IN THE NEWS: The Supreme Court wrongly expands government prayer; FFRF launches Out-Of-The-Closet billboards in northeast Ohio. Then we talk with “one of New York’s 10 hottest comics,” Leighann Lord, …
Day: May 10, 2014
Illegal crosses rise again for Easter
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is once again calling out an Ohio town for the constitutional violation of putting Christian crosses on public property. FFRF, a state-church watchdog based in …
Allen Korbel, 1931–2013
Allen Korbel, 82, a Wisconsin member of FFRF since 1991 and later a Lifetime Member, died Dec. 17, 2013. Born in Milwaukee on April 16, 1931, he was an accomplished …
Celebrating the life of freethinker Kenneth Taubert Sr., 1921–2013
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is very sorry to report the death last fall of longtime member and former treasurer Kenneth F. Taubert Sr., at Hart Park Square in …
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Atheists charitable with donations
Hemant Mehta, “Friendly Atheist” blogger, Illinois high school math teacher and FFRF member, found that the third time was the charm for his efforts to donate $3,000 he raised from …
Ellery Schempp, Champion of the First Amendment
Ellery Schempp, an FFRF Lifetime Member and recipient of its Champion of the First Amendment award, is an accomplished Ph.D. physicist. He was a plaintiff in Abington School District v. …
Meet a Legal Staffer – Patrick Elliott
Name: Patrick Elliott. Where and when I was born: St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 7, 1983. Education: B.S. in legal studies and political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2005) and …
FFRF scores more than 200 solid state/church victories in 2013
The Freedom From Religion Found-ation sent out a total of 938 formal letters of complaint in 2013 to errant public officials, winning more than 235 solid victories keeping religion out …
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It Pays to Complain: January 2014
A California FFRF member was successful in getting a state Department of Public Health official in Sacramento to remove a religious statement from her email signature. After the employee’s information …
