Aleta Ledendecker tells us about the secular invocation she delivered before the City Council of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, that was rudely cut off by the mayor and boycotted by city …
Day: January 23, 2016
Quartet receives Catherine Fahringer Student Activist Awards of $2,500 each
Right to left: Therrin Wilson, Mercedes Hawkins, Adrienne Parkes & Zera MontemayorThe Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to announce that it has given $10,000 in scholarship grants in memory …
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FFRF seeks Breathitt County plaintiff to challenge county Jesus painting
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on citizens in Breathitt County, Ky. to participate in a lawsuit over the unconstitutional Jesus painting that hangs in the Breathitt County Courthouse. …
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School officials done with National Day of Prayer (September 23, 2015)
FFRF has ensured that Georgetown Independent School District in Texas will not send administrators to participate in the Georgetown National Day of Prayer in their official capacities. After explaining that …
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New Jersey schools ends sponsorship of baccalaureate (June 23, 2015)
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District in New Jersey is taking steps to end its sponsorship of an annual baccalaureate ceremony after it received a June 23 letter from Staff Attorney Madeline …
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FFRF asks Ark. county to take down ‘Appeal to Heaven’ flag
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is asking a Bradley County judge in Warren, Ark., to remove a flag reading “Appeal to Heaven” from the courthouse flagpole, calling it a sectarian …
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Freethought Radio — May 23, 2015
On the first half of the show, we talk with evolutionary geneticist Jerry Coyne (author of the best seller Why Evolution is True) about his new book, Faith vs. Fact: …
FFRF and Dawkins Foundation combat creationism in Calif. school
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science have teamed up to protest an Arroyo Grande High School teacher who is reportedly pushing creationism …
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Americans are Somewhat Open to an Atheist President (2014)
About half (53%) of Americans said they would be less likely to support an atheist as a presidential candidate. …
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