Freedom from Religion Foundation Metro Denver Chapter

Author: Pat Brodbent

  • FFRF Denver billboard urges social distancing between church and state

    Our chapter has placed a new 10-foot-by-23-foot billboard at 10th Avenue and Broadway in Denver. “Practicing distancing is extremely important these days,” notes FFRF benefactor Monty C. Cleworth. “Not just distancing for COVID reasons, but also distancing between church and state. We wouldn’t want to transmit anything that is unhealthy and dangerous.” Adds Claudette StPierre, Denver chapter…

  • Take Back Your Government A Citizen’s Guide to Grassroots Change by Morgan Carroll

    Morgan Carroll joined members of the Freedom From Religion Foundation Metro Denver Chapter on a Zoom meeting on Thursday, June 18th, 2020 to discuss her book, Take Back Your Government A Citizen’s Guide to Grassroots Change. A recording of the meeting is available here. Morgan Carroll is an Activist, Author, and former State Legislator from Colorado…

  • Leading with feelings, not facts: How to message on secular issues effectively by Sarah Levin

    Sarah M. Levin is the founder of Secular Strategies, a consulting firm that is pioneering the mobilization of secularist voters and empowering policymakers, lawmakers, and change-makers to be effective champions of secularism in the United States. Sarah joined the Freedom From Religion Foundation Denver chapter for a Zoom meeting on Saturday, May 16, 2020.  Watch the…

  • Agnomancy

    Dr. David Eller was the speaker at our chapter meeting on Saturday, April 20, 2019. The subject of his presentation was agnomancy. Agnomancy is the conjuring of ignorance. Read his presentation here.

  • An Interview with our Chapter President, Claudette St.Pierre

    Claudette was recently interviewed by Scott Douglas Jacobsen, Founder of In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal and In-Sight Publishing. Read the interview here.

  • FFRF – Denver chapter writes to Colorado Public Schools

    This weekend the Freedom From Religion Foundation – Denver chapter met to mail letters to Colorado school district superintendents and State Board of Education members. The letters educate school district staff about common church-state violations and how to prevent them. Each year the national office of the Freedom From Religion Foundation addresses thousands of state-church…

  • FFRF appalled that Colorado school district agrees to let religious group pray with students

    FFRF is shocked to discover a Colorado school district has explicitly and unconstitutionally consented to a religious group running an assembly and individually meeting to pray with students during school hours. The Todd Becker Foundation, a Christian ministry, is scheduled to appear at a Burlington Middle School Assembly on Nov. 28. FFRF has sent a letter…

  • The midterms, our annual convention, the acting AG — Weekly Wrap

    We here at the Freedom From Religion Foundation were barely able to catch our breath this week. The past weekend, we put on a grand convention in San Francisco — the highest-attended in our organization’s history, with almost 1,000 participants. Among the speakers were Salman Rushdie, Cecile Richards and many other luminaries. FFRF Co-Presidents Dan Barker and…

  • 2018 Freedom From Religion Legal Successes!

    NEW LEGAL SUCCESSES Assembly not required: Prayers ended in school (March 5, 2018) FFRF gets school to run away from prayer walk (February 28, 2018) Bad Axe High School chops religious club (February 28, 2018) With one stroke, FFRF removes N.C. painting (February 22, 2018) FFRF tackles coach-led prayers in Alabama (February 21, 2018) Oklahoma…

  • Johnson Amendment

    Support protection of Johnson Amendment The Johnson Amendment is under fire by a very few!  Please show your support for an amendment to the House’s tax reform bill that will keep dark religious dollars out of politics. Among the promises made by Donald Trump during the campaign was repeal of the “Johnson Amendment,” the tax…