Dakota McMillan – $2000 (Thomas Jefferson Student Activist Award endowed by Len and Karen Eisenberg, with additional funding via the Cliff Richards Memorial Student Activist Award) Dakota received this award …
Day: August 13, 2014
Announcing 2014 William J. Schultz High School Essay Award winners
The Freedom From Religion Foundation sincerely congratulates the 16 college-bound high school seniors who won this year’s FFRF essay competition. FFRF, an educational state/church watchdog that has more than 21,000 …
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Graduation prayer ended at Georgia school (July 13, 2014)
Graduation ceremonies in Forsyth County School District in Cummings, Ga., will no longer include religious prayer. On May 24, Forsyth Central High School’s graduation reportedly included a student-delivered invocation and …
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FFRF secures removal of religious advertisement from public property (June 13, 2014)
An advertisement for Vacation Bible School in front of the Caraway Public Library in Caraway, Ark., has been removed. The sign, an electronic, scrolling text marquee, promoted a bible program …
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FFRF ends high school coordination of baccalaureate service (May 13, 2014)
George Washington High School in Charleston W. Va., will no longer aid in coordinating and financing a baccalaureate service for graduating seniors. FFRF was contacted by a concerned student after …
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School resumes teaching science not religion in the classroom (March 13, 2014)
Eureka Union School District in Granite Bay, Calif., will no longer permit a teacher to ‘teach the controversy” about evolution during science class. According to a complainant, a teacher at …
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It’s Only Natural
From FFRF’s music CD, “Adrift on a Star” Susan Hofer, a talented jazz vocalist in Madison, Wis., performs Dan’s jazz ballad, a love song, “It’s Only Natural,” inspired by Richard …
Time to fire up ‘War on Christmas’ again
Want to fire a volley in the skeptics’ annual War on Christmas while supporting FFRF’s work in shoring up the state-church wall of separation? If so, feel free to shop …
The Christian ‘nation’ of Kansas – Kristina Beverlin
Kristina received $300 for her essay. Growing up in very small-town Kansas, I was constantly bombarded with the idea that Christianity was the one “true” religion, that it was the …
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