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Dean W. Roland, Sheriff Burnett County Sheriff's Department 7410 County Rd K, #122 Siren WI 54872 Re: State/Church Violation; Open Records Request Dear Sheriff: Our organization, which works to protect the constitutional principle of the separation between church and state, is writing on behalf of Burnett County More »
News Release & Action Alert: CNN Crosses the Line, Again Nearly a year ago, when CNN broadcast a presidential faith forum last June, the Freedom From Religion Foundation issued a statement condemning the imposition of a religious test for public office. CNN has jettisoned any pretense More »
(Madison, Wis.) Acting on a complaint from a patient at the Madison VA Hospital, the Freedom From Religion Foundation today protested the presence of Christian vendors setting up shop at the main entrance, through which every patient and employee must pass. The bookstore had More »
Law Sanctifies Child Homicide in Name of Faith As a memorial to the painful, frightening and needless death of Madeline Kara Neumann, the Wisconsin Legislature needs to finally show some gumption, and remove from the statutes its exemption sanctifying child homicide in the name More »
Richard Gottlieb, DirectorUnited States Department of Homeland SecurityBureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services6130 Tyvola Center DriveCharlotte NC 28217 Dear Mr. Gottlieb, I was informed by the Clerk of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina that you are the official responsible More »
President Chapman called the Holmen Village Board meeting to order at 7:00 PM on March 13, 2008 at the Holmen Village Hall. All board members were present. Also present were Attorney Alan Peterson, County Board Representative Spiker, department heads McHugh, Brogan and Ass’t DPW More »
A "Beware of Dogma" billboard designed with a stained-glass motif last fall for the Freedom From Religion Foundation won an "Addy" award for Adams Outdoor Company in late February. "Congratulations for this well-deserved award to the talented graphic artist and the wonderful team we worked More »
Hateful Response to "Imagine No Religion" Message Shows Its Power It is hard to credit how one little freethought billboard could create such insecurity by religionists! The Freedom From Religion Foundation's pretty billboard, with its wistful, John Lennon-inspired message, "Imagine No Religion," has been attacked More »
Mayor Donald Van Doeselaar 3275 Central Blvd. Hudsonville, MI 49426 Dear Mayor: We write on behalf of Hudsonville taxpayers, who object to the inappropriate "Mission Statement" at the official Hudsonville website, which lists as part of its purpose: to "strive to serve God." The Foundation is More »
A 14x48-foot "stained glass" billboard bearing the message, "Imagine No Religion," is going up Saturday morning, February 2, for the month of February on the southeast corner of East Broad St. and Lancaster Ave, Reynoldsburg (suburban Columbus). The Foundation, the nation's largest membership association for More »
(Madison, Wis.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation, a national state/church watchdog, filed a federal lawsuit on Dec. 26 challenging the unlawful display of a manger scene at the entrance of city hall in Green Bay, Wis., in the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of More »
Action Alert Saluting the Nine Who Voted No The vote by the House of Representatives on Dec. 11, 2007, to approve H. Res. 847, Recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian faith," was both a meaningless exercise in pandering, and a meaningful gauge of how More »
Mr. James J Schmitt Mayor of Green Bay100 North Jefferson Street Green Bay, WI 54301-5026 RE: Nativity Scene on City Hall Dear Mayor: We write on behalf of our Green Bay members, concerning the nativity scene just placed this week by vote of the City Council on the More »
Is Nothing Nonsacred on the Campaign Trail? Statement Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor Freedom From Religion Foundation Co-presidents We've read John F. Kennedy's 1960 address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, and have to say, Mitt Romney, you're no JFK. Romney's speech yesterday, advertised as a More »
A local member of the Madison, Wis.-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, which is the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics), has sponsored a first-of-its-kind billboard in Pennsylvania. The colorful billboard sign reads "Imagine No Religion" against a backdrop portraying a stained-glass window. The More »
A local member of the Madison, Wis.-based Freedom From Religion Foundation, which is the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics), has sponsored a first-of-its-kind billboard in Pennsylvania. The colorful billboard sign reads "Imagine No Religion" against a backdrop portraying a stained-glass window. The More »
Celebrating the Real Reason for the Season 'Tis the season . . . for the Freedom From Religion Foundation's gilt "Winter Solstice" message, which returns for its 12th visit to the first-floor rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol for the month of December. The pretty sign, More »
Tune in for Philip Pullman Interview on Freethought Radio Next Week by Annie Laurie Gaylor Freedom From Religion Foundation co-president If the Catholic League were truly interested in child welfare, wouldn't it be warning parents not to let their sons become altar boys? No children's movie could More »
In New Hampshire The Freedom From Religion Foundation has joined Michael Newdow in launching a new challenge of the religious phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance. Plaintiffs include an anonymous Hanover couple who are Foundation members, as well as the Foundation on behalf More »
Just in Time for the Holidays! (MADISON, WIS.) The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which is the nation's largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics) and has many members in Georgia, is unveiling a new nontheistic billboard in the Atlanta area later this month. The whimsical full-color More »