You spoke — and your legislators listened. Last month, we asked you to tell the Massachusetts Legislature to pass H. 4606, a bill seeking to outlaw female genital mutilation …
Day: August 11, 2020
FFRF’s answer to Speaker Pelosi: Action, not prayer
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this Sunday placed on her official congressional homepage a prayer called “A Responsive Prayer for Justice.” Unfortunately, nothing fails like prayer, to repeat a phrase Freedom …
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FFRF condemns Nigerian Shariah court’s blasphemy death sentence
The Freedom From Religion Foundation strongly denounces a Nigerian court’s recent imposition of the death penalty on a young composer for the supposed crime of blasphemy. A Nigerian Shariah court …
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Get rid of bigot from seal, FFRF urges Ventura County
The Freedom From Religion Foundation commends Ventura County, Calif., for the likely removal from its seal of a religious extremist who persecuted indigeneous people. The Ventura County Board of Supervisors …
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July 11 — Orlando, Florida
FFRF Director of Strategic Response, Andrew L. Seidel, will discuss the state of the Establishment Clause, and how to fight to preserve Jefferson’s “Wall of Separation” on Saturday, July …
Freethought Radio — June 11, 2020
The Texas lieutenant governor and a Texas mayor are improperly mixing religion and government. We ask the Pennsylvania governor not to hand state money to churches. After hearing the freethinker …
FFRF asks Wis. Supreme Court to uphold state health directive
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed an amicus brief before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in favor of the state’s stay-at-home order, specifically as it applies to religious gatherings. …
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At last! N.J. county ordered to pay FFRF attorney fees in church funding case
A year after the Freedom From Religion Foundation won a resounding victory halting millions in tax dollars flowing unconstitutionally to repair churches in Morris County, N.J., a judge has …
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Hemant Mehta: Is it OK to be an atheist in politics?
This is an edited version of the speech given by Hemant Mehta at FFRF’s national convention in Madison, Wis., on Oct. 18. He was given the 2019 Nothing Fails Like …
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