Two school districts and towns in Pennsylvania are aggressively fighting FFRF’s federal challenges of Ten Commandments markers at public schools. Marie Schaub, a New Kensington-Arnold parents who joined FFRF as …
Day: March 11, 2013
FFRF Legal Victories
Rock the cradle; save the Constitution FFRF convinced the town of Century, Fla., to halt a proposal to put a nativity scene on public property. FFRF took issue in July …
Kansas mayor to remove cross from city logo
FFRF has successfully petitioned the city of Buhler, Kan., to remove a cross from its official seal. After receiving a complaint from an offended Buhler citizen, Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott …
Freethought Today gets ‘church discount’
FFRF helped one of its Pennsylvania members obtain a favorable ruling for nonbelievers from the state Human Relations Commission. After John Wolff of Lancaster was unable to get the owners …
$9,100 in prizes awarded to graduate students
2012 Brian Bolton Graduate Student/Mature Student Essay Award winners The Freedom From Religion Foundation has awarded graduate students (or any students 25 or older) $9,100 in this year’s essay competition. …
FFRF ensures Mich. grade school graduation stays secular (March 11, 2013)
A grade school in Spring Lake, Mich. will no longer allow organized prayer at its graduation ceremony, after the Freedom From Religion Foundation contacted the school district about illegal prayer …
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FFRF helps end Ala. church’s religious school assemblies (March 11, 2013)
A Baptist church will no longer use school assemblies on the “History of Easter” and the “History of Christmas” to proselytize students in an Alabama school district, thanks to the …
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Freethinking dad explains atheism to fourth-graders – Ben Kauffeld
Imagine standing in front of your child’s elementary school classroom and explaining to 30 kids why you don’t believe in God, why you don’t pray and why you don’t think …
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Religion seduces a secular nation – Jemille Bailey
Fifth place: Graduate/mature student essay contest FFRF awarded Jemille Bailey a $350 scholarship. By Jemille Bailey Modern America has an unhealthy love affair with religion. In recent years, U.S. government …
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