Eustis High School in Eustis Fla., will no longer permit a football coach to require prayer before team meals in the school’s cafeteria. FFRF received a complaint that the coach …
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Teacher-led prayer stopped at elementary school banquet (August 12, 2014)
After a complaint by FFRF, Sandy Run K-8 School staff in Swansea S.C., will no longer lead prayer at academic banquets. FFRF learned that a school staff member led both …
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Freethought Radio – July 12, 2014
Protest the Hobby Lobby decision. We hear the classic “Days of the Theocracy” by Kristin Lems, and pay tribute to atheist Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Then we speak with Dayna …
Religious handouts in Wash. School nixed (June 12, 2014)
Michael T. Simmons Elementary School in Tumwater, Wash., will no longer allow religious materials to be handed out. Children were pulled out of class to attend a mandatory school assembly …
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Freethought Radio – April 12, 2014
IN THE NEWS: We listen to Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s response after she was disinvited to give the commencement at Brandeis University when they withdrew her honorary doctorate for her remarks …
Police chief uses office to blatantly promote Christianity
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sent a letter of complaint and records request March 11 to Birmingham, Ala., Police Chief A.C. Roper objecting to his organizing and endorsing a Christian ministry called …
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FFRF: Ritual circumcision poses dangers
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, concerned about dangers to public health posed by ritual circumcision, has contacted New York state, local and national officials about the religious practice. According to …
FFRF billboard counters Christian banner in Pitman
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, the nation’s largest association of atheists and agnostics, is sponsoring a secular holiday billboard in the borough of Pitman, N.J., a location that in the …
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Band director no longer directing prayer at S.C. high school (December 12, 2013)
The marching band director at a high school in Rock Hill School District Three, Rock Hill, S.C., had apparently initiated a student prayer circle prior to performances. FFRF successfully ended …
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