News Releases Archive

May 29, 2025

FFRF senior policy counsel has op-ed in Wis. capital newspaper

Freedom From Religion Foundation Senior Policy Counsel Ryan Jayne has had a memorable op-ed published on Memorial Day in FFRF’s hometown newspaper dissecting school vouchers. “As Congress considered a federal …

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May 29, 2025

FFRF, other groups will sue over Texas measure imposing 10 Commandments on public schools

The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Americans United for Separation of Church and State announced today that …

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May 28, 2025

FFRF represents residents suing Quincy, Mass., and mayor to stop public religious statues 

    A multifaith group of Quincy, Mass., residents and taxpayers filed a lawsuit in the Norfolk Superior Court to halt the planned installation of two large religious statues of Catholic …

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May 23, 2025

NY Times columnist Jamelle Bouie guest on FFRF TV show’s last episode

The final episode of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s television show has a featured interview with the acclaimed New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie. Jamelle Bouie is a columnist for …

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May 22, 2025

Sectarian takeover at Pentagon must be stopped, says FFRF

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is renewing its urgent call to the Department of Defense and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to halt sectarian religious services in official Pentagon spaces, following …

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May 22, 2025

FFRF celebrates removal of religious shrine in Minn. school counselor’s office

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to see a religious shrine removed from a counselor’s office in Minnesota’s Mankato Area Public Schools system. A concerned district employee reported that a school counselor …

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May 22, 2025

FFRF hails Supreme Court split blocking nation’s first religious public charter school 

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is celebrating a significant victory for Oklahoma families and the separation of state and church after the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked 4–4 on a case …

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May 22, 2025

‘We Dissent’ discusses a Supreme Court case about book banning

The new episode of “We Dissent” looks at a recent Supreme Court case that could decide what books public school students can access.  On Episode 42, FFRF Deputy Legal Director …

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May 19, 2025

FFRF blasts administration for dropping fine against misleading Christian university

  The Freedom From Religion Foundation is condemning the Department of Education’s recent decision to let Grand Canyon University off the hook after it misled thousands of students about the …

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