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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a national 501 (c)(3) nonprophet nonprofit, with 40,000 nonreligious members working to keep state and church separate.
A fringe Christian nationalist effort, bolstered by Donald Trump’s IRS, is attempting to dismantle the Johnson Amendment. This federal law bars tax-exempt nonprofits, including churches, from endorsing or opposing political candidates. ffrf.us/481dG7f
FFRF warns of alarming attempt to gut Johnson Amendment through Trump-era IRS settlement
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is warning that a fringe Christian nationalist effort, bolstered by Donald Trump’s IRS, is attempting to dismantle the Johnson Amendment. This federal law bars tax...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A fringe Christian nationalist effort, bolstered by Donald Trump’s IRS, is attempting to dismantle the Johnson Amendment. This federal law bars tax-exempt nonprofits, including churches, from endorsing or opposing political candidates. ffrf.us/481dG7f
On this date in 1926, Freedom From Religion Foundation founder Anne Gaylor was born. In 1976 she founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation with her daughter Annie Laurie and Jon Sontarck of Milwaukee to promote freethought and the separation of state and church.
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
On this date in 1926, Freedom From Religion Foundation founder Anne Gaylor was born. In 1976 she founded the Freedom From Religion Foundation with her daughter Annie Laurie and Jon Sontarck of Milwaukee to promote freethought and the separation of state and church.
Oklahoma may once again be used to test whether taxpayers can be forced to fund religious charter schools.
FFRF will stand with allies and oppose any attempt to turn public education into taxpayer-funded religious indoctrination.
FFRF will stand with allies and oppose any attempt to turn public education into taxpayer-funded religious indoctrination.
The last time Oklahoma approved a taxpayer-funded religious charter school, it ended with a 7-1 smackdown by the state Supreme Court.
Now they’re trying again—hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will bail them out.
Full story 👇
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Now they’re trying again—hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will bail them out.
Full story 👇
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A new religious charter school could open in Oklahoma. The last one was ruled illegal.
A second attempt to use taxpayer dollars for religious indoctrination exposes a coordinated assault on church–state separation
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November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Oklahoma may once again be used to test whether taxpayers can be forced to fund religious charter schools.
FFRF will stand with allies and oppose any attempt to turn public education into taxpayer-funded religious indoctrination.
FFRF will stand with allies and oppose any attempt to turn public education into taxpayer-funded religious indoctrination.
Tennessee families just filed a major lawsuit to stop the state’s unconstitutional universal voucher scheme.
Vouchers defund public schools, lack accountability, and funnel taxpayer money into private (often religious) schools that can openly discriminate.
www.aclu-tn.org/press-releas...
Vouchers defund public schools, lack accountability, and funnel taxpayer money into private (often religious) schools that can openly discriminate.
www.aclu-tn.org/press-releas...
Tennessee Parents Sue State Over Universal Private School Voucher Program - ACLU of Tennessee
Tennessee parents and taxpayers take the state to court over its universal private school voucher program and its impact on public schools.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Tennessee families just filed a major lawsuit to stop the state’s unconstitutional universal voucher scheme.
Vouchers defund public schools, lack accountability, and funnel taxpayer money into private (often religious) schools that can openly discriminate.
www.aclu-tn.org/press-releas...
Vouchers defund public schools, lack accountability, and funnel taxpayer money into private (often religious) schools that can openly discriminate.
www.aclu-tn.org/press-releas...
Alabama’s voucher scheme is doing exactly what it was designed to do: drain public schools to subsidize religious indoctrination.
Alabama is funneling millions of taxpayer dollars into private schools using textbooks that deny evolution, whitewash history, and attack LGBTQ people.
Kids deserve better than conservative Christian propaganda.
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Kids deserve better than conservative Christian propaganda.
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Taxpayer dollars, Christian lies: What Alabama’s voucher program really buys
Christian textbooks that deny evolution, downplay slavery, and avoid critical thinking are now being subsidized with public funds
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November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Alabama’s voucher scheme is doing exactly what it was designed to do: drain public schools to subsidize religious indoctrination.
