Atheist group condemn Roy Moore, Foundation for Moral Law advice for public schools
FFRF is calling out the wildly misnamed Foundation for Moral Law for encouraging Alabama public schools to violate students’ rights and the Constitution. On Sept. 21, the Foundation for Moral Law, led by disgraced 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...
Senate Democrat candidate Shane Morris mocks ‘thoughts and prayers’ joining USA Today, Palm Beach Post
A lot of Democrats are joining atheists and gun control activists by making speeches about the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., Wednesday, but Shane Morris, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from Tennessee, More...
Freedom From Religion, American Atheists object to ‘coerced religious observances in the military’
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) and American Atheists have sent a joint letter to the Defense Department warning against unconstitutional coerced religious observances in the military. The groups write More...
Louisiana AG Jeff Landry, Congressman Mike Johnson release free speech documents for students, praised by Liberty Counsel
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and U.S. Congressman Mike Johnson released a 15-page document as a valuable resource regarding the religious and free speech rights of students in public schools. photo Josh More...
Kentucky Gov Mike Bevin signs ‘Charlie Brown Law’ to protect freedom of religion, free speech for Christian students
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin signed SB-17 into law, which protects the constitutional rights of individual students to express their religious views without fear of punishment. It allows religious groups the same More...
Pakistan: Evangelist Babu Shahbaz charged for allegedly committing blasphemy
Babu Shahbaz, a Christian form Kamahan village, Lahore has been arrested by police after allegedly committing blasphemy. On December 30, 2016 Nishtar Colony Police Station, Lahore registered FIR No. 1906/16, offence More...
What Science Says About the Benefits of Having Faith
Across the globe and for thousands of years, faith and religion have influenced cultures, pastimes, and personalities. Although the general level of support for religion tends to both wax and wane over time, many More...
Wyoming school district ends ban on private prayer over cafeteria food
Platte County School District #1 has lifted its ban on non-disruptive, private prayer in its school cafeterias after receiving a letter from Alliance Defending Freedom on behalf of three students that explained More...
Air Force cadets prayer after football loss called ‘putrid example of fundamentalist Christian supremacy’ by atheists
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation is once again creating controversy over religious liberty in its ongoing efforts to quash religious expression rights for cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Following More...
Colorado school reverses ban on student prayer during their ‘free time’
A Colorado school district has dropped its ban on student religious discussion and expression during free time. In light of the change, Alliance Defending Freedom and the district’s attorneys have agreed to end More...
New survey: generic public prayer is okay, Jesus Christ is the problem
While the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on the constitutionality of prayer at public meetings, a new survey finds U.S. voters clearly favor prayer – as long as the public prayer is generic and not specifically More...
Police chaplains told to stop using Jesus in their prayers
Police graduations, promotions and even memorials will move towards nonsectarian prayer in North Carolina as the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has asked its chaplains to stop including Jesus in their More...
