Atheist, Jewish, Catholic, and Muslim groups join to ask SCOTUS to rule on college student free speech case
An ideologically diverse array of groups submitted friend-of-the-court briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court this week that ask it to take a case filed by Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys on behalf of two former More...
Court rules Lehigh County seal with cross can stay, doesn’t violate the first amendment
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the official seal of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania can remain on government property, despite efforts from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) to have it More...
Supreme Court secures Pensacola World War II cross, dismissing the ‘Lemon Test’
The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a lower court to reconsider its earlier ruling that a World War II-era memorial cross in Pensacola must be removed. In Kondrat’yev v. City of Pensacola, a federal appeals court had More...
Supreme Court rejects ‘In God We Trust’ case to remove phrase from US money
The Supreme Court announced yesterday it will not take up a legal dispute by atheist groups which sought to remove the words “In God We Trust” from U.S. currency. Michael Newdow, an activist who filed More...
Liberty Counsel fights ACLU lawsuit to remove Indiana Nativity scene from courthouse Christmas light display
Liberty Counsel has filed a motion to dismiss in the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana (ACLU) that seeks to remove a lighted Nativity scene from the Jackson County Courthouse Christmas More...
NC State Satanic student club works to ‘encourage benevolence’ ‘reject tyrannical authority’ and promote ‘humanistic values’
While many readers will question if the students understand who Satan is and what he aims to do, a North Carolina State University student club wrapped their inaugural semester as the “Satanic Students at NC More...
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte attacks Catholic bishops criticizing him as ‘stupid bunch’ ‘kill them’
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte claimed in a speech delivered in Manila yesterday, that bishops in the majority Catholic nation are useless and continued to shame them for criticizing his administration. “These More...
Minnesota psychology professor Eric Sprankle implies God sexually assaulted Mary, acting in a predatory manner
A Minnesota psychology professor made headlines this week after tweeting that God impregnated the Virgin Mary without consent. Annunciation by Guido Reni dated 1621 Eric Sprankle, an associate professor at the Minnesota More...
Jeff Sessions attacked by FFRF atheists over ‘deceptive’ speech following the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
(FFRF press release) On Monday, Oct. 29, Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke to a Boston chapter of the Federalist Society about his haunting vision for religious liberty. In an attempt to sell a story of Christian More...
Mississippi Gov Phil Bryant attacked over message ‘to make again this One Nation, Under God’
FFRF is denouncing Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant for promoting two religious events. A concerned local FFRF member reported that while acting in his official capacity as governor, Bryant recorded a promotional More...
Supreme Court to hear humanist lawsuit to remove World War I memorial in Maryland
Where is the line between the separation of church and state? Now the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it would review a lower-court ruling that a 93-year-old cross on public land that memorializes a Maryland More...
Maryland’s Jarrettsville Elementary School concedes to atheists and takes down ‘Give us this day our daily bread’ sign from cafeteria
The atheists celebrate their “victory” as the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed an objection to a sign in a Maryland school’s cafeteria which read “Give us this day our daily bread” in More...
Freedom From Religion atheists declare victory in Massachusetts to shield students graduation from prayers, blessing by pastor
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has received assurances from a Massachusetts school district that religion will not be allowed to intrude into its graduation ceremonies from now on. Canton Public Schools officials More...
Wisconsin’s atheist Freedom From Religion group frustrated judge dismissed their lawsuit against ‘praying judge’
A federal court judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Freedom From Religion Foundation and three local plaintiffs against a Texas justice of the peace who imposes prayer at the beginning of court sessions. FFRF and More...
Tampa Christian school battles Freedom From Religion atheists over broadcast prayers before games
An appeals court is hearing oral arguments today in a case brought by a Christian school that argues it has a right to compel a state athletic association to broadcast prayers. The Freedom From Religion Foundation More...
‘An Interview with God’ Movie Review: Brenton Thwaites shines in a drama to ask God the tough questions
“What would you ask?” That’s the central question for the new film, An Interview with God, starring Brenton Thwaites (Maleficent, Gods of Egypt) as a young reporter battle his assignment in Afghanistan More...
Ohio cafe to continue church flyer discount despite threats from atheist group
A restaurant in Ohio says that it will continue offering its church bulletin discount on Sundays despite complaints from one of the nation’s most conspicuous professing atheist groups, Wisconsin’s Freedom More...
Colorado judge rules against school which promoted FCA mission trip as ‘proselytizing’
A federal district court in Colorado ruled that a public school district’s fundraising for and promotion of a Fellowship of Christian Athletes mission trip to Guatemala violated the Establishment Clause of the More...
Illinois: La Harpe Community School District caves to atheist group, threatens to call police on individuals giving away Bibles
A public school district in Illinois sent a “cease and desist” letter to an unnamed person who gave away Bibles to boys and girls on a public street owned by the district. photo condesign via Pixabay “This More...
India: Pentacostal pastor Abraham Topno beheaded by Maoist extremists
The body of a Pentacostal pastor was found beheaded on the shore of a reservoir in eastern India, Jharkland, after being abducted by 25 masked men, police have labeled Maoist extremists. Pastor Abraham Topno, 46, was More...