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Colorado Day of Prayer ruled unconstitutional!




Colorado appeals court 3-judge panel rules unanimously in FFRF's favor that gubernatorial proclamations of a Colorado Day of Prayer are unconstitutional. Read more . . .

What's wrong with the Ten Commandments?



Oral arguments heard in challenge of Ten Commandments at Virginia high school. Read more about
Doe v. Giles County School Board.


Read "What's Wrong with the Ten Commandments"

FFRF's newest PR campaign debuts in Nashville!






'This is what an atheist looks like' features local freethinkers. Read more . . . See local TV coverage

Tennessee teens blow whistle on religion in school

 

Read more about Tennessee student activists Krystal Myers . . . and Jeff Shott . . .

"This is what an ATHEIST looks like"

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FFRF's Newest Lawsuit:
Suing over Pennsylvania's 'Year of the Bible'





FFRF says bible "contains violent, sexist and racist models of behavior that FFRF members find personally repugnant." Read more . . .

I'm Secular & I vote

Seidel: "What I Learned at the Reason Rally . . .
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Honoring First Amendment champions

Jessica Ahlquist and Ellery Schempp pictured at FFRF's pre-Reason Rally dinner party March 23. Jessica is FFRF's 'Atheist in Foxhole' honoree . . . and Ellery Schempp is a Supreme Court victor against religion in schools.

First FFRF lawsuit of 2012 filed


FFRF, its Phoenix area chapter and area plaintiffs (including atheists, a Christian, Muslim and Buddhist) filed suit in Arizona state court in January to stop Gov. Jan Brewer's annual Arizona Day of Prayer. Read more . . .

Rationality reduces violence

Harvard Prof. Steve Pinker addresses FFRF convention, talking about his optimistic new book The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has declined.
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FFRF files suit over federal
Jesus Shrine in Montana

FFRF's files suit over Catholic shrine in Flathead National Forest. Read more. . . Make tax-deductible gift to Legal Fund.

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