FFRF is pleased to announce that it has awarded cash scholarships totaling $5,000 to 10 entrants in the Brian Bolton Graduate/Mature Student Essay Competition. The competition, for graduate students and …
Day: November 23, 2011
Divine justice and the wall – Hilary K. McKinney
FFRF awarded Hilary $2,000 for her first-place essay. One of the fundamental goals of the Constitution of the United States is to protect minorities from the tyranny of the majority. …
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Rejecting ‘His story’ for ours – Matthew Mingus
Matthew received a $1,000 award from FFRF for his second-place essay. The year was 1998. I was 12 and starting seventh grade at Dayton Christian Middle School, a nondenominational institution …
A secular call to arms – Christina Speck
FFRF awarded Christina $500 for her third-place essay. There is a dangerous and pervasive movement to make America a theocracy and to return it to the fictitious “Christian roots” from …
Believers infiltrate government – Colin P. Gillen
FFRF awarded Colin $200 for his essay. Freedom is paramount in the U.S., although at times it seems more like a motivating war cry mindlessly repeated by pandering politicians rather …
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God: Out at home! – Alana Massey
Alana received $200 from FFRF for her essay. The recent surge in Americans pointing to references to god in our national documents and proclaiming them as evidence of a “Christian …
Theocracy winks at democracy – Tyler R. Vunk
FFRF awarded Tyler $300 for his fourth-place essay. The common perception that 21st-century America successfully celebrates religion without infringing on the nation’s democratic process is a misconception. By continuing the …
FFRF ends football prayers in Mississippi, Kentucky schools
Recent letters of complaint by the Freedom From Religion Foundation have ended longstanding violations in DeSoto County, Miss., and Bell County, Ky., involving illegal prayer before school football games. The …
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FFRF zips psalm out of post office (Aug. 23, 2011)
On May 16, Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert wrote to the postmaster in Juneau, Alaska, about a religious posting on the customer counter. Under the counter glass was a copy …
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