In the news: FFRF on ESPN basketball, North Carolina nativity scene victory, and the first winter solstice sign in Puerto Rico. We celebrate the New Year with a light-hearted performance …
Day: December 27, 2014
Emarie Wakefield – Cliff Richards Memorial Student Activist Award
By Emarie Wakefield(with help from Mom) When I was interviewed by the local news station about my objection to prayers (as well as bible passages and misauthored prayers being passed …
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Freethought Radio – September 27, 2014
After protesting invitations of the pope by the U.S. Congress and the City of St. Augustine, Florida, we hear some of our favorite atheist comedians, including Julia Sweeney, Leighann Lord, …
W.Va. Dept. of Education: 4K Instruction must be secular
After the Freedom From Religion Foundation contacted a West Virginia school district over a four-year-old kindergarten program run by a religious daycare center and overseen by the district, State Superintendent …
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FFRF contests Georgia high school prayers
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a complaint with the Douglas County School System about a Baptist church’s entanglement with the football program at Alexander High School in Douglasville, …
FFRF renews advocacy for rights of all nonreligious immigrants
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is again demanding that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services strike an unconstitutional requirement for religious belief that could bar an atheist from becoming …
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FFRF educates bible illiterate Tony Perkins
Photo by Brent Nicastro Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, co-presidents of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, sent a letter today to Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council responding …
FFRF, other advocates file brief against Hobby Lobby
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, working with noted state-church attorney Marci A. Hamilton and groups advocating for the rights of victims of religious abuse, today filed an amicus brief before …
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No peace, good will to all in Arlington Heights?
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Winter Solstice banner in an Arlington Heights city park was cut into shreds by a vandal earlier this week. The banner was slashed with an …
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