FFRF ran a pair of full-page newspaper ad campaigns recently on the need to vote for candidates who’ll get religion out of government and on what the bible says about …
Day: June 22, 2016
Nation’s premier rating entity gives FFRF excellent grades
FFRF has once again received a stellar assessment from the country’s premier nonprofit charity rating organization. For the sixth consecutive year, FFRF has gotten four stars, the highest ranking from …
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Appeals court panel hears Ten Commandments case
The case of a Ten Commandments monument on school property is back in court. A three-judge panel in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on May 19 heard oral arguments …
FFRF sues to remove Florida park cross
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, along with the American Humanist Association, filed suit against the city of Pensacola, Fla., to challenge a 25-foot-tall Christian cross in a public park. According …
Importance of religion in U.S. drops
Only 53% of Americans now say religion is very important in their lives, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. This figure has declined since 2007, when 56% said …
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, …
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 …
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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Stuart Watson – Freethought in the Media awardee
FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor introduced Stuart Watson, a longtime investigative reporter in North Carolina, during FFRF’s mini-convention in Raleigh, N.C.: We got to know Stuart because he called us …
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