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Freethought-Now We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation revel in defending the secular U.S. Constitution — and even more so when our efforts get good publicity! FFRF Staff Attorney Sammi Lawrence was invited to write an op-ed for the Kansas City Star to highlight a recent notable victory of ours in Missouri regarding a Christian…
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Freethought-Now It’s a bit of a marvel how much attention our activities at the Freedom From Religion Foundation have been receiving from all over. The office of Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., issued a celebratory press release acknowledging our role in organizing the recent Congressional Reason Reception on Capitol Hill. “Congressional Freethought Caucus Co-Chairs Rep. Jared…
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Freethought-Now Justice Neil Gorsuch recently said something the Freedom From Religion Foundation has documented for decades: The United States was not founded as a Christian nation. That’s encouraging. The problem is that many of Gorsuch’s own Supreme Court opinions have helped empower the very Christian nationalist movement he now says misunderstands America’s founding. In a…
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Freethought-Now It may be the time of year when many are in vacation mode, but we here at the Freedom From Religion Foundation are nevertheless toiling to defend our Constitution. We helped organize a major secular event in the nation’s capital. Members of Congress, national secular leaders and advocates joined together in a Capitol Hill reception room…
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Freethought-Now The Freedom From Religion Foundation has been busy this week protecting students from religious coercion, pushing back against government-sponsored Christianity and keeping the spotlight on Christian nationalism’s latest attempts to rewrite both history and the law. We’ve also got new episodes, fresh media coverage, a secularist rock star and reminders about two ways to…
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Freethought-Now With the Fourth of July now in our rearview mirror and summer hitting full stride, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is not slowing down, despite the heat. In fact, FFRF is putting the heat on those who push a Christian nationalist agenda in the public realm. Here’s a look at some of the things…
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Freethought-Now Following a numbing week of speeches viciously denouncing “the godless,” President Trump, during his July 4 address in the nation’s stormy capital, made the laughable mistake of mixing up the Declaration of Independence with . . . the Book of Genesis! “And as our Declaration of Independence tells us, we are all made in…
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Freethought-Now Robert Ingersoll By Robert Ingersoll (Edited and with a note by Scott Knickelbine, Director of Information Technology, Freedom From Religion Foundation) Listen to an audio recording of this blog on Freethought TV. Editor’s note: Robert G. Ingersoll is practically unknown today, but he was the most popular public speaker of the late 19th century. Indeed,…
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Freethought-Now Back in October 2025, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case brought by a Rastafarian inmate whose First Amendment rights were violated by a Louisiana prison. I speculated in a previous blog whether the Roberts Court would find a way to rule for a religious minority the way it so often manages…
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Freethought-Now Hello reader — and happy summer reading! We hope you’re enjoying our Summer Reading Challenge (you can learn more about it here), and we wanted to share some suggestions to kick-start your seasonal literary adventure. It should come as no surprise that the people at FFRF enjoy a good book. And it shouldn’t come…