A federal agency quoting scripture isn’t inspirational — it’s unconstitutional.
The only reason to invoke the bible in a government propaganda video is to claim a higher authority than the Constitution, which is where our strength actually comes from.
The only reason to invoke the bible in a government propaganda video is to claim a higher authority than the Constitution, which is where our strength actually comes from.
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A federal agency quoting scripture isn’t inspirational — it’s unconstitutional.
The only reason to invoke the bible in a government propaganda video is to claim a higher authority than the Constitution, which is where our strength actually comes from.
The only reason to invoke the bible in a government propaganda video is to claim a higher authority than the Constitution, which is where our strength actually comes from.
Nursing — the backbone of American health care — just got kicked out of the “professional degree” category by Trump’s Dept. of Education.
But theology made the cut.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
But theology made the cut.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Outrage after Trump’s bill reclassifying nursing as not a ‘professional degree’
Nursing organizations warn limiting access to student funding ‘threatens the very foundation of patient care’
www.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Nursing — the backbone of American health care — just got kicked out of the “professional degree” category by Trump’s Dept. of Education.
But theology made the cut.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
But theology made the cut.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
The Johnson Amendment protects our democracy from turning churches into dark-money Super PACs. A tiny Christian nationalist faction is trying to blow it up — with help from Trump’s IRS.
We can’t let them gut it in a backroom deal.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
We can’t let them gut it in a backroom deal.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Court Case That Could Blow the Roof Off Political Spending
Christian nationalists are teaming up with Donald Trump's administration to argue that churches should be able to spend on political campaigns.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Johnson Amendment protects our democracy from turning churches into dark-money Super PACs. A tiny Christian nationalist faction is trying to blow it up — with help from Trump’s IRS.
We can’t let them gut it in a backroom deal.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
We can’t let them gut it in a backroom deal.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Check out the latest episode of Secular Spotlight, featuring Dan McClellan, here ➡️ ffrf.us/48x8Bnd
#ffrf #secularspotlight #danmcclellan #bible
#ffrf #secularspotlight #danmcclellan #bible
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Check out the latest episode of Secular Spotlight, featuring Dan McClellan, here ➡️ ffrf.us/48x8Bnd
#ffrf #secularspotlight #danmcclellan #bible
#ffrf #secularspotlight #danmcclellan #bible
Multiple major surveys and studies released throughout 2025 show a clear global trend: atheism and religious “non-affiliates” are on the rise, now forming the fastest-growing “faith categories” on the planet.
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Multiple studies in 2025 show that Atheism is on the rise around the world
A collection of major reports and studies published throughout 2025 shows that Atheism is rapidly increasing in popularity around the world.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Multiple major surveys and studies released throughout 2025 show a clear global trend: atheism and religious “non-affiliates” are on the rise, now forming the fastest-growing “faith categories” on the planet.
dallasexpress.com/lifestyle/su...
dallasexpress.com/lifestyle/su...
"Despite efforts by Christian nationalists to grasp for more power and control, they keep breaking on the same rock: Most people — and most Christians — don’t want the state to have an official religion. They don’t want the state to enforce biblical law."
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Christian nationalism can’t win democratically, Moscow election shows | Opinion
“This little town ... has been fighting this idea that the church is going to take over Moscow for decades.” | Opinion
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November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"Despite efforts by Christian nationalists to grasp for more power and control, they keep breaking on the same rock: Most people — and most Christians — don’t want the state to have an official religion. They don’t want the state to enforce biblical law."
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-...
www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/opn-...
The Heritage Foundation's Phoenix Declaration uses virtuous language on the surface, but has concerning ulterior motives underneath.
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#ffrf #heritagefoundation #florida #publicschools
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November 24, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Heritage Foundation's Phoenix Declaration uses virtuous language on the surface, but has concerning ulterior motives underneath.
