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…

Freethought-Now Photo by Paul Gaylor In 1985, Ishmael Jaffree earned FFRF’s first Freethinker of the Year award, which he accepted at FFRF’s annual convention in Minneapolis. I was so sorry to learn recently that FFRF’s first “Freethinker of the Year” died two years ago. His death was only locally reported. But Ishmael Jaffree was a…

Freethought-Now Photo of Pope Leo by Edgar Beltrán It’s hard not to cheer when anyone, even indirectly, takes to task Christian nationalist and “War Secretary” Pete Hegseth over his call to Americans to pray “every day on bended knee … in the name of Jesus Christ” to support President Trump’s reckless war of choice against Iran.…

Freethought-Now We obtained a long-awaited court ruling in our favor to eject a Ten Commandments monolith from the Arkansas Capitol. Congratulations to FFRF Litigation Attorney Sam Grover who did the oral arguments two years ago before the federal district court. “A U.S. district judge ruled Tuesday that a Ten Commandments display on the Arkansas state Capitol grounds…

Freethought-Now We have you in mind for everything that we engage in at the Freedom From Religion Foundation. This includes keeping our government true to its constitutional foundations so that religion is not imposed on you and other freethinkers. That’s why, when the Florida Department of Education set up a complaint line for folks in…

Freethought-Now Photo by Lena Balk on Unsplash It has been nine months since the Supreme Court announced its ruling in United States v. Skrmetti, holding that Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors was constitutional. Since then, those of us who have been monitoring the growing anti-transgender movement in the United States have been watching carefully to see…

Freethought-Now We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation sometimes wish we had the time to savor the victories and media coverage regularly coming our way. When we won a case as part of a coalition against the imposition of the Ten Commandments in Arkansas public schools, it made a splash everywhere from USA Today to…

Freethought-Now You may have noticed that over the past year, the religious right has been sounding the alarm about a supposed looming threat: “Sharia law.” In Texas, Florida and beyond, politicians have built entire campaigns around the idea that Muslims are poised to impose religious rule, override the Constitution and replace secular law with theology.…

Freethought-Now While some on our staff were out part of the week for meetings with the Secular Coalition for America in Washington, D.C., the Freedom From Religion Foundation stayed productive. Our message has been recently featured in such a variety of forums that it is hard for us to keep track. FFRF Regional Government Affairs…