The Freedom From Religion Foundation has signed on to an amicus brief in support of a gay couple who were refused a wedding cake by a Colorado bakery owner. While FFRF does …
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Day: February 13, 2015
Staff Attorneys Elliott and Seidel’s testimony to the Madison Equal Opportunities Commission
Staff Attorneys Andrew Seidel and Patrick Elliott testified yesterday before the Madison Equal Opportunities Commission about a proposed amendment to the Equal Opportunities Ordinance, which would grant protections to atheists …
Prayer get boot from graduation (Feb. 13, 2015)
Quehanna Boot Camp, an adult correctional facility in Karthaus, Pa., will not include prayers in future graduation ceremonies. Staff Attorney Sam Grover wrote the camp Feb. 3 to object to …
Freethought Radio – December 13, 2014
Nativity scenes, Winter Solstice displays, the Ark in Kentucky, county grants to churches and praying high-school coaches top the news this week. Then we speak with evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker …
FFRF sued IRS over “parsonage exemption” (2014)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, with plaintiffs Annie Laurie Gaylor, Anne Nicol Gaylor and Dan Barker, filed a nationally significant federal lawsuit in Madison, Wis., on Sept. 13, 2011, challenging …
FFRF faults 7th Circuit timidity on clergy privilege case
Freedom From Religion Foundation Co-Presidents Dan Barker and Annie Laurie Gaylor, who learned today a three-judge panel of the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says they have no right to …
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Sewer bills go secular (October 13, 2014)
A Seminole County, Fla., employee in the water and sewer billing department will no longer include a bible verse in her email signature. Staff Attorney Sam Grover wrote the county …
Freethought Radio – September 13, 2014
This week we are happy to report four state/church victories around the country: one in Florida, two in Pennsylvania, and one in Arkansas, dealing with the Pledge of Allegiance, “In …
Jacob Zupon – Thomas Jefferson Student Activist Award & Strong Backbone Student Activist Award
Jacob Zupon – Jacob Zupon – $2000 ($1,000 Thomas Jefferson Student Activist Award endowed by Len and Karen Eisenberg, and $1,000 Strong Backbone Award, endowed by an 81 year old FFRF …
