A national state/church watchdog with 23,000 nonreligious members has sent a letter of protest to the Commissioner of Prisons over misuse of prisoners to carve and upholster a special chair …
Day: September 4, 2015
Prayer silenced at Florida meetings (August 4, 2015)
Quarterly employee luncheons for the city of Belleview, Fla., will now have a moment of silence instead of a prayer. “While individuals are certainly free to pray privately or to …
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FFRF’s ‘unabashed atheist’ Reagan ad to air on ‘The Daily Show’
Click here to preview the ad.The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which debuted its TV ad featuring Ron (“not afraid of burning in hell”) Reagan last year on “The Daily Show” …
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Freethought Radio – July 4, 2015
On this July 4 weekend we celebrate the Supreme Court decision recognizing gay marriage, and the July 4 birthday of American songwriter Stephen Foster. We talk with FFRF attorney Katherine …
Orange County literature distribution case comes to an end
Today, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Atlanta, Ga., closed the book on a literature distribution case in Orange County Public Schools (Fla.) filed by the …
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FFRF sues Orange County schools over literature discrimination (May 4, 2015)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit June 12, 2013, in U.S. District Court in Florida against the Orange County School Board in Orlando for censoring distribution of freethought …
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Freethought Radio — April 4, 2015
In The News: The Madison, Wisconsin, City Council passed the resolution to add atheism as a protected class to city ordinances; FFRF takes out TV and New York Times print …
Ewan McCartney – Mingjin Zhang Student Activist Award
Ewan is the recipient of a new FFRF student activist award, which includes a $1,000 cash scholarship. The generous donor, who prefers anonymity, writes: “In the 21st century, with so …
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God out of Okla. police training (Feb. 4, 2015)
Oklahoma’s Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) is taking steps to eliminate unconstitutional religious training materials after receiving an FFRF complaint. A peace officer in training told FFRF …
