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Current Action Alerts
Please take action to help protect state/church separation and close this tax loophole
The Internal Revenue Service is seeking public comments on a proposed rule that, among other things, puts a stop to a widespread practice of taxpayers legally profiting from donating to private religious schools. Pro-voucher activists are opposing this change by flooding the IRS with…More »
Please keep the heat on your senator to vote no on Kavanaugh!
Sexual assault allegations. Missing records. Hostile and partisan judicial testimony. It is clearer than ever that Brett Kavanaugh is categorically unfit to serve a lifetime appointment on the Supreme Court. Don’t be fooled by the hasty and incomplete FBI investigation. Senate Majority Leader Mitch…More »
Please ask your senators to protect free speech globally!
This week, Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Chris Coons, D-Del., introduced a resolution that calls for the “global repeal of blasphemy, heresy, and apostasy laws.” Since 2015, two other similar resolutions have been introduced but have not gained any traction, despite being a universal…More »
Implore your senators to delay Kavanaugh confirmation vote
Since Christine Blasey Ford made her identity known as the woman who accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh of attempted sexual assault, leaders in the Senate Judiciary Committee — notably members of the Religious Right led by Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley — have dismissed the accusations and…More »
Tell the Department of Education that you do not want to pay for religious education
A recently proposed rule change by the Department of Education could open the door for spending federal tax dollars on religious education. If you don’t want your taxes to be used to promote religion at private religious schools, please follow the link below and…More »
Contact your senators now to oppose Kavanaugh
This morning, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh begins his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. Even if you’ve previously contacted your two senators to oppose Kavanaugh, please call and email again now. Kavanaugh’s confirmation would be a disaster for the separation of…More »
Tell your R.I. senator to ditch bigoted government bible study
Rhode Island State Senator Harold Metts has partnered with Capitol Ministries to run a bible study in Providence. Capitol Ministries is well known for pushing a radical religious agenda on the Trump administration through White House bible studies. Please take action today to tell…More »
Tell your lawmakers to hold child sexual abusers accountable!
Following the recent grand jury report detailing heartbreaking details of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church, pressure is mounting for state lawmakers to take action to stop this rampant, systemic abuse. Predictably, the church and its sympathizers are pushing back and some Pennsylvania legislators…More »
Tell Senator Manchin to oppose Kavanaugh!
As Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings draw closer, and news this week of Michael Cohen’s guilty plea calls Kavanaugh’s legitimacy as a nominee further into question, we need your voice to be heard in opposition to his nomination. Please help save the wall of…More »
Tell Senator Collins to save SCOTUS!
We need your help to save the wall of separation between state and church, our secular government and our godless Constitution. Please tell Senator Collins to oppose the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. With your help, we’ve defeated other zealous…More »
Tell Senator Jones to save SCOTUS!
We need your help to save the wall of separation between state and church, our secular government and our godless Constitution. Please tell Senator Jones to oppose the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. With your help, we’ve defeated other zealous…More »
Tell Senator Murkowski to save SCOTUS!
We need your help to save the wall of separation between state and church, our secular government and our godless Constitution. Please tell Senator Murkowski to oppose the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. With your help, we’ve defeated other…More »
Tell Senator Tester to save SCOTUS!
We need your help to save the wall of separation between state and church, our secular government and our godless Constitution. Please tell Senator Tester to oppose the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. With your help, we’ve defeated other zealous…More »
Tell Senator McCaskill to save SCOTUS!
We need your help to save the wall of separation between state and church, our secular government and our godless Constitution. Please tell Senator McCaskill to oppose the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. With your help, we’ve defeated other zealous…More »
Tell Senator Heitkamp to save SCOTUS!
We need your help to save the wall of separation between state and church, our secular government and our godless Constitution. Please tell Senator Heitkamp to oppose the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. With your help, we’ve defeated other zealous…More »
Tell Senator Donnelly to save SCOTUS!
We need your help to save the wall of separation between state and church, our secular government and our godless Constitution. Please tell Senator Donnelly to oppose the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. With your help, we’ve defeated other…More »
Insist that state lawmakers protect Pennsylvania children!
