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The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemns a Florida development that not only endangers student health, but encourages anti-maskers to send their children to religious schools at public expense. As Florida tops the country in a recent swell of Covid-19 cases, the Florida State Board of… More »
Christian nationalists have furthered their unconstitutional cause in the Granite State. New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has signed into law a bill prohibiting the state or a school district from “restricting” the display of the U.S. motto “In God We Trust” (or the state’s own… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s reproductive rights intern is calling in an op-ed in its hometown newspaper for Wisconsin’s senior senator to respect science. FFRF Anne Nicol Gaylor Reproductive Rights Intern Barbara Alvarez is urging in the Madison, Wisconsin, Cap Times Sen. Ron Johnson to… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents to push back against anti-science legislative interference and mandate Covid-19 vaccinations. A number of state university systems, including in California, Illinois, Colorado and New York, have already adopted measures to require… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has educated an Ohio school board about the importance of adhering to the country’s secular constitution. A concerned parent had informed FFRF that the Canton Board of Education opened each board meeting with prayer, usually led by the board president… More »
A California police department’s chaplain program is constitutionally impermissible, asserts the Freedom From Religion Foundation. A concerned Rio Vista resident has informed the state/church watchdog that the police department has recently “revitalized” its police chaplaincy program. The department recently posted on Facebook and Nextdoor that… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation hails the decision by an appeals court panel not to enjoin Indiana University from enforcing its new vaccine mandate. The case will proceed to a full hearing, but meanwhile a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals… More »
Legislative history was recently made in this country. On July 29, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a spending bill without inclusion of the Hyde and Weldon Amendments. For 45 years, the Hyde Amendment has denied low-income women on Medicaid (one in five women in… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is vigorously protesting Wisconsin state Sen. Steve Nass’ attempt to sabotage Covid-19 public health measures at University of Wisconsin campuses statewide. Nass, who chairs a minor senatorial committee, has declared that he will aim to micromanage the University of Wisconsin’s… More »
Riveted Americans have watched the chilling testimony before Congress this week of four police officers who survived the Jan. 6 insurrection. Riveted Americans have watched the chilling testimony before Congress this week of four police officers who survived the Jan. 6 insurrection. There were many memorable… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is condemning the anti-atheist bigotry of the junior senator from Louisiana and is calling on him to apologize to the 30 million atheists and agnostics in America — who number more than Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, Mormons and Muslims combined. During… More »
The cops shouldn’t be giving religious officials official joyrides, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is emphasizing to a Michigan police chief. Several Grand Rapids residents have informed the state/church watchdog that the Grand Rapids Police Department is launching a new faith-based partnership called “Clergy on… More »
In a new op-ed for Religion Dispatches, FFRF’s Director of Strategic Response Andrew L. Seidel called for the January 6 Select Committee, which met for the first time on Tuesday, to investigate the role that Christian Nationalism played in the assault. Seidel begins the piece:… More »
It’s time for reason to prevail regarding Covid-19 vaccination protocols; it’s time to make vaccinations mandatory. With what’s become a “pandemic of the unvaccinated,” chaos is reigning. Hospitals and medical providers in many parts of the country are overwhelmed again. People are unnecessarily dying. Parents… More »
A football coach’s recurring recitation of the Lord's Prayer at football games is out of bounds, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is notifying a Colorado school district. West Grand High School head coach Chris Brown has been requiring his team captain to lead a recitation… More »
Two recent lawsuits seek to drag America back to the dark ages, FFRF Director of Strategic Response Andrew L. Seidel contends in an article for Religion Dispatches. An anti-vax lawsuit filed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claims that a DC law allowing children to be vaccinated… More »
In the wake of bombshell reports about the FBI’s failure to fully vet Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling for an investigation. Seven senators on Thursday said that newly released materials show the FBI failed to fully investigate sexual… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is delighted that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a measure that raises the minimum marriage age statewide to 18 and eliminates all exceptions to this requirement. Remarkably, this full elimination of child marriage in New York… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation applauds House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for providing us with a simple lesson in how to keep personal religious beliefs out of governmental duties. At her weekly press conference, Pelosi celebrated the removal of the Hyde Amendment from a draft spending… More »
Be inclusive of all Americans, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is exhorting the Little League. Secular parents have contacted the state/church watchdog about the Little League Pledge many times and in various contexts over the years. The first line of the pledge begins, “I trust… More »