Read more ➡️ ffrf.us/486IYby
#ffrf #heritagefoundation #florida #publicschools
Read more ➡️ ffrf.us/486IYby
#ffrf #heritagefoundation #florida #publicschools
FFRF put a stop to one cross-country coach's pre-practice group prayers in an Ohio school district, a practice that was allegedly common for sports teams across the district.
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#ffrf #schoolprayer #publicschools #ohio
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November 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
FFRF put a stop to one cross-country coach's pre-practice group prayers in an Ohio school district, a practice that was allegedly common for sports teams across the district.
Read more ➡️ ffrf.us/3XbkuJa
#ffrf #schoolprayer #publicschools #ohio
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#ffrf #schoolprayer #publicschools #ohio
IIt’s been a big week for the return of state/church separation around the country. After what seems like years of our rights being reduced or removed, the courts this week have come back around to the side of constitutionality (and sanity). ffrf.us/3K8ibUn
Weekly Wrap: FFRF celebrates state/church victories - Freethought Now
IIt’s been a big week for the return of state/church separation around the country. After what seems like years of our rights being reduced or removed, the courts this week have come back around to the side of constitutionality (and sanity). The Freedom From Religion Foundation is on top of these cases (and hundreds more) […]
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November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
IIt’s been a big week for the return of state/church separation around the country. After what seems like years of our rights being reduced or removed, the courts this week have come back around to the side of constitutionality (and sanity). ffrf.us/3K8ibUn
It’s wild when the UK, a country with an official state church, is the one recognizing religious instruction as indoctrination.
Meanwhile, Christian nationalist leaders here are sprinting in the opposite direction with Ten Commandments mandates, bible lessons, and school-sponsored proselytizing.
Meanwhile, Christian nationalist leaders here are sprinting in the opposite direction with Ten Commandments mandates, bible lessons, and school-sponsored proselytizing.
"Indoctrination."
That’s how the UK Supreme Court described religious education in Northern Ireland's public schools.
Their ruling against the Christian-centric curriculum will change how faith is taught throughout the country.
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That’s how the UK Supreme Court described religious education in Northern Ireland's public schools.
Their ruling against the Christian-centric curriculum will change how faith is taught throughout the country.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/uk-supreme...
UK Supreme Court strikes down N. Ireland's pro-Christian Religious Education curriculum
The landmark ruling declared decades of school-led Christian indoctrination unlawful
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November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It’s wild when the UK, a country with an official state church, is the one recognizing religious instruction as indoctrination.
Meanwhile, Christian nationalist leaders here are sprinting in the opposite direction with Ten Commandments mandates, bible lessons, and school-sponsored proselytizing.
Meanwhile, Christian nationalist leaders here are sprinting in the opposite direction with Ten Commandments mandates, bible lessons, and school-sponsored proselytizing.
"In 1995, when he was 13, he got kicked out of the Boy Scouts of America for admitting to being an atheist."
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"He stood in front of one the cars and told the men to take their masks off. “You have an oath to the Constitution,” he pressed."
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"He stood in front of one the cars and told the men to take their masks off. “You have an oath to the Constitution,” he pressed."
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Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
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November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
"In 1995, when he was 13, he got kicked out of the Boy Scouts of America for admitting to being an atheist."
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"He stood in front of one the cars and told the men to take their masks off. “You have an oath to the Constitution,” he pressed."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"He stood in front of one the cars and told the men to take their masks off. “You have an oath to the Constitution,” he pressed."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reading this story is gut-wrenching.
A church coerced children into forgiving their abuser, ignored the law, and let him keep harming others.
No religious institution should ever be trusted to police itself when children’s safety is on the line.
www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
A church coerced children into forgiving their abuser, ignored the law, and let him keep harming others.
No religious institution should ever be trusted to police itself when children’s safety is on the line.
www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
Young Girls Were Sexually Abused by a Church Member. They Were Told to Forgive and Forget.
In Minnesota, leaders of an Old Apostolic Lutheran Church community enabled a child abuser by telling his victims that once the sins were “washed away in the blood of reconciliation,” they could never...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Reading this story is gut-wrenching.
