Below is an archive of FFRF action alerts through late March 2023. FFRF is now contracting with the FFRF Action Fund, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, to handle future action alerts.
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Two devastating regulations founded in religious dogma will have sweeping effects on the trans community in America should they pass! HR 724 and HR 5 are being considered by federal representatives. Please reach out and urge your reps to oppose these two horrible bills! HR… More »
New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently spoke at an interfaith prayer breakfast, and his remarks were shockingly ignorant and hostile to the constitutional separation between state and church. Please take a moment to contact Mayor Adams and tell him that you, as a New… More »
Missouri lawmakers are stopping at nothing to further restrict abortion rights for all residents! The Missouri Senate Health and Welfare Committee will hear three pieces of legislation tomorrow, Feb. 22, that will further limit abortion access in the state. Please act quickly to prevent these… More »
Your public tax dollars could soon be rerouted to fund Catholic education! The Statewide Virtual Charter School Board in Oklahoma has confirmed that the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and Diocese of Tulsa hope to establish a Catholic charter school. This means that, if the board… More »
Religious institutions are coming for your tax dollars! The upcoming Florida bill SB 202 is threatening to expand an existing voucher program to siphon even more money to private schools. Please urge the Florida Senate Committee on Education to reject this bill! This high priority… More »
Lawmakers are looking to send your tax dollars to religious institutions! Bill SB 305 would expand an existing voucher program that siphons funds for public schools into private institutions. The bill is stalled for now, but other state lawmakers are still pushing to expand the… More »
New Hampshire legislators are hearing bills that will decide reproductive rights across the state! The House Judiciary Committee will be considering several bills this week, both in support of and against reproductive rights. Act today to urge the committee to support the right to choose!… More »
Please contact Gov. Katie Hobbs to thank her for making her first executive order a ban on discriminating against LGBTQ+ individuals applying for state government jobs. Artificial barriers such as sexual orientation, gender identity and marital status can no longer be part of discussions involving… More »
Please take a moment to use our automated system to contact your member of Congress and ask them to support House Resolution 118. This resolution, which supports “the Iranian people’s desire for a democratic, secular and non-nuclear Republic of Iran,” would send a message condemning… More »
The Rapid City Area Schools Board must end its unconstitutional practice of opening its meetings with prayer. FFRF is asking you to prod the board to end this unconstitutional practice that it started in October. While allowing local religious leaders to deliver prayers has been… More »
Your member of Congress, Rep. Julia Brownley, is one of the newest co-sponsors of the Thomas Paine Memorial Resolution. The legislation will begin the process of constructing a monument in the District of Columbia in honor of Thomas Paine, an 18th-century freethinker who wrote famous… More »
The Osceola County School Board recently ended its unconstitutional practice of opening its meetings with prayer. However, it’s considering a proposal on Tuesday, March 8, to reinstate the prayers. FFRF is asking you to prod the members to stand by their decision to end this… More »
FFRF is asking you to quickly ask your state senator to vote against HB 5, a bill that would ban abortion after 15 weeks. Such a blatantly religiously influenced bill should not be allowed to proceed and take effect. This bill, which is unconstitutional under… More »
An Iowa Senate committee has approved a bill that would drastically expand religious privilege in the state. The bill, SF 2284, is a state version of the federal law called RFRA, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This discriminatory bill died last year, but we need… More »
Arizona Senate Bill 1399 has passed through a committee and will soon be voted on by the state Senate. It would allow adoption and foster care agencies to discriminate on the basis of religion. They could, for example, refuse to work with parents or children… More »
\ Please ask your member of Congress to support a just-introduced HR 6720, a bill to memorialize America’s “forgotten Founder” Thomas Paine in Washington, D.C. U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin, co-chair of the Congressional Freethought Caucus, introduced legislation today to authorize the construction of a long-overdue… More »
FFRF is excited to announce a new and improved system to make it easy for you to take action to fight for state/church separation! Keep an eye on your email for upcoming details, but if you want to try the new system out, click the… More »
Please help FFRF oppose congressional participation in the upcoming 70th National Prayer Breakfast, scheduled to take place next week, Thursday, Feb. 3. FFRF has had success in discouraging members of Congress from attending, and we need your continued help to educate Congress. This private event,… More »
Tomorrow, Jan. 22, will mark the 49th anniversary of the landmark decision, Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide and ensured the basic rights of reproductive privacy and self-determination. With the Supreme Court, for underlying religious reasons, poised to overturn or negate Roe later this… More »