In the wake of the shocking grand jury report released this week documenting systemic, repeated abuse of thousands of Pennsylvania children and its cover-up by the Catholic Church, demand that your state legislators take decisive action! The report recommends correcting major flaws in Pennsylvania law…More »
URGENT: Defend FFRF victory at school board meeting, Wed. 8/15!
The Chino Valley School Board prayed, proselytized, and read the bible at school board meetings. No more! It has lost to FFRF and 22 brave plaintiffs in federal district court and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Yet, the board voted in a closed…More »
Meeting today! Tell this praying, proselytizing school board not to appeal to the Supreme Court
The Chino Valley School Board prayed, proselytized, and read the bible at school board meetings. No more! It has lost in federal court to FFRF and 22 brave plaintiffs. Twice. The Board just scheduled a closed meeting for TODAY, AUGUST 1, at 5:00 P.M. WE…More »
SOS! Last chance to oppose domestic gag rule, act NOW!
This is your last chance to take action against the latest Trump-Pence administration attack on reproductive and sexual health care! Midnight is the deadline on the 60-day public comment window for a new anti-woman gag rule. The rule would block millions of people from reproductive…More »
Tell your West Virginia senator to save SCOTUS
We need your help to save the wall of separation between state and church, our secular government and our godless Constitution. Please tell Senator Manchin to oppose the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. The nomination of Kavanaugh to replace Justice…More »
Ask your representative to join the Congressional Freethought Caucus
FFRF was so pleased this spring, when several representatives announced the formation of a Congressional Freethought Caucus. It will focus on promoting secular values and will give a voice to freethinking voters, something we desperately need right now in Congress! Current members of the new caucus…More »
Tell Sen. Cornyn that you demand transparency from Supreme Court nominee
Please take immediate action to demand full transparency from the latest Supreme Court nominee! We know that President Trump’s second nominee to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, would be a disaster for the constitutional separation between state and church, but it may be even worse…More »
Take action to stop Trump-Pence attack on reproductive care!
The Trump-Pence administration has proposed a rule that attempts to take away American women’s fundamental rights. We need you to help us stop it! If you remember, one of the first acts of the White House was reinstating and expanding a global gag rule, blanning…More »
Help us stop anti-gay adoption and foster care scheme!
The House of Representatives will soon consider a bill that would allow religious-based discrimination in adoption and foster care, and we need your help to stop it! The provision, offered by Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., is an amendment to a much larger funding bill. It…More »
Tell Freeport library board that religion is divisive!
Tonight, the public library in Freeport, Ill., is voting on posting an “In God We Trust” sign in the government building. Please take a stand against this blatant — and unconstitutional — religious promotion and favoritism! Freeport Mayor Jodi Miller recently wrote a misguided piece…More »
Save the wall of separation at the Supreme Court: Stop Kavanaugh!
We are in the civil liberties fight of the century. The wall of separation between state and church, our secular government, our godless Constitution — everything that FFRF battles for is in jeopardy. We need your help — we need your voice. The nomination of…More »
Tell your senators: Save our Supreme Court!
It has never been more important, nor is it too soon, to urge the U.S. Senate to stand firm in protecting the Supreme Court and our nation’s civil liberties. Yesterday, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy announced his retirement. Kennedy — nominated by President Reagan and confirmed…More »
Take action to save Egyptian man arrested for atheism!
Please take action today to help free a young Egyptian atheist, blogger and freethought activist! This May, longtime activist Sherif Gaber was arrested at a Cairo airport while trying to leave Egypt and has not been seen since. Gaber is an ex-Muslim who has been…More »
Urge Brown County Board to drop prayer
Tell Brown County to put the kibosh on religious ritual! The county supervisors are reportedly considering whether to replace the prayer that opens every board meeting with a “moment of reflection.” Please take action today to help keep Brown County secular by contacting county supervisors…More »
Take action today to protect the Johnson Amendment!
