The Freedom From Religion Foundation condemned the “shallow religious opportunism” of the U.S. Congress in once again passing resolutions supporting the use of “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. …
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FFRF ends prayers during North Carolina Education Lottery meeting (December 6, 2013)
A complainant reported to FFRF that annual Thanksgiving celebrations at a department within the North Carolina Education Lottery (NCEL) have included prayers initiated by the department director. In a letter …
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Freethought Radio – September 6, 2013
We stop football prayer and expose Hobby Lobby’s “crafty” and misleading ads about the founding fathers. Then we talk with Dan Savage, author and founder of It Gets Better, about …
Freethought Radio – July 6, 2013
On this July 4 weekend, we celebrate our nation’s independence from religion. Then we talk with a former pentecostal preacher of 25 years from Louisiana, Jerry Dewitt, whose new book …
FFRF calls out Pickens County Schools multiple religious offenses
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is placing the blame for a string of problematic religious violations in Pickens County schools, Pickens S.C., upon its prayerful Board of Education. A valedictorian’s …
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FFRF helps N.C. students remove prayer from graduation (June 6, 2013)
After receiving pressure from the Freedom From Religion Foundation and students, Chatham County Schools ended its longstanding practice of prayer at school graduations. Two students at Jordan-Matthews High School, Luis …
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Freethought Radio – April 6, 2013
This week we celebrate FFRF’s victory in Jackson, Ohio. The Jesus painting in the high school was taken down! We also celebrate the April 8 birthday of Yip Harburg, the …
A Very Taxing Problem by Catherine Fahringer (April 1994)
In 1989 a jury decided that a $2 million parking lot owned by First Baptist Church in San Antonio should be exempt from property taxes. This four-day trial of First …
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Prayer Conflict Moves To Appeals Court (April 1994)
Unable to obtain an injunction to stop Colorado government officials from hosting and speaking at a prayer luncheon, the Freedom From Religion Foundation, its Denver chapter and individual plaintiffs Robert …
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