Please help FFRF keep religion out of public schools in South Dakota! Ask the House Committee on Education not to back Gov. Kristi Noem’s required time for school-sponsored prayer disguised as a “moment of silence.” This hearing is tomorrow (Friday) morning at 7:45 a.m., so… More »
Please ask your member of Congress to co-sponsor an anti-discrimination bill that addresses a problem created by a recent misguided Supreme Court ruling. The Every Child Deserves a Family Act (HR 3488/S 1848) would prohibit any child welfare agency receiving federal financial assistance from discriminating… More »
Please tell your Wisconsin assembly member to vote against the passage of AB 529, which comes up for a vote this Thurs. Jan, 20. This bill would license naturopathic “doctors” (NDs) as “primary care” providers. Naturopathic “doctors” rely on folk remedies and pseudoscience rather than… More »
Please help FFRF keep religion out of government in a North Carolina city! Ask Mayor Ed Hooks and members of the Mebane city council to abide by his decision in December to stop opening meetings with governmental prayer. The Freedom From Religion complained on behalf… More »
Sen. Tim Kaine has decided to not attend the National Prayer Breakfast next year, and FFRF is asking its Virginia members to thank him for dropping such an inappropriate event. The National Prayer Breakfast is put on by the Fellowship Foundation, a shadowy organization also… More »
A proposed federal rule by the Biden administration would undo a Trump-era policy that currently allows religious organizations to discriminate while using taxpayer funds under a government contract. The window for comments on this positive change is closing on Thursday, and you can count on… More »
Please ask your state senator and assemblyperson to co-sponsor and support the Abortion Rights Protection Act or SB 75 and AB 106. Although Gov. Tony Evers vetoed five anti-abortion bills last week, a 172-year-old law criminalizing abortion and making it a felony for physicians to perform… More »
On Nov. 23, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Judiciary will hold a virtual hearing to consider a large range of bills, many of which are anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQ. There are five very worrisome bills: H 1534, H 1536, H 1628, H 1760 and H 3961.… More »
Back in August, we asked you to contact LINK Gov. Doug Ducey and tell him to stop his anti-science voucher program. He is now taking it an egregious step further by using federal Covid relief funds to only help schools without a mask mandate —… More »
Ohio lawmakers just introduced a new anti-abortion bill, modeled after Texas’ notorious SB8. The bill, House Bill 480, would effectively ban all abortions and exploit a legal loophole by allowing private anti-abortion citizens to turn in people they think have provided, obtained or helped… More »
Anti-choice politicians have introduced legislation intended to severely restrict abortion care in your state. Please take a few moments to oppose these extremist bills and tell Ohio lawmakers to stop their attacks on reproductive rights. SB 123 and SB 157 contain several restrictions on abortion… More »
Please take a moment to ask your representative to vote yes on the Women’s Health Protection Act. It would protect the right to abortion throughout the United States, rendering unenforceable medically unnecessary and burdensome restrictions against abortion passed by state legislatures. After the Supreme Court… More »
Back in March, FFRF asked you to urge Congress to support the Do No Harm Act. This act is meant to curb the abuse that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) has let fester. It is being reintroduced today, Sept. 15, by Sen. Cory Booker… More »
We need your help in thwarting religious giveaways in the Tar Heel State budget. North Carolina lawmakers are finalizing a two-year budget that Gov. Roy Cooper will review. Past budgets have included unconstitutional religious handouts. Please take a moment to contact Cooper and urge him… More »
Stand up to religious zealots who are trying to sabotage women’s rights. Please spare a few moments to contact Massachusetts legislators and urge them to vote no on an anti-abortion measure pending in the Statehouse. On Monday, Sept. 13, the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Education… More »
Today, as abortion has effectively become illegal in the state of Texas, we are asking you to immediately contact your U.S. representative and your U.S. senators to urge their support of the Women’s Health Protection Act. This act would protect the right to abortion throughout… More »
Please make your pro-science views heard before the Madison School Board meeting to discuss mandating Covid-19 vaccinations for school staff, which is slated for Monday, Aug. 30 at 6 PM. The Madison school district handed down a decision against mandating vaccines without discussing it with… More »
Please speak out for scientifically influenced public policy — ask the University of Wisconsin System to implement mandatory vaccination. As the Freedom From Religion Foundation has reported, a religiously motivated state senator is trying to prevent the UW System from adopting Covid-19 mitigation efforts. UW… More »
Please take a few moments to contact Gov. Ducey and urge him to stop these policies and programs by clicking the "Take Action" button Tell Gov. Doug Ducey that it is wrong to use pandemic funds for an anti-mask and anti-vaxx expansion of the state’s… More »
North Carolina is advancing SB 35, an important bill that increases the minimum age of marriage from 14 to 16. It also creates a new requirement that those seeking to marry a minor cannot be more than four years older than the person they intend… More »
