Going forth after the Fourth of July
It was a shortish week here at FFRF, with the July Fourth holiday kicking things off, but we packed a lot into the other four days to keep fighting for our (and your!) constitutional rights! I’m secular and I . . . write letters to the editor Several FFRF members wrote letters to the editor […]
The Jan. 6 committee, some good abortion news, some bad smears — and a joke
While much of the nation swelters under the blast of a massive heat wave this week, FFRF has spent the week trying to keep the heat on public officials. FFRF condemns DeSantis’ smear of nonreligious FFRF was definitely chilled by remarks from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that imply people who lack a “religious foundation” are […]
Who’s insane, Gov. DeSantis? Anti-science govs drink anti-vax Kool-Aid
While the Supreme Court axed the best hope for defeating the spread of Covid — the Biden Administration’s OSHA rules — it is at least a secular blessing that it has permitted the self-evident need for a vaccination mandate for federal healthcare workers. (Because if someone wants to be in healthcare, the least they can […]
Vaccines, abortion rights, the Supreme Court & the missionary Big Oil nexus
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has been concentrating on issues of critical importance this week. What can be more important than getting people vaccinated to help end the pandemic? This is why FFRF Director of Strategic Response Andrew L. Seidel argued in a new column for Religion Dispatches that vaccine mandates are constitutional, and religious […]
We need herd immunity — not herd mentality
The only safeguard against religious crankery is freethought — the willingness to critique religion based on reason rather than faith.
Religious governors, Thomas Paine, abortion rights and astrology
Within the ambit of state/church separation, we at the Freedom From Religion Foundation deal with an astonishingly broad spectrum.
