Find out why Fox News “can’t stand the Freedom From Religion Foundation” (and the feeling is mutual). This week we cover a sleigh-load of state/church complaints: a federal decision allowing …
Day: December 1, 2012
FFRF ends teacher led prayers and distribution of religious fliers in Kentucky grade school (Nov. 1, 2012)
Elkhorn City Elementary School in Elkhorn City, Ky., will no longer allow organized prayer or display religious advertisements or fliers within the school building. The principal of Elkhorn City Elementary …
Balen & Mayan Essak
FFRF has awarded Mayan and Balen Essak each $1,000 student activist awards. Freethought activism runs in the family (see sidebar). For several years, our Wisconsin public high school’s football team …
Pa. Judge: Dismisses FFRF suit but chastises pandering House
U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner today dismissed the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s lawsuit against officials of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for declaring 2012 as “the Year of the Bible,” …
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FFRF gets church property on tax rolls
A Freedom From Religion Foundation letter of complaint Aug. 21 about a wrongful religious tax exemption in Wichita, Kan., resulted in the property being put back on the tax rolls …
Matthews v. Kountze Independent School District (2012)
This amicus brief was filed in October 2012 in support of the Kountze Independent School District (KISD). The issue in the case arose after KISD hosted cheerleader banners with bible …
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FFRF sues over Pennsylvania ‘Year of Bible’ (2012)
FFRF filed suit challenging a declaration by the Pennsylvania House that 2012 is “The Year of the Bible.” FFRF brought suit on behalf of its 599 Pennsylvania members, including 41 …
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FFRF honors the Constitution, removes Mississippi Ten Commandments (October)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has encouraged the the Brandon Police Department in Brandon, Miss., to take down large Ten Commandments display. The monument was situated inside of the police …
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Freethought Radio – September 1, 2012
This week we announce FFRF’s decision to sue the City of Memphis over governmental prayers, and denounce the American Family Association’s complaint that FFRF is waging “the second war of …