Little League is alienating the large portion of young people who do not have a religious affiliation by requiring players on the field to recite a pledge that states "I trust in God." FFRF has been repeatedly contacted about this unnecessary pledge in the past.… More »
Please urge your U.S. representative now to stand up for secular values, science and women’s rights. The full House floor is expected to begin voting on the federal budget next week. For the first time in 50 years, the budget does not contain the Hyde… More »
The Chesapeake City Council is considering a proposal tonight to put “In God We Trust” on all its police vehicles, and we need your help now to thwart this proposal. Such moves are about advancing the Big Lie that the United States was “founded on… More »
Rhode Island is advancing a pair of good bills, SB 398 and HB 5378, which would increase the minimum age for marriage to 18 — with no exceptions. Please take a few moments to make your voice heard on this important issue. More than… More »
Abortion rights are under attack nationwide, and that includes in our home state. Please take a few moments to contact your state lawmakers and urge them to overturn Wisconsin’s archaic statute criminalizing abortion by supporting the Abortion Rights Preservation Act. Last week, the U.S. Supreme… More »
Please take a few moments to urge President Biden to stand up to religious megadonors and members of Congress by excluding two amendments from the presidential budget that restrict access to abortion and family planning services. The first, the Hyde Amendment, is a discriminatory… More »
The Department of Health and Human Services has published a new proposed rule to reverse the Trump administration’s cruel attacks on Title X, the federal program providing family planning and other health care screening to low-income patients. Please take a moment to submit a public… More »
The Maine Legislature is again trying to reinstate religious vaccination exemptions, putting all Mainers at risk. Please take a few moments to contact Maine lawmakers and urge them to oppose this dangerous bill (LD 833). These exemptions were removed in 2019, and a statewide mandate… More »
The New York Legislature is considering a host of positive bills to expand reproductive justice in your state. These bills are each a step toward humane public policy that champions reason and science over religion and dogma. The following bills are all going to be… More »
The Puerto Rico Legislature is considering a proposal to ban conversion therapy — and lawmakers need to hear your support for this bill. The bill, PC 683, would protect LGBTQ Puerto Ricans from the barbaric, pseudoscientific religious treatment deceitfully called “conversion therapy” by restricting… More »
In the last year, we have seen a global pandemic claim the lives of more than half a million Americans, extreme weather and environmental disaster brought on by a warming planet, and unprecedented attacks on our secular democracy. Now more than ever, reason — not… More »
The Alabama Legislature is considering a dangerous anti-choice bill that would greatly hinder access to comprehensive reproductive health care in the state. We need you to speak out against this extremist proposal. The bill, HB 377, would ban medication abortion outright. Since the Food… More »
An extremely strict so-called “fetal heartbeat” bill that would outlaw abortion after six weeks of pregnancy has been passed by the Idaho Legislature and will now head to Gov. Brad Little’s desk to be signed into law. Please use our simple, automated system to contact… More »
Last month, we urged you to oppose an Illinois bill aiming to inject Christian nationalism into public schools. Despite opposition from constituents, this bill has passed the Illinois House and will now be considered by the state Senate. Please take a few moments to contact… More »
The Missouri Legislature is advancing a dangerous bill aiming to inject Christian nationalism into public schools in your state. Please take a few moments to contact your state lawmakers and urge them to oppose this theocratic proposal. The bill, HB 108, would introduce bible classes… More »
The Tennessee Legislature has passed an extremist anti-LGBTQ bill that is now headed to the governor’s desk to be signed into law. Please take a few moments to read about this dangerous measure and urge Gov. Bill Lee to veto it. The bill, HB… More »
The Alaska Legislature is considering a dangerous measure to undermine abortion rights and we need you to speak out against it. The bill, SJR 4, would propose a constitutional amendment stating that “nothing in this Constitution may be construed to secure or protect a right… More »
The California Legislature is considering a good bill (AB 367) that would require all public schools to make menstrual products available to students at no cost. Please take a few moments to urge lawmakers to support this measure. Much of the cultural stigma still attached… More »
The Texas Legislature is considering a bill that would strip state and local leaders of their ability to enact policies shown to save lives during this pandemic and future emergencies. This is in response to the unwarranted and dangerous pattern of churches insisting that they… More »
The Missouri Legislature is considering two bad neo-voucher bills that would divert money from public school to private, almost exclusively religious, education. Please take a few moments to tell Missouri lawmakers to oppose these damaging proposals. These bills, HB 496 and HB 528, grant tax… More »
The Florida Department of Education is proposing new curriculum standards that would indoctrinate children into the Christian nationalist view of American history. There is still time to oppose the changes. It is crucial that Floridians oppose these new rules. The Florida Department of Education is… More »