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Day: June 4, 2012
Dan Barker
DAN BARKER is co-president of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. A former minister and evangelist, Dan became a freethinker in 1983. His books, Just Pretend: A Freethought Book for Children …
FFRF sacks prayer at Alabama high school’s football games (June 4, 2012)
Football coaches at Hoover High School (Hoover, Ala.) will no longer engage in pre-game locker room prayers, thanks to the Freedom From Religion Foundation. FFRF Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert …
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Freethought Radio – February 4, 2012
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses.” This week we talk with the intrepid freethinking Connecticut florist (of Glimpse of Gaia) who delivered flowers to the victorious teenage Rhode Island atheist litigant Jessica …
Arizona Gov. sued anew over Day of Prayer
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, its Valley of the Sun chapter, and several FFRF members and Maricopa County citizens brought suit today against Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, challenging her annual …
Gideons under close scrutiny in Colorado (Oct. 4, 2011)
FFRF was alerted by a Fort Collins parent concerned about conduct by the Gideon Society in September 2011, at a pubic school. When handing out bibles after school outside of …
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FFRF stops prayers at school board meetings in Ilion, N.Y. (Oct. 4, 2011)
After receiving a complaint from an area member about a school board routinely hosting prayers at meetings, FFRF Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert sent a letter on June 29, 2011 to the …
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FFRF rids two schools of graduation prayer (Aug. 4, 2011)
Humble High School’s (Humble, Texas) May 2011 graduation ceremony included an invocation and benediction. The invocation began with “Dear Heavenly Father” and the benediction ended with “In Jesus’ name we …
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FFRF makes Macon County Schools think twice about commencement speakers (Aug. 4, 2011)
A North Carolina school district now has a policy prohibiting religious speech at commencement after the Freedom From Religion Foundation expressed serious concerns about a graduation speaker. Graduating seniors from …
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