The Freedom From Religion Foundation has signed on to a friend-of-the-court brief filed yesterday with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals asking the court to strike down the Rowan County Board of …
Day: October 8, 2015
Godly decals removed from sheriff’s cars (October 8, 2015)
The Houston County (Ala.) Sheriff’s Office has removed Matthew 5:9 “Blessed are the Peacemakers” decals from patrol cars. Staff Attorney Sam Grover informed Sheriff Donald Valenza in late July that …
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Teacher kicked out of religious club (September 8, 2015)
A teacher at Colonial High School in Orange County (Fla.) Public Schools will no longer have a leadership role in CONFRA: Hispanic Christian Action, a religious club, following involvement into …
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No prayers at school employee meetings (September 8, 2015)
FFRF has ensured that prayers will not be given during future mandatory faculty meetings in the Montgomery Independent School District in Texas. The school district had brought a Christian pastor …
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FFRF complaint removes Jesus painting (September 8, 2015)
A painting of Jesus was removed from Altizer Elementary School, Huntington, W.Va., just five days after Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott sent the school district a complaint letter. Cabell County Schools …
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Letter stops grants to Florida churches (September 8, 2015)
The city of Ocala, Fla., has in the past used its discretionary fund to give grants to churches. Last year, the Ocala City Council provided a grant to First Presbyterian …
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FFRF protests NYC pope ticket giveaway
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter today to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio criticizing the city’s ticket giveaway contest for Pope Francis’s upcoming Central Park Procession. The pope …
Board agrees to approve secular club (September 8, 2015)
After more than a year of stonewalling, Ward Melville High School, Setauket, N.Y., finally gave a student permission to start a Secular Student Alliance chapter. FFRF Legal Fellow Madeline Ziegler …
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Freethought Radio – August 8, 2015
Ryan Jayne, FFRF’s law clerk and soon-to-be legal fellow, helps us celebrate many exciting state/church victories accomplished by FFRF’s attorneys. We honor the birthday of 19th-century agnostic orator Robert G. …
