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Current Action Alerts
Please tell Hawaii House Judiciary Committee to ban FGM!
This week, the Hawaii Legislature is considering a bill, HB 132, that prohibits performing female genital mutilation (FGM). Offenses would be a class B felony. In addition to the traumatic and often lifelong physical and emotional pain FGM inflicts on women, girls and women who…More »
Ensure that nonreligious have equal representation at Killeen city council meetings
The City Council recently changed its policy at council meetings to establish a formal policy of beginning each meeting with an invocation. (The council had previously begun each meeting with an invocation, but did not have a formal policy). Under the new rule, the council…More »
Tell your representative to vote yes on comprehensive sex education bill!
A Colorado bill is being considered to combat the Religious Right’s grip on sex education and we need you to ask your representative to support it! HB 1032, currently under consideration by the Colorado House, would, among other things, specifically “prohibit instruction from explicitly or…More »
Ask your U.S. legislators to support Darwin resolutions!
In the age of “fake news” and “alternative facts,” we need you to stand up for reason and critical thinking in government by supporting the “Darwin Day” resolutions in Congress. Two resolutions, House Resolution 123 and Senate Resolution 63, have been introduced in the U.S…More »
Tell your Virginia reps. to reject bible classes in public schools!
The Virginia Legislature has introduced a bill that would allow state-funded public schools to indoctrinate students with bible classes and we need your help to stop it. SB 1502 is part of a Christian fundamentalists’ nationwide legislative push — Project Blitz. Project Blitz seeks to…More »
Tell your West Virginia senator to reject bible classes in public schools!
The West Virginia Legislature has introduced a bill that would allow state-funded public schools to indoctrinate students with bible classes and we need your help to stop it. SB 234 is part of a Christian fundamentalists’ nationwide legislative push — Project Blitz. Project Blitz seeks…More »
Tell your Georgia reps. to reject bible classes in public schools!
The Georgia Legislature has introduced a bill that would allow state-funded public schools to indoctrinate students with bible classes and we need your help to stop it. SB 83 is part of a Christian fundamentalists’ nationwide legislative push — Project Blitz. Project Blitz seeks to…More »
Tell your Mississippi rep. to reject bible classes in public schools!
The Mississippi Legislature has introduced a bill that would allow state-funded public schools to indoctrinate students with bible classes and we need your help to stop it. HB 1403 is part of a Christian fundamentalists’ nationwide legislative push — Project Blitz. Project Blitz seeks…More »
Tell your Missouri reps. to reject bible classes in public schools!
The Missouri Legislature has introduced a bill that would allow state-funded public schools to indoctrinate students with bible classes and we need your help to stop it. HB 267 is part of a Christian fundamentalists’ nationwide legislative push — Project Blitz. Project Blitz seeks…More »
Tell your Alabama reps. to reject bible classes in public schools!
The Alabama Legislature has introduced a bill that would allow state-funded public schools to indoctrinate students with bible classes and we need your help to stop it. SB 14 is part of a Christian fundamentalists’ nationwide legislative push — Project Blitz. Project Blitz seeks to…More »
URGENT: Tell your reps to vote no on anti-LGBTQ bill!
A bill before the Colorado legislature, deceitfully titled the “Live And Let Live Act,” would codify protections for those who discriminate against LGBTQ citizens and patrons and we need your help to stop it. HB 1140 is a proposed bill that would legalize discrimination against…More »
Please support Portland ordinance to assure nonbelievers are protected against discrimination!
A city ordinance change that would extend religious civil rights protections to atheists and freethinkers is being considered by the Portland City Council and we need you to show your support. In the city of Portland, the definition of what is included in the protected…More »
Tell the S.D. House Education Committee to kill anti-LGBTQ bill
The House Education Committee is considering an insidious bill to suppress LGBTQ rights in South Dakota schools and we need your help to stop it in its tracks. The bill, HB 1108, is only one sentence long: “No instruction in gender identity or gender expression…More »
Tell your senators to protect the Johnson Amendment!
Once again, the Johnson Amendment is under attack from the religious right and we need your help. The Johnson Amendment is the federal law that keeps all 501(c)(3)s, including churches, from endorsing political candidates. If the amendment were overturned, churches would be able to politik…More »
Tell your representative to reject state-funded religious education
A bill was just passed in the West Virginia state Senate that, if approved by the House, will funnel vast amounts of the state’s public school funding to private religious schools by creating a private voucher-like scheme. SB 451 would use taxpayer money to fund…More »
URGENT: Tell your Nebraska senators to reject Project Blitz bill!
A Nebraskan bill (LB73), introduced by state Sen. Steve Erdman, would require schools to display “In God We Trust” signs or posters in classrooms or common areas “where each student shall be able to see and read it each day school is in session.” According…More »
URGENT! Tell your senators to reject anti-choice bill!
A group of senators is rushing through a punitive bill to make the Hyde Amendment permanent. Since 1976, the Hyde Amendment has blocked federal Medicaid funding for abortion services. The Senate is poised to vote in time to pander to religious antiabortionists, who will…More »
Tell your senators to reject William Barr!
This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold confirmation hearings for Attorney General nominee William Barr. Barr is a proven extremist who has and will weaponize religious liberty, continuing former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ legacy of using religious beliefs as a defense for bigotry and…More »
URGENT: Defend FFRF victory at school board meeting, Thursday, Jan. 17!
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 twice before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Despite the courts’ clear messages…More »
Tell Gov. Kasich to sign anti-FGM bill!
This week, the Ohio legislature sent a bill to Gov. Kasich’s desk that prohibits performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on anyone under the age of 18, or transporting a minor to a location for the purpose of performing FGM. Offenses would be a second-degree felony, and…More »
Tell Missouri city officials to stand by the Constitution
Earlier this week, city officials in Ozark, Mo., pledged to honor their citizens’ constitutional rights and take down a large cross from public property after a letter from FFRF. “While we respect the interests of those who have long enjoyed the holiday display in Finley…More »
Tell your senators to preserve Johnson Amendment
The U.S. House passed a bill that would defund all enforcement of the Johnson Amendment, which keeps 501(c)(3)s, including churches, from endorsing political candidates. This would, in turn, allow churches to become unaccountable, unregulated super PACs through which dark political money will flow. We need once…More »
Tell D.C. Board not to approve plan to give taxpayer money to churches
The D.C. Council’s proposed Clean River Impervious Area Charges relief plan would give taxpayer money to churches and favors churches over secular nonprofits. This proposed package would relieve nonprofits, churches and cemeteries from Clean River Impervious Area Charges, which they complain have become burdensome. …More »
Oppose new rule requiring double billing in the service of religion
Last week, the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services (CMS) released a proposed rule that would require ACA marketplace plans to send consumers a specific “abortion bill” each month, representing the share of their premium going toward covering abortion services. Consumers would be required…More »
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 »
