(Madison, Wis.) The Department of Health and Human Services was ordered yesterday for the first time by a court to “vacate” funding of a faith-based group. The challenge by the …
Day: January 13, 2005
Van Orden v. Perry (2004)
FFRF filed this Supreme Court amicus on December 13, 2004. At issue in this case was a Ten Commandments monument that was gifted to the state of Texas for display …
Statement by Foundation President Anne Gaylor
Clergymen Share Culpability for Mother’s “Sacrifice” of Children This statement was released following news reports that fundamentalist mother Deanna LaJune Laney, of Tyler, Tex., has been charged with killing two …
Head Count of Ousted Bishops Grows to Eighteen
When Will the Big Black Collars Finally Be Collared? The Freedom From Religion Foundation, which published the first book exposing clergy sexual crimes against minors, and which has run a …
Foundation Asks United Way to Stop “Enabling” BSA Bigotry
If Boy Scouts Stands for Bigotry, It Should Stand Alone A new resolution reaffirming Boy Scouts of America’s exclusionary policy against nontheistic members and gay Scoutmasters has prompted the Freedom …
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Acts of Terrorism the Ultimate “Faith-Based Initiative”?
Statement on September 11 Terrorism This statement was released by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Madison, Wis.-based national association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics) working to protect the constitutional …
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A Banner Case (1996)
In January 1996, the Freedom From Religion Foundation sued over the removal of its properly-placed banner, “State/Church: Keep Them Separate,” from the rotunda of the Wisconsin State Capitol, at the …
Christopher Plummer
“My sort of religion is one of romance. I think the arts are the best thing to hang on to. Arts and science. I can’t join the rest of the …
John Davidson
“I think we should all be doubting Thomases. I think it’s good to be skeptical and question everything. Question everything!” …
