Day: January 31, 2017

Congress still mostly Christian, white, male The percentage of “Nones” in the United States is nearly a quarter of the population, yet just one of the 535 members of the …

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Evangelicals who pushed Donald Trump over the top in the election are surely pleased with several of his appointments to the cabinet and other high-ranking positions in his administration. Trump …

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The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed its first lawsuit of the year in mid-January, to end egregiously unconstitutional “Bible in the Schools” classes in Mercer County Schools, W. Va. Joining …

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Name: Darwin Soder Where I live: On Florida’s West coast in Sarasota since 1980. Where and when I was born: Wichita, Kan., in 1943. Family: I am the oldest of …

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The total includes the two new cases, above, settled successfully in 2016, and: • FFRF v. City of Santa Clara. FFRF with a local member sued to remove a 14-foot …

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By Annie Laurie Gaylor The Washington Post had a chilling report on Christmas Day revealing that Donald Trump will inherit more than 100 judicial vacancies when he becomes president. Even …

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By Molly Hanson The Freedom From Religion Foundation, through the hard work of Staff Attorney Sam Grover, earned five victories against various Texas municipalities and departments in the past several …

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High school team, ministry split up A Missouri high school basketball team will not continue to partner with a religious ministry in its summer camp program, thanks to FFRFs involvement. …

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