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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 »
Julia Sweeney, one of America’s most famous former Catholics as actress and playwright of “Letting Go of God,” stars in a new TV and radio ad just produced by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The commercial counters the anti-contraceptive campaign by Roman … More »
Divine intervention won't help a Georgia superintendent defend the religious sermons he delivered during two May 26 graduation ceremonies in Perry, Ga. Freedom From Religion Foundation Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel has written two letters to Houston County Schools Superintendent James Hines requesting … More »
The 23rd annual Independence Weekend Celebration at Lake Hypatia, Ala., is set for June 29 through July 1 at FFRF’s southern Freethought Hall and Freethought Advance near Talladega. The event is hosted by the Alabama Freethought Society (an FFRF chapter) and its director Patricia Cleveland … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s signature full-page ad, “It’s Time to Quit the Catholic Church,” is in today’s USA Today (Money Section), which stays on the newsstands all weekend. The ad by FFRF, a state/church watchdog and the nation’s largest atheist/agnostic association with over … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and one of its South Carolina members filed a lawsuit today 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. Plaintiff Matthew Nielson graduated … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation plans to bring a lawsuit against School District Five of Lexington and Richland Counties for sanctioning graduation prayer at Irmo High School in Irmo, S.C. FFRF is a national nonprofit with over 18,000 members across the country, including over 100 … More »
Dear FFRF Member: It's time for all good freethinkers to come to the aid of our secular Constitution and civil rights! The Roman Catholic Church is due to unveil a multimillion dollar campaign in the two weeks leading up to July 4, attacking the Obama … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a warning letter May 24 to Columbus, Ga., Mayor Teresa Tomlinson to head off endorsement by the City Council of a proposed statewide referendum to allow organized prayer and bible study in public schools. FFRF works to … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has alerted the Internal Revenue Service about potentially illegal political campaign activities by Pastor Charles Worley at the Providence Road Baptist Church in Maiden, N.C. FFRF is a nationwide nonprofit with more than 18,000 members, which works to … More »
What's the purpose of invoking Jesus' name before discussing whether to raise sewer and water rates or if Joe Blow qualifies for a variance to the zoning code? In a May 21 letter to the Hamilton County Commission in Chattanooga, Tenn., the Freedom … More »
The city of West Lafayette, Ind., cannot legally subsidize Faith Ministries' Faith West Project with $7 million in economic development revenue bonds, FFRF Co-President Dan Barker said in a May 21 letter of complaint to Mayor John Dennis and the City Council. FFRF, … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation urges the Bradford County, Fla., Commission to remove the recently placed Ten Commandments display from outside the County Courthouse. FFRF is a national state/church watchdog with over 18,000 members nationwide, including more than 850 in Florida. … 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 »
A unanimous three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled today in favor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s challenge, originally filed in 2008, against gubernatorial proclamations of a Colorado Day of Prayer. … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s full-page ad, “It’s Time to Quit the Catholic Church,” runs in today’s Washington Post (A-5 Main), urging liberal and nominal Roman Catholics to “quit” their church over its war against contraception. … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is announcing the creation of a special fund to help ministers and priests who want to get out of the pulpit. FFRF, along with the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, is a primary sponsor of The Clergy … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging President Obama to protect freedom of conscience by ending the unconstitutional National Day of Prayer. In order to get its 'We the People' petition into the hands of the president, FFRF needs to gather 25,000 … More »
Fed up with the annual government-sponsored National Day of Prayer? Indignant that your president, your governor, perhaps even your mayor, county executive . . . and dogcatcher, are exhorting you to pray, to set aside an entire day for prayer? Congress has designated the … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter of complaint April 13 to Leo Fontaine, mayor of Woonsocket, R.I., about a Latin cross at city Fire Station No. 2 and religious postings on the Fire Department's website. The cross has been there since 1921 as … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has convinced the town of Sylvania, Ala., to remove four biblical welcome signs along heavily traveled city routes. Sylvania officials have confirmed that the signs will come down today. FFRF is a national state/church watchdog with over 17,500 members … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is again taking its national billboard campaign to keep state and church separate to Colorado. This time, FFRF's billboards (two in Denver and one in Colorado Springs) will alert passersby to the folly of theocracy with the message, "God Fixation … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation