After several FFRF Winter Solstice banners and signs had been stolen or vandalized, it was time to say “enough is enough.” Such vandalism has occurred for years with no consequence …
Day: January 8, 2016
FFRF’s Winter Solstice banner stolen from the Franklin County courthouse
The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s freethought Winter Solstice banner has been stolen from the Franklin County courthouse lawn in Brookville, Ind. The banner is suspected to have been stolen sometime …
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Lund, et al v. Rowan County (2015)
FFRF joined a coalition to file this brief in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in opposition to the Rowan County Board of Commissioners’ prayer practice. Rowan County officials typically …
FFRF weighs in on N.C. legislative prayer case
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 …
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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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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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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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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