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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

Freethought-Now It may be summertime, but we haven’t slackened our momentum at the Freedom From Religion Foundation. Our chastisement of Auburn University for the blatant religiosity in its men’s baseball program has made waves in the Alabama media — including our back and forth with a major political figure from the state. “U.S. Senator Tommy…