The latest episode of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s web series describes how to counter a religious group’s devouring of precious public school time.
FFRF’s Ryan Jayne, Sammy Lawrence and Mickey Dollens explore on “Secular Spotlight” a new toolkit that gives parents and community members the resources they need to push back against LifeWise Academy. This organization’s program takes public school students out of class for religious instruction, then sends them back to school to recruit others. Special guest FFRF Kentucky Chapter President John Sutton joins the discussion to explain how grassroots activists successfully stopped LifeWise from entering his community — and how others can follow their example.
“Lifewise’s motives are not about bringing kids into a program to give them, which of course it is, religious education,” Sutton explains. “Their higher motive is to recruit other kids out of the school.”
You can catch this episode of “Secular Spotlight” on FFRF’s YouTube channel, as well as by watching on your smart TV after downloading FFRF’s free app, Freethought TV, which also highlights FFRF’s other video programming. Our recent episodes include a deep dive into the rapidly expanding world of AI-generated religious content with special guest “The Antibot” Taylor Leigh and a news bite explaining a charter school victory in Colorado. Make sure you’re subscribed to FFRF’s YouTube channel for all the latest updates!
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to defending the constitutional principle of separation between state and church and educating the public on matters relating to nontheism. With more than 41,000 members, FFRF is the largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics and humanists) in North America. For more information, visit ffrf.org
