This week we announce a new IRS lawsuit challenging the Housing Allowance that gives special tax benefits to clergy, and we complain about a bill to make the Bible the …
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FFRF has publicly funded group remove religious curriculum
A government-funded Ohio recovery center has modified its program to be secular, following a Freedom From Religion Foundation complaint. The Mental Health and Recovery Board of Erie and Ottawa Counties …
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FFRF again gets rid of ‘Jesus is My Hero’ shirts (February 9, 2016)
FFRF has again ensured that staff at Akron Public Schools in Ohio will not be permitted to wear “Jesus Is My Hero” T-shirts in school. FFRF first dealt with the …
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Kentucky governor must cancel prayer breakfast
Freedom From Religion Foundation is urging Kentucky Gov. Matthew Bevin to cancel a Governor’s Prayer Breakfast scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 16. The event is problematic in many ways. The First …
FFRF ad airing on ‘Rachel Maddow Show’ tonight
Click here to watch the ad. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is launching a new ad campaign on the “Rachel Maddow Show.” The spot starts airing tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 9, and …
Freethought Radio — January 9, 2016
FFRF wins Liberty Institute’s “Scrooge Award.” Another FFRF banner is vandalized. Political candidate panders to piety. NYC mayor de Blasio hands $20 million to religious schools. Alabama chief justice Moore …
FFRF tells Tennessee police department to end ‘Adopt a Cop’ program
A Tennessee police department has been told by Freedom from Religion Foundation that it needs to discontinue its new “Adopt a Cop” program because of its religious nature.The Johnson City …
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Illinois school board to end meeting prayers (November 9, 2015)
The Windsor Board of Education in Illinois will no longer pray at its meetings after getting a complaint from FFRF. Local clergy typically led the Christian prayers.“It is beyond the …
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Standing for pledge no longer required (November 9, 2015)
Teachers within Plaquemines Parish Schools in Louisiana will no longer force students to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance after FFRF wrote two complaints on behalf of a Belle Chasse …
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