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Read More Atheist Republic In a landmark decision earlier this month, Saudi Arabia amended their “Law of Procedure before Sharia Courts” to allow women to live independently without permission from their male “guardian(s)”.  Paragraph B under article no. 169 of the law stated that an adult single, divorced, or widowed woman shall be handed over …

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Read More Atheist Republic An organized wave of break-ins and thefts at Asian Buddhist temples is sweeping across the United States. Six people were arrested in May 2021 for charges ranging from robbery, trespassing, and assault on Asian Buddhist temples in Rogers, Arkansas. Five women and a man were detained in Arkansas, who all identified …

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Read More Atheist Republic The percentage of people not identifying under any religion has been growing in Northern Ireland. According to the Northern Ireland Life and Times Survey 2020, on question “Do you regard yourself as belonging to any particular religion?”, about 27% of the population identified as non-religious, which is a 7% increase compared …

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Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court’s narrow decision today in favor of taxpayer-funded discrimination by a religious group, but is relieved that it isn’t worse. In Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, the Supreme Court in …

FFRF: Supreme Court’s Fulton decision is a mixed bag lauryn@ffrf.org (Lauryn Seering) News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation Read More »

Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation A Texas school district must immediately revoke a large subsidy for a sectarian religious summer camp, the Freedom From Religion Foundation is demanding. The Tyler Independent School District has approved $500,000 in partnership with a group called The Mentoring Alliance, a …

Cancel massive Christian camp handout, FFRF urges TX district lauryn@ffrf.org (Lauryn Seering) News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation Read More »

Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The Freedom From Religion Foundation is condemning a new law in Florida that seeks to insert divisive religion into the public school day. In the wake of the 2018 Parkland shooting, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, then a member of Congress, offered …

FFRF condemns Florida’s new school prayer law lauryn@ffrf.org (Lauryn Seering) News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation Read More »

Read More Atheist Republic In a contentious sermon on June 3, Shlomo Amar, the former Sephardi chief rabbi of Israel compared pride marchers to wild animals. In his speech, he said, “They did the abomination parade, which they are supposedly proud of; wild animals don’t behave this way.” He then went on to add, “We …

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Read More Atheist Republic On June 5, a funeral procession of an Ahmadi woman in Safdarabad, Punjab, was attacked on its way to the cemetery by a local mob led by right-wing Muslim clerics. The mob opposed the idea of having an Ahmadi person being buried near a Muslim graveyard.   Complete impunity for clerics …

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Read More News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation The hypocritical recent comments of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell about filling vacant Supreme Court seats prove the urgent need for court reform, says the Freedom From Religion Foundation. McConnell’s statement highlights his repeated attempts to stack the U.S. Supreme Court …

FFRF: McConnell’s latest statement shows urgent need for court reform lauryn@ffrf.org (Lauryn Seering) News Releases – Freedom From Religion Foundation – Freedom From Religion Foundation Read More »