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has placed a new 14'x48' billboard featuring the words of John F. Kennedy on the west side of Interstate 27 one mile north of the Lubbock International Airport in Lubbock, Texas. The billboard will be up for at least … More »
Restaurant owners in Columbia, Pa., are facing an open investigation into an illegal church bulletin discount. Lost Cajun Kitchen in Columbia offers an illegal ten percent discount to church-going patrons. And advertises the coupon on the company website. FFRF and … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation announced that it will seek an en banc review of a decision last Friday by a three-judge panel of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which approved academic credit for released time instruction. FFRF, and two sets of … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to stand firm against unfounded criticism from 66 Republican members of Congress alleging that the U.S. Air Force is “hostile towards religion.” The attack was led by Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn. … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s TV ad currently playing around the country, countering the Catholic bishops’ war against contraception, remains timely and current after today’s decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Obama administration’s Affordable Care Act. FFRF is countering the bishops’ “Fortnight for … More »
Photo: Brent Nicastro Today is the 50th anniversary of the Engel decision. I write in remembrance and appreciation. Engel v. Vitale was decided 7-1 on June 25, 1962, in a truly landmark Supreme Court case, regarding prayer in public schools. The Engel decision … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sends its warmest congratulations and thanks to Steve Trunk, whose legal challenge of a huge cross on public property masquerading as a war memorial was vindicated today by the U.S. Supreme Court. The court let stand Trunk’s Ninth Circuit … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is storming the “Bishops’ Bastille” in an unprecedented TV ad campaign to counter the Roman Catholic Church’s inquisition against contraceptive insurance coverage. The 30-second spots feature one of America’s favorite former Catholics — actress Julia Sweeney, beloved by freethinkers … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has placed a 14x48-foot billboard (things are bigger in Texas) in patriotic colors off busy Interstate 30 east of Highway 360 in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. It will be up for a month. The message, aimed at Roman Catholics, urges … More »
Although Times Square is home to many provocative images, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is upping the ante with its patriotic red-white-and-blue billboard placed this week on Times Square saying: “Quit the Church. Put Women’s Rights Over Bishops Wrongs.” The message is in direct response … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is fighting back against an offensive by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and its upcoming “fortnight for freedom.” Like a secular David defending himself against Goliath, FFRF has launched an opening volley against the monolithic church and its … More »
FFRF’s radio ad starring Julia Sweeney and countering the Catholic Bishops’ war against contraception began airing this week on the Randi Rhodes Show: Hi, I’m Julia Sweeney and I’m an atheist and former Catholic, I even wrote a play about it called “Letting Go of … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has protested Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant's recent declaration about the importance of public school prayer. "As you are certainly aware, the United States Supreme Court has held that public officials may not seek to advance or promote … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog based in Madison, Wis., plans to appeal the decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati. FFRF filed … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed an amended complaint today in its lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Columbia, S.C., against School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties over a district policy that sanctions graduation prayer. Joining FFRF's co-plaintiff Matthew Nielson, … More »