This week we announce FFRF’s new lawsuit in state court, challenging official city prayer and City Chaplain in Pismo Beach, California. We hear Dan Savage’s “Emperor Has No Clothes” award …
Day: November 9, 2013
Elliott offers secular suggestions, not commandments
FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott discussed state/church issues at the July 7 meeting of the Lake Superior Freethinkers, which is an FFRF chapter that meets in Duluth, Minn. Elliott’s speech, …
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Sharing the Crank Mail
Prayer & Religon: How dare u try to stop prayer b/4 public mtgs! I’m appalled by people who don’t live in our state try to cause problems where there r …
Hearing Jack’s courageous deathbed confession – Sarah Jones
I met Jack (not his real name) in the assisted living portion of a retirement community. Although ravaged by a stroke and the rapidly progressing physical and cognitive symptoms …
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FFRF halts graduation ceremony at church (September 3, 2013)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has halted a school district from using a church building for their graduation ceremony. FFRF, a Wis.-based state/church watchdog, recently sent a letter to Hoover …
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Marine Corps labels nonreligious Marines “at risk”
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has teamed up with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation to change a US Marine Corps policy that calls a “lack or loss of spiritual faith” …
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Women’s bodies belong only to women
This op-ed by FFRF’s co-president was published April 24 in The New York Times as part of its “Open for Debate” series. The topic was “Is the Hijab Worth Fighting …
Jesse Bailey Jr., 1925–2013
Jesse V. Bailey Jr., 88, Birmingham, Ala., died April 23, 2013. A L, age 88, died April 23rd 2013. A graduate of University of West Alabama, he served in the …
Eileen Lottman, 1928–2013
Eileen Lottman, 85, New York City, died at home surrounded by loved ones June 7, 2013. She was born in Minneapolis, grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, and attended the …
