City Hall cross draws secular scrutiny Senior Staff Attorney Rebecca Markert wrote a Feb. 6 complaint letter to Mayor Greg Goodnight about an illegal Latin cross cross on the lawn …
Day: April 10, 2012
FFRF Victories: March 2012
Sold out of the fish(y) special Asuka Hibachi and Buffet, Smyrna, Tenn., ended its unlawful $1 discount to customers who brought in a church bulletin on Sundays after getting Staff …
Meet an Intern: Brendan Moriarty
Name: Brendan Moriarty. Where and when I was born: In a Chicago hospital in 1993. Family: My father, Aiden; my mother, Eileen; and my brother, Michael. Education: Graduate of Prospect …
Announcing FFRF’s three 2012 student scholarship contests
Topics, rules and deadlines have been announced for FFRF’s 2012 high school, college and graduate/mature student essay scholarship competitions. FFRF, an educational state-church watchdog that has 17,500 members nationwide, has …
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Ghost-buster bags Zombie Jesus
It’s that time of year again: Ghosts and zombies, graveyards, disguises and spooky stories. That’s right. Easter is upon us, the season that celebrates the revivification of an executed corpse, …
Rhode Island board votes against appeal
FFRF congratulates Jessica Ahlquist, 16, for prevailing in a lawsuit challenging a prayer banner at her high school in Rhode Island. On Feb. 16, the Cranston School Committee voted 5-2 …
Dawkins headlines FFRF’s 35th convention
Reserve the weekend of October 12-13, 2012, for FFRF’s exciting 35th annual national convention in Portland, Ore., at the downtown Hilton Portland & Executive Tower. Confirmed speakers include distinguised professor …
FFRF suit contests federalizing Jesus
Can nonfaith move a mountain religious symbol? The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed suit Feb. 7 in U.S. District Court in Montana, challenging the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to renew …
Bible ‘morality’ (King James Version)
Compiled by Barbara G. Walker KILLING (as in ‘Thou shalt not’) The biblical god personally kills a total of 371,186 people, not counting his slaughter of every living thing in …
