The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s complaint to Clemson University over serious entanglements between its football program and religion created a national firestorm in April. FFRF’s administrative staff took abusive calls …
Day: July 8, 2014
Religious proselytization in Miss. school quashed (July 8, 2014)
Faculty members of Lamar County School District in Miss., will no longer be permitted to proselytize to students. A concerned student of Sumrall Middle School contacted FFRF regarding proselytizing by …
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Meet a Legal Intern: Olivia Mote
Name: Olivia Mote. Where and when I was born: Indiana (the Land of Casseroles), 1986. Family: Two lovely, doting parents and two equally lovely siblings. Education: DePauw University, Greencastle, Ind., …
Meet a ‘No BS’ B. Ed.: Arthur J. Naebig Jr.
Name: Arthur J. Naebig Jr. Born: 1937, Chicago, Ill. Currently living in: La Valle, Wis. [about 25 miles west of Wisconsin Dells]. I moved here for the bicycle trails. Education: …
FFRF, Minn. Atheists, sponsors ‘Aints’ game by Eric Jayne
By Eric Jayne There’s a lot of excitement in Minneapolis about the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star game coming to town in July, but perhaps an even better (and far …
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It really can pay to complain
This is a letter to FFRF Staff Attorney Andrew Seidel that the local complainant agreed to share (with identifying information removed to preserve anonymity) after FFRF legal staff successfully resolved …
FFRFlashback
Peggy Porter Koenig, friend of FFRF, writes: “While I was growing up, this statue, which we referred to as ‘Jesus on the Ball,’ was smack dab in the middle of …
FFRF, Chicago chapter counter Catholic Easter display
FFRF placed a patriotic red-white-and-blue secular display to counter an enormous Catholic Easter display at Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago in April. Two colorful 8-foot banners on a 12-foot structure …
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City of Green Bay staff solicit pope on city time
City of Green Bay emails and documents requested by the Freedom From Religion Foundation reveal that Mayor Jim Schmitt and his staff have planned and coordinated a campaign to bring …
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