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FFRF remains committed to fighting religious pledge
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and attorney Michael Newdow will continue to challenge the unconstitutional religious Pledge of Allegiance despite the refusal of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 13...
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Still divisible under god: Supreme Court opts not to review Pledge challenge
When I was a kid, I recited the Pledge of Allegiance in school. By rote, obediently. Elementary school days of hand-over-heart and guileless allegiance. Then middle school rolled around. It became less...
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Religious Right Bombards NBC Over Pledge Wording
If ever you needed evidence of the Religious Right's impressive organization and zeal, take a look at the gross overreaction of the American Family Association to NBC's decision last weekend to run the...
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In defense of the original pledge: An open letter to NBC
To: Chris McCloskey Vice President, Communications National Broadcasting Company, Inc. 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, NY 10112 Dear Mr. McCloskey, I am writing regarding the controversy over your...
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Gaylor writes Cong. Rangel appeal to remember secular Americans
An open letter from FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor to Congressman Rangel: Dear Congressman Rangel: On behalf of members of our national association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics) which...
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Incomplete Pass: Tim Tebow Says America Based on ‘One Nation Under God’
New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow, already a polarizing figure, has given anyone who favors church-state separation reason to be uneasy about him. On Easter Sunday, Tebow participated in a...
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The dangerous fallacy of ceremonial deism
In disputes over church-state separation, “ceremonial deism” has become a legal doctrine heavily relied upon by those who wish to defend governmental religiosity. Though the concept has been around for...
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Humanists will appeal "under God" ruling
A Massachusetts court has ruled against a humanist family in their challenge to the “under God” wording of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. The plaintiffs plan to appeal the ruling. The lawsuit,...
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“Under God” pledge case to be reviewed by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has agreed to hear the appeal from a humanist family challenging a state law that requires daily recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag in...
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Brazil prosecutors in legal bid to remove ‘God be Praised’ from currency
A public prosecutor in Brazil is calling for the removal of references to God from Brazilian banknotes. Jefferson Dias argues that the country is a secular state and that the phrase “God be praised”...
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