A church coerced children into forgiving their abuser, ignored the law, and let him keep harming others.
No religious institution should ever be trusted to police itself when children’s safety is on the line.
www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
A church coerced children into forgiving their abuser, ignored the law, and let him keep harming others.
No religious institution should ever be trusted to police itself when children’s safety is on the line.
www.propublica.org/article/sexu...
If Christian faith “laid the foundation,” someone forgot to tell the founders who made no mention of Christianity or Jesus in our founding documents.
The United States was founded on democratic principles and a secular Constitution.
The United States was founded on democratic principles and a secular Constitution.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
If Christian faith “laid the foundation,” someone forgot to tell the founders who made no mention of Christianity or Jesus in our founding documents.
The United States was founded on democratic principles and a secular Constitution.
The United States was founded on democratic principles and a secular Constitution.
Public schools are not required to buy religious curriculum with taxpayer dollars.
Parents can choose faith-based materials at home, but public educators must stick to secular, evidence-based standards.
That’s not “discrimination.”
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Parents can choose faith-based materials at home, but public educators must stick to secular, evidence-based standards.
That’s not “discrimination.”
www.wpr.org/news/parent-...
Parent sues public Wisconsin school district for not providing material created by Christian publisher
In September, one mother selected four materials by homeschool publisher Simply Charlotte Mason. Lighthouse Learning Academy denied the requests.
www.wpr.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Public schools are not required to buy religious curriculum with taxpayer dollars.
Parents can choose faith-based materials at home, but public educators must stick to secular, evidence-based standards.
That’s not “discrimination.”
www.wpr.org/news/parent-...
Parents can choose faith-based materials at home, but public educators must stick to secular, evidence-based standards.
That’s not “discrimination.”
www.wpr.org/news/parent-...
We’ll let Jack Posobiec and the pope sort out what Catholics believe about compassion.
We’ll stick with the simple principle that every human being deserves dignity and respect, no matter where they were born.
We’ll stick with the simple principle that every human being deserves dignity and respect, no matter where they were born.
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We’ll let Jack Posobiec and the pope sort out what Catholics believe about compassion.
We’ll stick with the simple principle that every human being deserves dignity and respect, no matter where they were born.
We’ll stick with the simple principle that every human being deserves dignity and respect, no matter where they were born.
We went into this clip wondering why so many conservative young men are running back to religion…
We came out of it with even more questions.
We came out of it with even more questions.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
We went into this clip wondering why so many conservative young men are running back to religion…
We came out of it with even more questions.
We came out of it with even more questions.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Belfast-based non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education and mandatory Christian collective worship in Northern Ireland are discriminatory under human rights law.
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a Belfast-based non-religious father and his child that the exclusively Christian teaching of Religious Education and mandatory Christian collective worship in Northern Ireland are discriminatory under human rights law.
“Florida is not a Christian state, and the United States is not a Christian nation. We’re all free to believe as we choose, but no one can be forced to accept religious dogma or discrimination under the guise of 'Christian rights,' ” Line said.
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Florida attorney general sparks debate on religious discrimination
Florida's attorney general had three instances in one week in which he accused organizations of anti-Christian discrimination.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
“Florida is not a Christian state, and the United States is not a Christian nation. We’re all free to believe as we choose, but no one can be forced to accept religious dogma or discrimination under the guise of 'Christian rights,' ” Line said.
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/l...
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I recently had the privilege of talking with Dan Barker and Scott Knickelbine from the Freedom From Religion Foundation on their show, Secular Spotlight, and the interview is available on YouTube, if you're interested:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Hv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Hv...
Exploring Biblical Misconceptions with Bible Scholar Dan McClellan | Secular Spotlight
YouTube video by Freedom From Religion Foundation
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November 18, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I recently had the privilege of talking with Dan Barker and Scott Knickelbine from the Freedom From Religion Foundation on their show, Secular Spotlight, and the interview is available on YouTube, if you're interested:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Hv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6Hv...