placed its second "Nobody died for our 'sins.' Jesus Christ is a myth" banner in a city park in Streator, Ill. today. The replacement banner features a new message to "sinful" Christians "P.S. your god says, 'thou shalt not … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation's "Nobody died for our sins. Jesus Christ is a myth" banner has been stolen from a city park in Streator, Ill. The banner was placed in the park on Thursday evening and taken Saturday. FFRF is offering a $1,500 reward … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation placed its "Nobody died for our sins. Jesus Christ is a myth" banner in a public park in Streator, Ill. yesterday in time for Easter weekend. FFRF is a national state/church watchdog with over 18,000 members nationwide, including nearly 700 … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has taken its billboard campaign to Nashville, Tenn., where a Tennessee student proudly proclaims "This is what an atheist looks like" on a bright magenta billboard. The billboard is located west of downtown Nashville on I-40 about … More »
(To see the full-sized ad select the box in the lower right hand corner of the video screen. If you cannot view the video above within this news release, click here to view it on FFRF's youtube channel.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation is reaching out … More »
(To see the full-sized ad select the box in the lower right hand corner of the video screen. If you cannot view the video above within this news release, click here to view it on FFRF's youtube channel.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation has a message … More »
Freedom From Religion Foundation Co-President Dan Barker will appear at this Saturday's Rock Beyond Belief event in Fort Bragg, N.C. Barker is set take the stage at 6:45 p.m. on March 31. The evangelical pastor turned atheist will entertain the crowd with a special … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation today filed a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Pennsylvania House’s declaration that 2012 is “The Year of the Bible,” which exhorts citizens and government officials to “study and apply the teachings of the Holy Scriptures.” FFRF, … More »
[rough cut] (If you cannot view the video above within this news release, click here to view it on FFRF's youtube channel.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a state/church watchdog and the nation's largest freethought association, is placing its first national ad on the "CBS Evening … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a state/church watchdog and the nation's largest freethought association, is placing a historic 30-second tribute to separation of state and church as an ad on CBS television. FFRF's ad is slated to appear this Sunday, March 25, … More »
In the wake of publicity and complaints, Superintendent Jim Stanton of Dunkerton [Iowa] Community Schools has received a verbal lashing from parents at a school board meeting March 13 about an assembly for junior high and high school students presented by the Christian ministry … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is debuting a new public relations campaign in Nashville, Tenn. An eye-catching magenta billboard featuring a Tennessee student just went up proclaiming, "This is what an atheist looks like" west of downtown Nashville on I-40 about a mile east … More »
The religious atmosphere in the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives has drawn fire from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation's largest state-church watchdog. FFRF Co-Presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker wrote complaint letters March 20 to House Speaker Mike O'Neal and Senate … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation will participate in the oral argument portion of its appeal over the Spartanburg County School District Seven (Spartanburg County, S.C.) policy granting academic credit and grades for religious released-time classes held at a church next door to Spartanburg High School. Oral … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation takes issue with calls for state days of prayer in South Carolina and Pennsylvania. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a national state/church watchdog with over 17,500 members nationwide. "Under our secular Constitution, elected officials have neither the moral nor the … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter of complaint March 13 to Oklahoma House Speaker Kris Steele to protest scheduling prayers to open House of Representative sessions and permitting “Chaplain of the Week” remarks to the House on Thursdays. FFRF Co-Presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor … More »
The Superintendent of Dunkerton Community Schools in Iowa learned a valuable lesson on March 8th after students, parents, and teachers would not tolerate offensive religious messages presented at a junior and senior high school assembly by the band Junkyard Prophet. The band is a … More »
Join the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a sponsor of the historic March 24 Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., and enjoy the exclusive appearance of pioneering atheist progressive and author Barbara Ehrenreich at FFRF’s post-Reason Rally Gala Saturday! The rally on the National Mall takes place … More »
View the ad The Freedom From Religion Foundation placed an open letter via a full-page ad in today’s New York Times (page 10, front section) urging liberal and nominal Roman Catholics to “quit” their church over its war against contraception. Beginning “It’s your moment of truth,” … More »
