Challenging Aaron Rodgers, Rev. Franklin Graham, the Ariz. guv & a Congressman
Aaron Rodgers, Rev. Franklin Graham, the Arizona governor, a member of Congress and a prejudiced Indiana schoolteacher — we’ve been confronting an assortment of folks this week. Our appeals court brief against prejudice We filed an appeals court brief (on behalf of the Secular Student Alliance) in support of an Indiana school district’s actions to rein […]
Women’s rights & the judiciary — plus so much more
We at the Freedom From Religion Foundation came to grips with a variety of issues this week. The Religious Right’s assault on women’s rights has been increasingly concerning to us — aided and abetted by the reactionary Supreme Court. We agreed with Justice Sonia Sotomayor that the impact of the court’s failure to block the […]
Unmasking religion’s role in the pandemic
Evangelist Franklin Graham has started off the New Year with a doozy of a warning.
Administration’s coronavirus response shows importance of secular government
Trump’s cabinet is full of Christian Nationalists like Pence who believe in the bible and not science. But it would be hard to pick a worse candidate to lead this effort. Pence was actually responsible for an HIV epidemic in his home state of Indiana in 2015. That’s not hyperbole, that’s the conclusion of scholarly studies.
So many frames of mind
We’ve been in quite an (un)biblical frame of mind lately here at the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
We’re creating major buzz
It was nice for me to come back to our office from vacation and find the Freedom From Religion Foundation creating major buzz.
Trump inauguration shouldn’t have a prayer, but instead it’ll be a religious circus
Donald Trump will start off his presidency by inserting religion into what should be the most secular of events — his public Inaugural on Friday. That’s not so unusual, unfortunately. What’s different about Trump’s choice of prayer officiants is that there are so many — six in all: five Christian leaders, plus a rabbi. None […]
Our adrenaline was rushing
FFRF Director of Communications discusses the weekly report.