The U.S. House is once again considering a budget bill that would allow churches to become unaccountable, unregulated super PACs through which millions, possibly billions, of dollars in dark political money will flow. The bill would defund all enforcement of the Johnson Amendment, which keeps all…More »
Tell congressman Boy Scouts still discriminate
We, as a secular nation, must not tolerate ongoing discrimination by the Boy Scouts of America. And our leaders shouldn't either. Recently, Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pa., sent out an email praising the Boy Scouts of America (soon to be “Scouts BSA”) for welcoming girls into…More »
Stop anti-woman domestic gag rule!
Please take action to stop the latest Trump-Pence administration attack on reproductive and sexual health care! Last week, the administration proposed a new gag rule that would block millions of people from reproductive health care services, such as access to birth control, from providers such…More »
Take action to stop N.C. tax dollars from funding religion
Please tell North Carolina lawmakers not to give a religious ministry a quarter million in taxpayer dollars! Earlier this week, North Carolina legislators released their proposed budget for the next year, which they will vote on this week. Please reach out to your lawmakers and…More »
Take action today to protect the Johnson Amendment!
The U.S. House is once again considering a budget bill that will allow churches to become unaccountable, unregulated super PACs through which millions, possibly billions, of dollars in dark political money will flow. The bill would defund all enforcement of the Johnson Amendment, which keeps all…More »
Support bill to protect true religious freedom!
We need your help in a national effort to restore true religious freedom. Please take action today to support a common sense bill that was just introduced. Contact congressional legislators today and urge them to back the Do No Harm Act to reform a law that…More »
Tell Arizona Department of Education to undo its anti-evolution action
Take action to protect fact-based science education in Arizona! The Arizona Department of Education has altered the state’s proposed science standards to de-emphasize evolution, apparently catering to creationists whose religious beliefs conflict with modern science. The department is accepting comments on this change for a…More »
Protect the First Amendment in North Carolina schools
Tell North Carolina legislators to oppose a change in the state’s education policy that would put “In God We Trust” in public school buildings. Last month, a bill was introduced that would require every school board in the state to adopt a policy to place the…More »
Help oppose another harmful South Carolina proposal
Last week, we asked you to take action to oppose a discriminatory provision that was quietly slipped into South Carolina’s huge “must-pass” appropriations bill, H4950. We would like to thank every single one of you that took action on that issue. Another troubling bill has…More »
Take action against discriminatory South Carolina bill!
This is our last chance to stop a South Carolina bill that would allow religious discrimination in adoption and foster care, and we need your help. South Carolina theocrats have rolled a discriminatory provision into H4950, a long appropriations bill that is on the brink…More »
Stop Congress from creating a new voucher program!
Please take action to stop federal tax dollars from being pumped into a new voucher program. Members of Congress recently introduced the Military Education Savings Accounts Act (HR 5199 / S. 2517), which would create a private school voucher program for students with an active-duty…More »
Urge Louisiana reps to vote against unconstitutional bill
Please take action to keep prayer out of Louisiana public schools! The Louisiana Legislature is considering a wildly unconstitutional bill, SB 512, that purports to allow public school teachers to pray with students if they first collect signed permission slips. Astoundingly, the Louisiana Senate passed this…More »
Support California lawmakers’ efforts to stop conversion therapy
Please take action to support a bill that proposes to end anti-gay conversion therapy in California! The state Assembly has passed AB 2943, a bill that would protect LGBTQ individuals from this barbaric religious “treatment,” but the bill is receiving fierce opposition and needs your help…More »
Protect the First Amendment in Minnesota schools
Tell Minnesota legislators to scratch language in the state Senate’s education policy bill that would put “In God We Trust” in every public school building. Last month, a bill that would require every school board in the state to place the phrase “In God We Trust”…More »
Thank Rep. Jamie Raskin for taking part in the Freethought Caucus
Please take a moment to thank Rep. Jamie Raskin for taking part in the historical formation of the a Congressional Freethought Caucus that will focus on promoting secular values and will give a voice to freethinking voters. The new caucus was fittingly announced by Rep.…More »
Thank Rep. Jerry McNerney
