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Stop using moments of silence to recite Christian prayers at official meetings, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging a Virginia school board. FFRF Staff Attorney Christopher Line has sent a letter to the Buchanan County School Board after being informed that the school board… More »
Stop abusing your official position in the name of religion, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is rebuking the Mississippi agriculture and commerce commissioner. Andy Gipson posted a video to his official Facebook page on Aug. 18, in which he is identified by his official title… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is excited to be a co-sponsor of an upcoming freethought conference for women of color. The Women of Color Beyond Belief II conference, taking place at the Marriott Chicago Midway Sept. 24- 26, is the only national secular forum exclusively… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on the Biden administration to ensure that refugees from Afghanistan, including freethinkers and religious minorities, are given quick and safe passage. The Taliban, a religious militia bent on installing a theocracy, has essentially overrun and captured the nation.… More »
FFRF Staff Attorney Ryan Jayne warns in one of Missouri’s most prominent newspapers about the drawbacks of a new statewide school voucher program. “Starting next year, state tax money will begin to pay for tuition at private religious schools, mostly for students who would have… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is exposing the fact that the attempted bombing at the U.S. Capitol today was conducted by an apparent white Christian nationalist. The state/church watchdog is also condemning as “highly irresponsible” U.S. Rep. Mo Brook’s minimizing response to the attempt, saying… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging its hometown school district to follow the lead of progressive school districts around the country and mandate staff Covid-19 vaccinations. In a letter to the Madison (Wis.) Metropolitan School District Board of Education and Superintendent Carlton D. Jenkins,… More »
Stop excluding nonreligious citizens by posting sectarian religious messages on your social media, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is chastising the Tennessee governor. A concerned Tennessee resident has contacted the national state/church watchdog to report that Gov. Bill Lee has a pattern of posting religious… More »
Do not lead this country further away from its secular roots, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is admonishing one of the recently elected senators from Georgia. Sen. Jon Ossoff presided over a nearly empty Senate chamber in late July while it adopted by unanimous consent… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 William Schulz High School Essay Contest. FFRF is awarding $21,350 in scholarship money for this year’s contest! College-bound high school seniors were asked to write an essay based on this prompt: … More »
The Madison-based Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking Madison and Dane County authorities to decree vaccine mandates for social gatherings before the influx of students onto the UW-Madison campus. The letter, directed to Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway, Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Dr. Jerry… More »
A Florida high school baseball coach has stopped praying with players before every game and practice after the school received a letter from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The constitutional violations occurring before Lake Minneola high school baseball games were reported to FFRF, a national… More »
While the Freedom From Religion Foundation is relieved that blasphemy charges were dropped this week against an eight-year-old Pakistani Hindu boy, the case shows why blasphemy laws must go. The boy, from Bhong village in Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, was accused of urinating… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking President Joe Biden to wield the influence and authority of the federal government to incentivize vaccination mandates. While praising the recent federal employee and military Covid-19 vaccination mandates, FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor assert… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation warns that there is serious trouble ahead for the principle of separation between state and church, given the Supreme Court’s emergency rulings siding with religious objections to Covid-19 health measures. A recent Reuters study reveals that religious groups looking to receive… More »
What on earth is a “prayer walk” and what’s wrong when they are performed in some public schools around the nation? The Freedom From Religion Foundation has just released a short report about prayer walks in public schools, a bizarre but growing phenomenon. FFRF's report… More »
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 »