Religion “hardens hearts & enslaves minds” declares the Freedom From Religion Foundation on its newly placed Winter Solstice banner challenging a nativity scene on government property near city hall in …
Day: December 18, 2012
FFRF seeks Texas plaintiffs to challenge cheerleading practice
“There is no such source and cause of strife, quarrel, fights, malignant opposition, persecution, and war, and all evil in the state, as religion. Let it once enter our civil …
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15 secular billboards are up in Portland
Portland, Ore., was not only the setting for the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s 35th national convention last weekend, attracting nearly 900 attendees, but for a bright new billboard campaign featuring 15 …
Another Pennsylvania school board drops prayer
The Grove City [Pa.] Area School District Board of School Directors voted Sept. 10 “to eliminate prayer” at meetings, according to a Sept. 13 letter to the Freedom From Religion …
Freethought Radio – August 18, 2012
Irish atheist eyes are smiling! FFRF complaint stops church discount at Irish Fest in Milwaukee. Listen to FFRF’s new “Spotlight On Freethought” segment now airing on national public television. Guests …
FFRF removes cross from PS 76 Q, NYC (July 18, 2012)
Earlier this spring, FFRF received a complaint from a New York resident who reported that one of the science teachers at Public School 76 Queens (a NYC public school) displayed …
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FFRF tells Augusta Mayor eggs and bacon need a side of toast, not prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is renewing its request that Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver “cease all organization of the monthly Mayor’s Prayer Breakfasts.” FFRF first wrote to Copenhaver about these …
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FFRF punishes pious Texas educators (June 18, 2012)
Byron Nelson High School (Fort Worth, Texas) will no longer mix prayer with school-sponsored assemblies, thanks to the Freedom From Religion Foundation. FFRF Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt sent a June …
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Freethought Radio – February 18, 2012
What don’t we talk about on this week’s show? God at the Grammys, atheism at the Golden Globes, Jon Stewart and the “attack on religion,” prayers at county board meetings, …