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The Freedom From Religion Foundation hails a recent Supreme Court ruling and castigates a President Trump-appointed judge’s action — both related to the pandemic. The nation’s highest court ruled that the Pentagon can discipline an Air Force officer who refused, because of religious objections, to… More »
Stop faith-healing evangelicals coming into your schools, the Freedom From Religion Foundation has told a Texas school district. The state/church watchdog has been informed that on April 12, a teacher at Cigarroa High School in Laredo, Texas, brought Time to Revive, a religious ministry,… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Windy City chapter has yet again done stellar work on the behalf of secularism. On Thursday, April 14, FFRF’s Metropolitan Chicago Chapter (FFRFMCC) placed in Daley Plaza (in the heart of downtown Chicago) colorful banners promoting the secular views of… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s objection to daily intercom prayer in a Louisiana elementary school has quickly had the desired effect. A concerned parent had informed FFRF that Riverbend Elementary School in West Monroe, La., required its students to recite a prayer each day following… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemns the Kentucky Legislature for overriding a veto and making Kentucky the first U.S. state without legal abortion access since Roe v. Wade. Yesterday, on April 13, while protesters chanted “Bans off our bodies now,” Kentucky lawmakers cavalierly and… More »
Click here to watch the teaser. A Florida high school student who is in the forefront of protests against Florida’s anti-LGBTQ “Don’t Say Gay” law is the guest on the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show this Sunday. Florida's controversial Parental Rights in… More »
The scuttling by House Republicans of a plan to name a courthouse for a pioneering Black judge because he’d ruled correctly against student-led school prayer is cause for serious alarm. It is also cause to expose the role that Christian theopolitics is playing in Congress… More »
Immediately halt the imposition of prayer on your students, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking a Louisiana school parish. A concerned parent has informed the state/church watchdog that Riverbend Elementary School in West Monroe, La., requires its students to recite a prayer each day… More »
Everything is not OK when it comes to the state of abortion abortion rights in the United States. Oklahoma is the most recent state to inflict injury on Roe v. Wade’s fundamental protection of the right “to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion” into intimate… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation salutes Black Maternal Health Week, which is taking place April 11-17. The week was first recognized by the White House last year. Secular values align with Reproductive Justice, because when religiously rooted legislation denies and restricts abortion care, Reproductive… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation applauds Maryland lawmakers for standing up in defense of abortion rights and the Idaho Supreme Court for halting that state’s draconian ban. This past weekend, Maryland legislators voted to override Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of a bill that expands… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s iconic ad featuring a presidential son touting FFRF’s work and his own “unabashed atheism” returns tonight to premier television. The commercial with Ron Reagan inviting viewers to join FFRF will air over the next two weeks on one the nation's… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is chiding Alabama’s junior senator for his support of an unconstitutional school practice that the state/church watchdog has gotten stopped. Jefferson County Schools in Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s home state recently ended its unconstitutional custom of broadcasting prayer over the loudspeaker… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging the Arizona state Capitol to remove a highly problematic Christian nationalist flag currently on display there. The flag, which reads “Appeal to Heaven,” is currently flying on the second floor of the Arizona legislative building. This flag… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation hails the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the newest Supreme Court justice. Brown Jackson will become the first Black woman to serve on the court, chipping away at the massive divide between the court’s makeup and the makeup… More »
Click here to watch the teaser. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Freethought Matters” TV show this Sunday features the intrepid young student who initiated a West Virginia school walkout that’s led to an FFRF lawsuit. Max Nibert, who is the principal student plaintiff in the… More »
The recent announcement of a prolonged prison term for a Nigerian freethinker, for the alleged crime of “blasphemy,” is appalling, asserts the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Mubarak Bala, an atheist, was the head of the Humanist Association of Nigeria before his arrest. Three days after criticizing… More »
Abortion access in the United States is on shaky ground — but there’s been a glimmer of hope recently. Texas’ six-week abortion ban has been in effect for seven months, and anti-abortion states such as Idaho have passed copycat legislation. Additionally, Oklahoma lawmakers (in… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s ongoing challenge against a Texas judge’s imposed courtroom prayer has received a boost during the oral arguments stage in the appeals process. The state/church watchdog won its court case last year over Montgomery County Judge Wayne Mack’s prayer in the… More »
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is celebrating World Health Day today, an annual event to bring awareness about health concerns, by advocating for science, not faith-based, policies. For this year’s theme, “Our planet, our health,” the World Health Organization provides a list of valuable resources… More »