The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a friend-of-the-court brief defending a Connecticut school district’s ability to prevent teachers from religious classroom displays. The case before the 2nd U.S. Circuit ...
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Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., has recently bad-mouthed the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s criticism of the Auburn University baseball team coach leading players in prayer and the inclusion of crosses and ...
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The City of Seattle is taking coordinated action to improve public safety along Aurora Ave N. As part of this action, earlier this month Mayor Katie Wilson announced a series of temporary street closures designed to reduce dangerous cut-through traffic and disrupt patterns of illegal activity on the west side of the corridor. What’s Happening […]
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is applauding Major League Baseball for reportedly standing firm against politically motivated accusations of religious discrimination. Several San Francisco Giants players were warned recently for ...
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Editor’s Note: This story has been crossposted from King County Metro’s blog. Thanks to the support of Seattleites, this pilot service is funded through the Seattle Transit Measure (STM). Another popular summer service, Trailhead Direct, also receives STM funding. Just in time for peak beach season, King County Metro and the City of Seattle will offer Golden Gardens Direct, a new summer transit…
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is raising concerns after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent touting of an expanded role for faith-based recovery organizations. At a ...
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FFRF’s “Secular Spotlight” welcomes back YouTuber Taylor Leigh (The Antibot) for a new episode tracking the rising trend of religious influencers — and how they enrich themselves.Can Christian influencers run ...
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A guest from a leading public policy institute joins the hosts of “We Dissent” to tackle a scary topic: the recent assault of the U.S. government on nonprofit organizations.On Episode 54, ...
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding that Auburn University stop suffusing its men’s baseball program with religion. A concerned Auburn University family member has informed the state/church watchdog that the Auburn men’s ...
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation assails the Trump administration’s latest assault on public education. In an attempt to further dismantle our educational system, the Trump administration has announced plans to ...
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Photo by Jessica Ruscello on Unsplash The Freedom From Religion Foundation is insisting that Randolph County commissioners in Asheboro, N.C., immediately stop imposing their sectarian religious beliefs on the community. A concerned county resident ...
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Welcome, readers, to the inaugural #FFRFSummerReading Challenge! A simple guide on how to enter Complete the reading goals on four adjacent spaces — across, down, or diagonally — to win ...
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on the IRS to investigate an Oklahoma church after its pastor, congressional candidate Jackson Lahmeyer, publicly stated that supporters could pick up campaign yard ...
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The family and legal team of imprisoned Moroccan freethinker Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar held a press conference recently in Rabat to reveal that her life is imperiled.Lachgar’s sister, Siham Lachgar, and ...
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is decrying a provision in Florida’s newly approved state budget that would hand $15 million in taxpayer funds directly to Catholic schools. The funding, included ...
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The latest episode of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s web series, “Secular Spotlight,” examines the recent officially organized Christian nationalist shindig held in Washington, D.C.FFRF’s Liz Cavell and Chris Line ...
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding that the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, based in Bloomington, immediately stop sponsoring Christian devotional events at the correctional facility, including pressuring inmates to undergo ...
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Tuesday’s House Judiciary Committee hearing targeting the Southern Poverty Law Center is the latest step in a coordinated effort to intimidate organizations challenging Christian nationalism and other forms of extremism. ...
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FFRF Lifetime Member Joseph Cunningham, a veteran who served in World War II, standing beside FFRF’s monument to “atheists in foxholes and other freethinkers.” Maintaining that there are indeed many ...
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Photo by Joel Rivera-Camacho The Freedom From Religion Foundation welcomes a federal appeals court decision calling the Trump administration’s ban on transgender troops illegal for targeting service members based on their gender identity.A ...
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is sounding the alarm on a federal bill that would inject ideological censorship into federally supported history and civics education programs. HR 8705, the so-called ...
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The latest episode of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s web series describes how to counter a religious group’s devouring of precious public school time.FFRF’s Ryan Jayne, Sammy Lawrence and Mickey ...
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New proposal will boost transit service with 100,000 more trips a year and double the number of free ORCA passes. Mayor Katie B. Wilson unveiled her latest effort today to increase transit service for Seattleites with a renewal of the Seattle Transit Measure. If approved by the City Council and voters, the measure would fund […]
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding that a middle school in Walton County School District (Monroe, Ga.) remove a box asking for students’ prayers.A concerned district community member informed the state/church ...
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is objecting to a new Ten Commandments monument outside Amarillo City Hall — the second such display in Texas that it has recently confronted. The ...
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation has successfully advised a Louisiana school district to bar a religious organization from handing out bibles to its students. A concerned family member informed the state/church ...
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The latest episode of the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Secular Spotlight” dives into the rapidly expanding world of AI-generated religious content.FFRF Legal Counsel Chris Line and IT Director Scott Knickelbine ...
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A cleaner, faster way to move goods in Seattle is free for businesses to try through the rest of the year. E-cargo bikes are electric-assist bikes built to carry goods. They can haul packages, food, tools, flowers, and more, often replacing a delivery van for short trips. They’re quick, quiet, and easy to maneuver in […]
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is scrutinizing disturbing reports of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s coordinated political activity with pastors ahead of the midterm elections. As first reported by Right Wing Watch, ...
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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is calling on Rockwall County, Texas, to remove a newly installed Ten Commandments monument from the grounds of the county courthouse. FFRF’s letter to the ...
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