Please take a moment to thank Rep. Jerry McNerney for taking part in the historical formation of the a Congressional Freethought Caucus that will focus on promoting secular values and will give a voice to freethinking voters. The new caucus was fittingly announced by Rep.…More »
Thank Rep. Dan Kildee for taking part in the Freethought Caucus
Please take a moment to thank Rep. Dan Kildee for taking part in the historical formation of the a Congressional Freethought Caucus that will focus on promoting secular values and will give a voice to freethinking voters. The new caucus was fittingly announced by Rep.…More »
Thank Rep. Jayapal for role in the Freethought Caucus
Please take a moment to thank Rep. Jayapal for taking part in the historical formation of the a Congressional Freethought Caucus that will focus on promoting secular values and will give a voice to freethinking voters. The new caucus was fittingly announced by Rep. Huffman,…More »
Thank Rep. Mark Pocan for taking part in the Freethought Caucus
Please take a moment to thank Rep. Pocan for taking part in the historical formation of the a Congressional Freethought Caucus that will focus on promoting secular values and will give a voice to freethinking voters. The new caucus was fittingly announced by Rep. Huffman,…More »
Thank Rep. Huffman for role in the Freethought Caucus
Please take a moment to thank Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., for taking part in the historical formation of the a Congressional Freethought Caucus that will focus on promoting secular values and will give a voice to freethinking voters. The new caucus was fittingly announced by…More »
Take action TODAY against anti-women legislation
Please take action today to tell Gov. Kim Reynolds to veto a theocratic bill to outlaw abortion care in your state at six weeks of pregnancy. In what appears to be a twisted competition among conservative states to see which one can strip women of…More »
Take action against discriminatory Kansas bill!
Please tell three Kansas senators to kill a bill that would allow religious discrimination in adoption and foster care. Sen. Rick Wilborn, Sen. Julia Lynn and Sen. David Haley are considering a bill that would allow child welfare organizations to receive state funds while discriminating based…More »
Support the National Day of Reason resolution
Please join the Freedom From Religion Foundation in supporting the National Day of Reason resolution, which aims to reaffirm the separation of church and state and ensure that reason guides public policy and law. This resolution has been reintroduced in Congress by Rep. Jared Huffman,…More »
Stop Congress from creating a new voucher program!
Please act TODAY to stop federal tax dollars from being pumped into a new voucher program. Members of Congress recently introduced the Military Education Savings Accounts Act (HR 5199 / S. 2517), which would create a private school voucher program for students with an active-duty…More »
Take action against discriminatory Okla. bill!
Last chance to tell Oklahoma House to stop bill that would allow religious discrimination in adoption and foster care. Last month, we asked you to contact Oklahoma lawmakers regarding Senate Bill 1140, a bill that would allow child welfare organizations to receive state funds while…More »
Encourage NJ lawmakers to pass pro-vaccination bill
Please take action to get a sensible medical bill passed in your state. The New Jersey Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee has advanced A3818, a commendable bill that would limit religious exemptions to school-required vaccinations. Religious anti-vaxxers turned the committee meeting into a shout-fest,…More »
Keep prayer out of Louisiana schools!
Please urge a Louisiana committee to oppose teacher prayer bill The Louisiana Senate disgracefully passed SB 253, a bill that purports to allow public school teachers to pray with their students during the school day. This bill is unconstitutional and would encourage teachers to show their…More »
Urge Senate to kill bill to gut First Amendment
Please urge your U.S. senators to oppose a theocrat-minded bill that would weaken the First Amendment. The United States Senate is considering the badly misnamed First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) — a bill that actually attempts to gut the First Amendment. Please take a moment…More »
Tell Illinois lawmakers to protect students at religious schools
Please take action to protect your state’s education! This Thursday, the Illinois Assembly Higher Education Committee will hold a hearing on House Bill 5067, which would exempt private religious schools from state education requirements. Please take action TODAY, with the help of our automated system, to…More »
Take action to stop theocratic amendment to Tenn. Constitution
Please help us halt a disturbing proposal to amend the Tennessee Constitution to proclaim citizen liberties come from a god. State lawmakers are advancing HJR 37, a pandering state constitutional amendment that would bizarrely declare, “We recognize that our liberties do not come from governments, but…More »
