The Freedom From Religion Foundation has brought to an end a Tennessee school district’s preachy misuse of its official social media. A concerned complainant contacted the state/church watchdog to report …
Day: September 15, 2020
Secret White House calls helped funnel tax money to Trump preachers
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is releasing evidence today of how the Trump administration has secretly turned the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) into a bonanza of tax-paid handouts for churches …
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FFRF Denver billboard urges ‘social distancing between church and state’
A new Denver public message couldn’t be more timely: “Practice social distancing between church and state.” The dictum on a backlit 10-foot-by-23-foot billboard situated on Broadway south of 10th Avenue …
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Religious messages will no longer be sent to district families Iowa (July 15, 2020)
School officials in the Logan-Magnolia Community School District will no longer send out religious messages to district families. In April, the district sent a mass email to parents that endorsed …
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URGENT: Tell Gov. Reynolds to veto anti-abortion bill
In the final hours of the just-concluded legislative session, Iowa lawmakers passed an unnecessary and burdensome bill that will further inhibit abortion access in the state. In the middle …
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FFRF condemns HHS rule explicitly allowing anti-LGBTQ discrimination
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently announced a final rule declaring that it will no longer recognize anti-LGBTQ discrimination as an instance of sex discrimination, effectively …
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FFRF praises historic Supreme Court decision in LGBTQ Title VII case
The U.S. Supreme Court today issued a historic ruling upholding civil rights protections for LGBTQ Americans. In a 6-3 decision issued today in Bostock v. Clayton Co. (with Justice Neil Gorsuch …
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FFRF awards $20,000 in minority secular scholarships
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is delighted to provide, in partnership with a freethinking African-American group, student scholarships for the sixth year running, this year doubling the total amount …
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Urge S.C. senators to support Pro-Birth Accountability Act
A new bill introduced in the South Carolina Legislature would require that if the state bans abortion care, it must pay all costs associated with birthing and raising children …
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