The Freedom From Religion Foundation and one of its Illinois members have lodged formal complaints with the mayor and city council in Wheaton, Ill., for sanctioning illegal prayers at council …
Day: December 16, 2009
DOJ: No Cheap Insurance For Churchgoers
The U.S. Department of Justice says a company can’t give discounts or special deals on insurance to homeowners or renters just because they’re “churchgoers” or “persons of faith.” The department …
Wisconsin Faith-Healing Parents Sentenced
A Wisconsin couple who prayed for their daughter instead of taking her to a doctor were sentenced Oct. 6 on convictions of second-degree reckless homicide. Madeline Kara Neumann died on …
Post-Rapture Pet Care Strikes a Chord
Bart Centre is a freewheeling, freethinking, entrepreneurial kind of guy, a guy prone to moan: “Won’t somebody please think of the pets!?” A lot of buzz has been generated by …
Newdow, FFRF to Appeal ‘Under God’ New England Decision
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and its local plaintiffs will appeal a decision to dismiss their challenge of a state law requiring daily recitation of the religious Pledge of Allegiance …
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‘Hecklers’ Veto’: FFRF Lawsuit Alleges City Censorship
The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which sued the city of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., over censorship of its “Imagine No Religion” billboard at a spot on Route 66 last November, is …
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In Memoriam: George B. Whatley, M.D
Dr. George Barry Whatley, 88, Foundation Lifetime Member, died Aug. 12, 2009, at his home in Birmingham, Ala. He was born in 1921. He had recently had a stroke. He …
FFRF Urges Moratorium — Keep Washington Capitol Secular
The Freedom From Religion Foundation seems to be winning its point in a major state/church skirmish over religious signs in the State Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The Foundation, which has …
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Board Backs Off In War on Solstice
The school board in Petoskey, Mich., reversed itself after a Freedom From Religion Foundation complaint about the board’s decision to substitute “Christmas break” for “Winter holiday break” on the school …
