FFRF’s major victory to compel the Internal Revenue Service to resume monitoring tax-exempt churches that engage in illegal electioneering was finalized July 29. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman in Milwaukee …
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FFRF plaque complaint has Texans in tizzy
An FFRF complaint over religious plaques at two North Texas schools has many Texans in a theocratic tizzy. Staff Attorney Sam Grover wrote the Midlothian Independent School District in June …
Chancellor pushes God to UW grads
Chancellor Bernie Patterson of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point told the approximately 1,425 graduates in the chancellor’s “charge” near the end of their May 17 ceremonies that when confronting an …
U.S. Navy reneges on bible removal
After initially agreeing with FFRF that stocking Christian bibles in every U.S. Navy-operated hotel was wrong, the Navy backed off and returned the bibles during a review process. FFRF sent …
FFRF monitors pre-K in West Virginia
A May 9 FFRF complaint to Berkley County Schools about religious activity at New Beginnings Child Care Center in Inwood, W.Va., resulted in clarification by State Superintendent of Schools Charles …
Religious tracts nixed in Texas history class (September 15, 2014)
Valley View Independent School District in Valley View, Texas, will no longer allow a Middle School teacher to give students religious handouts. A history teacher distributed tracts to his students …
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Voting now open! Help FFRF choose ‘Nothing Fails Like Prayer’ winner
On the heels of the Supreme Court’s injudicious decision “blessing” sectarian governmental prayer, FFRF has called on atheists, seculars and other freethinkers to fight back by asking for equal time …
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Statement on Satanic Temple literature distribution in Orange County (Fla.) Schools
The Satanic Temple has announced that it will be distributing literature to students in Orange County Public Schools this year in Florida. The statement comes on the heels of FFRF’s victory …
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FFRF brings Satan to Navy-run hospital (July 15, 2014)
Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) and associated clinics in Bremerton, Wash., will no longer block minority religious webpages. Their Internet filtering policy, which is managed by the Enterprise Services Operations Center …
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