Freedom From Religion Foundation
American nonprofit organization
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| 2024 | Columnist Charles M. Blow was recognized by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. |
| December 29 2024 | Jerry Coyne resigned from the FFRF honorary board, following earlier resignations by Steven Pinker and Richard Dawkins, leading to the dissolution of the honorary board. |
| December 27 2024 | FFRF published a statement retracting Jerry Coyne's article and stating it did not reflect their values. |
| November 7 2024 | Kat Grant published an article titled 'What is a woman' on Freethought Now!, sparking a controversy about gender definition. |
| 2023 | Comedian and writer Lizz Winstead was honored by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. |
| 2023 | Felinton, alongside other parents, students, and the FFRF, settled a lawsuit against the Cabell County Board of Education to ban teacher-run religious events during school hours. |
| 2022 | Author John Irving received recognition from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. |
| 2022 | Samuel Felinton, a high school junior at Huntington High School, was forced to attend a Christian revival assembly and was unable to leave. |
| December 6 2022 | Joseph Richardson delivered a secular invocation on behalf of non-religious citizens at a Lake County, Florida commission meeting. |
| 2021 | Ann Druyan, science writer and producer, was recognized by the Freedom From Religion Foundation. |
| December 2020 | FFRF argued to limit the official role of Pastor Mark Thornton at Boise State University, specifically challenging his involvement with the football team. |
| 2019 | Freedom From Religion Foundation honored comedian Trae Crowder and humanist scholar Anthony B. Pinn. |
| 2018 | Freedom From Religion Foundation recognized multiple notable recipients including comedian Paula Poundstone, Congressman Jared Huffman, author Salman Rushdie, and science communicator Adam Savage. |
| 2018 | A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that FFRF's rights were violated regarding their state capitol display, vacating the trial court's previous ruling and sending the case back for further consideration of FFRF's injunction request. |
| 2018 | A lighted cross in a public park in Honesdale, Pennsylvania was removed after complaints from FFRF. |
| 2015 | Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) applied to place a 'secular Nativity' display at the Texas State Capitol, featuring the Bill of Rights, three Founding Fathers, the Statue of Liberty, and a 'Happy Winter Solstice' sign. |
| 2015 | FFRF announced the creation of Nonbelief Relief, a humanitarian agency for atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, and their supporters. |
| February 2013 | FFRF sent a second letter to Rapid City, South Dakota city council, with the mayor subsequently stating that prayers would continue. |
| January 2013 | FFRF first contacted the Rapid City, South Dakota city council requesting elimination of Christian prayers at council meetings. |
| 2012 | FFRF awarded its first Freedom From Religion Foundation and Clergy Project 'Hardship Grant' to Jerry DeWitt, a former pastor who joined the atheist movement. |
| August 2012 | FFRF threatened a lawsuit against Whiteville, Tennessee over a Latin cross on a water tower. The town subsequently removed one arm of the cross, paid $20,000 in FFRF's attorneys' fees, and agreed never to replace the cross. |
| July 24 2012 | After receiving a letter from FFRF, the Steubenville, Ohio city council removed the image of Christ the King Chapel from its town logo. |
| May 2012 | FFRF requested the city of Woonsocket, Rhode Island to remove a Latin cross from a World War I and II memorial on public land, which the city refused. |
| February 2012 | FFRF filed a lawsuit against the United States Forest Service regarding a Jesus statue on federal land that had been granted a special use permit since 1954. |
| November 2011 | FFRF objected to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker referring to the Capitol's tree as a 'Christmas tree' instead of a 'holiday tree'. |
| September 2011 | FFRF, alongside the ACLU, sued the Giles County, Virginia school district over a display of the Ten Commandments next to the U.S. Constitution in public schools. |
| April 2011 | The U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the FFRF's challenge to the National Day of Prayer, ruling that the organization did not have standing to challenge the statute. |
| March 2011 | FFRF, in collaboration with the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, launched The Clergy Project, a confidential online community supporting clergy leaving their faith. |
| 2010 | Federal judge Barbara Brandriff Crabb ruled the National Day of Prayer statute unconstitutional, stating it serves no secular function. |
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