Justin ScottWaterloo, Iowa, City CouncilMay 2, 2016 FFRF Member Justin Scott, also a member of the Cedar Valley Atheists and Eastern Iowa Atheists, delivered the first secular invocation in Waterloo, …
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Calif. ‘school chaplaincy’ makes changes due to FFRF complaint
A California school district has taken a number of steps to conform with the U.S. Constitution following a Freedom From Religion Foundation complaint. The Turlock Unified School District had a …
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Nonbelief Relief aids imperiled activists
Nonbelief Relief has recently aided seven nonbelievers whose lives have been threatened in Bangladesh. Nonbelief Relief, a charity founded by FFRF last year, wired stipends of $5,000 each to each …
Texas county settles quickly after suit filed
A federal lawsuit filed by FFRF and two local plaintiffs over Latin cross decals on a Texas county’s patrol vehicles has been settled in FFRF’s favor. Brewster County has officially …
Meet a staffer by Amit Pal
Name: Amit Pal Where and when I was born: Emden, Germany, where my father worked as a naval architect. We moved to the United States when I was a toddler …
FFRF places ads on D.C. buses, kiosks ‘I’m an Atheist and I Vote’
Nonbelievers took over the transportation system in the nation’s capital for two weeks leading up to the June 4 Reason Rally. Capitol Hill employees rode to work in commuter buses …
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Tombstone created outrage in 1906
James C. Jewell, instructor at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby, Ill., wrote this in the late 1980s regarding Martin Jenners’ grave marker: “One of the most frequently visited graves …
Meet a member: Stephen Gay
Name: Stephen Gay. Where I live: Fountain Hills, Ariz., and part-time in Santa Rosa, Calif. Where and when I was born: Houston in July of 1957. Family: I am single, …
FFRF member’s work pays off: Iowa City proclaims Day of Reason by Justin Scott
Freethinking activist Justin Scott has been busy these past few months. As we noted in January’s Freethought Today, Scott met with all the then-candidates for president at various town hall …
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