The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s legal department has been busier than ever with the start of the school year! Below is just a small selection of FFRF’s recent legal activity. …
Day: September 15, 2015
No more prayer at ‘Super Fun Day’ (September 15, 2015)
Future “Super Fun Day” events, Special Olympics-style events held at Neal High School in Brewton, Ala., will be free from prayer after FFRF contacted the school district. At the 2015 …
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Illinois school district ends school board prayer (September 15, 2015)
Because of a letter sent by FFRF, Teutopolis Community Unit #50 Board of Education will no longer open with a prayer. In a letter sent Aug. 28, Staff Attorney Sam …
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Reason prevails over Villa Rica school baptisms
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to report that the Carroll County School District, Ga., has issued a statement determining that Villa Rica High School “failed to follow district facility usages …
Private sector gets Wisconsin crèche (August 15, 2015)
The city of Elkhorn, Wis., will not put up a nativity scene on public land this December. Previously, a large nativity was displayed annually in Veterans Park and illuminated at …
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Freethought Radio – August 15, 2015
In the news: FFRF’s Ron Reagan ad on the penultimate Jon Stewart Daily Show, Jesus sign in east Texas town, bible verses removed from Arkansas city webpage, “In God We …
Gabriella Ferrell – Allen P. Wilkinson Student Activist Award
For our first three years of high school, we had often discussed how the Pledge of Allegiance made us uncomfortable. We had joked and made vague plans for how, when …
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Morrigan Turner – In Memory of Tony Ross Student Activist Award
For our first three years of high school, we had often discussed how the Pledge of Allegiance made us uncomfortable. We had joked and made vague plans for how, when …
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Parks head gets constitutional lesson (July 15, 2015)
Employees of the Houston Parks and Recreation Department in Texas will not invite pastors to give religious motivational speeches at future mandatory meetings. Division Manager Jeff Jefferson invited his pastor, …
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