An atheist student whistleblower whose column was censored in the high school paper she edits in Lenoir City, Tenn., has received a student activism award from the Freedom From Religion Foundation for also bringing to light several unconstitutional endorsements of religion at the school. Krystal … More »
FFRF Statement Did you know an Olympia church seriously wants to conduct baptisms on Washington State Capitol grounds, and that a bill was seriously introduced into the Washington Senate to let them do it? Talk about "secular blasphemy!" Shockingly, Senate Bill 6085 was approved unanimously … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a second letter of complain Feb. 29 contesting Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear's use of public resources to promote the March 6 Governor's Prayer Breakfast at the Frankfort Convention Center. FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor's letter follows up her earlier … More »
Topics, rules and deadlines have been announced for FFRF’s 2012 high school, college and graduate/mature student essay scholarship competitions. FFRF, an educational state-church watchdog that has 17,500 members nationwide, has offered essay competitions to college students since 1979. In 1994, FFRF added a separate contest … More »
'You are an enabler. And it's got to stop.' Dear 'Liberal' Catholic: It’s time to quit the Roman Catholic Church. It's your moment of truth. Will it be reproductive freedom, or back to the Dark Ages? Do you choose women and their rights, or … More »
Ellery Schempp is speaking Friday night. Barbara Ehrenreich is speaking Saturday night. The Freedom From Religion Foundation, one of the principal sponsors of the historic March 24 Reason Rally in Washington, D.C., will be sandwiching the Saturday rally, expected to be the … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has lodged formal complaints with the North Carolina General Assembly over its unconstitutional government prayers. FFRF, a national state/church watchdog with over 17,500 nonreligious members nationwide, including over 400 members in North Carolina, sent letters to both the House … More »
February 13, 2012 The Honorable John Kasich, Governor Riffe Center, 30th Floor 77 South High Street Columbus, OH 43215 Re: Governor’s Courage Awards Remarks Dear Governor: On behalf of our 17,500 members, including 485 in Ohio, I am writing to comment on the remarks you made at your State of … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to announce back issues of Freethought Today are now available for purchase. Now you can browse your favorite freethought columns from the comfort of your easy chair. Keeping tabs on the past has never been easier! Many … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a state/church watchdog and the nation's largest association of atheists and agnostics, has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Montana, challenging the Forest Service's decision to renew a special permit to maintain a Jesus shrine on federal property in … More »
Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor FFRF Co-President President Barack Obama’s 2,562-word speech to the National Prayer Breakfast yesterday was an exercise in pure unadulterated political pandering. Blithely ignoring FFRF’s formal requests that he not participate, he’s given similar talks the past two years at the … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has written a Jan. 31 letter to the U.S. Military Academy calling for it to do some "soul searching" over West Point's annual so-called "National Prayer Breakfast," after a controversy about Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin's invitation to speak. FFRF … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has contacted four federal agencies over what appears to be egregious violations of federal law by publicizers of the National Prayer Breakfast, who are appropriating the Presidential, Congressional and Great Seals of the United States to promote the breakfast. … More »
Statement by Annie Laurie Gaylor FFRF Co-President Today, at long last, Alaska Airlines will cease a much-protested-by-us practice of distributing “prayer cards” to its airline customers. Late last week Alaska Airlines announced it has been providing those cards for “more than 30 years,” but has finally reconsidered. A statement … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation will be suing the U.S. Forest Service over the unconstitutional presence of a Knights of Columbus shrine to Jesus in Flathead National Forest in Montana. FFRF has readied a legal complaint and plans to file it shortly in federal court … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a cautionary letter to President Barack Obama asking him to once again disassociate the Oval Office from the so-called annual "National Prayer Breakfast" taking place on Thursday, Feb. 2. Obama is scheduled to once again participate. "The National … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has sent a memo to Gov. Paul LePage and the Maine Legislative Prayer Caucus highlighting a few of the historical fallacies, contradictions and inaccuracies in the “Call to Prayer for Maine” signed on Jan. 17. FFRF is a nonprofit, … More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is troubled over an illegal blending of religion and politics by Buck Run Baptist Church Pastor Hershael York prior to Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear's Jan. 17 budget address. FFRF is a national state/church watchdog with 17,000 members nationwide, including many … More »
FFRF arrangement sent to Jessica. The flower shop issued this warm statement on their Facebook page: "Glimpse of Gaia fully supports our First Amendment and will not be bullied by those who do not. Here's to you, Jessica Ahlquist!" The Freedom From Religion Foundation … More »