FFRF is investigating possible ethics violations by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to advance the interests of First Liberty Institute, a religious rights advocacy organization. Last year, Paxton recruited two …
Day: June 13, 2017
Bible program suspended in West Virginia
Mercer County Schools took action in response to FFRF’s lawsuit A school district in West Virginia has suspended its “Bible in the Schools” classes next school year following FFRF’s lawsuit …
FFRF confronts religious Ala. police department
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is charging that an Alabama police department’s intensely religious behavior is unlawful. The city of Wetumpka reportedly hosts a “CJ Deputy Summer Program” at the …
Wisconsin bill limits voucher accountability
A new Wisconsin bill will further hide the state’s voucher schools in a cloak of secrecy. On Friday, June 9, the Wisconsin Senate Committee on Education voted 4-3 to approve …
FFRF dissects Trump’s Liberty U speech
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is appalled at President Trump’s extreme pandering to evangelicals and his degrading treatment of nonbelieving Americans at his commencement speech at Liberty University on May …
In Memoriam: L.R. Koukal
FFRF ‘close to Joe’s heart’ FFRF Life Member L.R. Koukal sent FFRF this note and an obituary for Joseph Stone, who was killed during a humanitarian trip to Ukraine. “I …
Douglas Brassil leaves FFRF generous bequest
FFRF Member Douglas J. Brassil, 77, of Toledo, Ohio, died March 24, 2017, of acute lymphoma. Doug retired from Libbey-Owens-Ford in Toledo and was a lifetime resident of Maumee and …
Crankmail
Here is your June/July installment of some of the correspondence FFRF receives on the negative end of the spectrum. These come to you as received, unedited. Leave school kids alone: …
Secular Invocation: Ed Sweeney
Ed Sweeney Upper Arlington, Ohio, City Council May 8, 2017 FFRF Member Ed Sweeney gave the following secular invocation that he said was met with kind words from citizens, city …
