A lawsuit with far-reaching consequences was filed in federal court on February 1, challenging unconstitutional religious practices in Alabama schools and a law passed in 1993 authorizing student-led prayer. The …
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In a long-awaited decision, federal Judge Richard Mills of Chicago declared unconstitutional “The World Needs God” sign on the Montgomery County courthouse in Hillsboro, Illinois. In a decision issued on …
April 19, 1995 will always be a day when every Oklahoman will remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when the bomb exploded. At 8:50 a.m. that …
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A Freedom of Information Act request has brought preliminary figures on the budget of the Office of the Chief of Chaplains, Department of the Army. The “estimated” budget for that …
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This was delivered on Nov. 11, 1995, to the U.S. Court of Appeals, 10th Circuit. May it please the court, good afternoon. My name is Robert Tiernan. I represent the …
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A ballot initiative forcing churches to pay property taxes is expected to appear on the 1996 Colorado ballot, as a result of a drive led by John Patrick Michael Murphy …
This speech was delivered at the eighteenth annual Freedom From Religion Foundation convention on Sept. 30, 1995, in Denver, Colorado. Fourteen years ago I had a unique opportunity to come …
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Butterfly McQueen, a Life Member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and a member since 1981, died tragically of injuries suffered in a kerosene-heater accident at her Augusta, Georgia home …
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is suing Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson in federal court in a lawsuit filed on Jan. 17 over illegal removal of its “State/Church: Keep Them Separate” …
