Freethought-Now Events keep on happening at a head-spinning pace, but we at the Freedom From Religion Foundation are keeping up and making ourselves heard. One of the country’s most prominent publications highlighted our response to a specious Trump administration task force. “President Donald Trump’s task force to investigate ‘anti-Christian bias’ in the federal government published a report…

Freethought-Now Marchers with signs at the March on Washington, 1963. Original black and white negative by Marion S. Trikosko. Taken August 28th, 1963. Colorized by Jordan J. Lloyd. The U.S. Supreme Court has tragically sounded the death knell for the Voting Rights Act. The court, in an opinion by Justice Samuel Alito, purported to “update”…

Freethought-Now I almost feel sorry this year for the National Day of Prayer Task Force — the self-appointed busybody promoter of the National Day of Prayer, a federal law declaring the first Thursday in May as the “National Day of Prayer.” It seems that the task force’s work has been pre-empted. First, our pandering president…

Freethought-Now If there was any doubt about where the state/church battle is headed, this week helped clarify it. A federal appeals court greenlit government-mandated Ten Commandments displays in Texas public school classrooms — a ruling that doesn’t just test the limits of the First Amendment, but actively erodes them. And it didn’t happen in a…

Freethought-Now It is startling how much we here at the Freedom From Religion Foundation are able to take on — and get credit for — in a typical week. The New York Times graciously acknowledged our role in bringing to its attention the death of a leading freethinker (and an awardee of ours). “Wallace v. Jaffree ……

Freethought-Now Christian nationalists insist that the separation of church and state is a “lie,” a “misunderstanding” or even an attack on religion itself. They’ve pushed Ten Commandments displays in public schools, have fought for school-sponsored prayer and have worked tirelessly to erode the Johnson Amendment so that churches can engage in partisan politics. But suddenly,…

Freethought-Now Blasphemy! That was the sound of Christian religious leaders when President Trump posted an AI image on April 12 of himself as Jesus, allegedly healing a bed-ridden man. Well, blasphemy, as we all know, is a victimless “crime.” When someone yells “blasphemy!” I hear, “How dare you say anything bad about my imaginary god!”…

Freethought-Now At the Freedom From Religion Foundation, we’re used to court cases taking years to wend their way through the court system before we can (hopefully) declare final victory. Once a case is closed, it usually stays that way — but not always. In the fall of 2014, FFRF and nearly 20 parents and students…

Freethought-Now The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s secular message is getting featured all over. CNN noticed our work around the Ag Sec’s blatantly religious Easter missive. “A ‘Christ is Risen’ Easter message sent by the secretary of agriculture has sparked backlash inside the department, angering some of its nearly 100,000 employees and prompting a formal complaint against…

Freethought-Now Photo by Joshua Woods Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in favor of a street preacher, leading to some questions from our membership about whether this was yet another court ruling privileging religion. My answer would be no — with one caveat. The concern from members was understandable given that…