A Texas school district has removed a bible quote from its website following an FFRF complaint. The Troup Independent School District’s official website on its homepage prominently featured a bible …
Day: May 10, 2016
Meet a member: Dianne Post
Name: Dianne Post Where I live: Phoenix. Where and when I was born: I was born in Muscoda, Wis., halfway between Madison and Dubuque, in January 1947. Family: Two sisters, …
Why we don’t mix church and state: By Dianne Post
This article originally ran in the Arizona Republic on Feb. 8, 2016, and is reprinted with permission. By Dianne Post The chaos at the Phoenix City Council meeting on Feb. …
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Living in a fundamentalist enclave: Brian Bolton
By Brian Bolton Williamson County, Texas, may be the most politically and religiously conservative governmental entity in the United States. Only Republicans are elected to public office and they often …
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Meet a staffer: Alyssa Schaefer
Name: Alyssa Schaefer Where and when I was born: I was born in a suburb of Chicago a week before Christmas. However, I spent most of my adolescence in Wausau, …
FFRF renews IRS challenge
FFRF has renewed its court challenge against a housing allowance in the tax code that uniquely privileges clergy. FFRF filed the federal lawsuit in the Western District of Wisconsin on …
FFRF to sue Congress
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is poised to sue the chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives over the refusal to allow Dan Barker, an atheist, to deliver the opening …
Religious email signature removed (May 10, 2016)
An employee at the Eau Claire district attorney’s office in Wisconsin has removed an inappropriate religious message from the signature line of her official email address, thanks to FFRF. The …
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Nevada school to end violations (May 10, 2016)
A Nevada school district has agreed to halt several constitutional violations at a local high school after being alerted by FFRF. Mojave High School Principal Antonio Rael and Grace Point …