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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOn this Sunday morning, I want some freedom from religion in government
FFRF (Freedom From Religion Foundation) does the front line legal fighting on a lot of these church/state cases. This is what they have accomplished:
FFRF and its robust legal department act on countless state/church entanglements on behalf of its members and the public. Through litigation, education, and other persuasive advocacy, FFRF ends hundreds of violations each year, such as prayers and proselytizing in public schools and events, public funding for religious purposes, and religious symbols on public property.
FFRF is able to stop many violations without the need for litigation through our intake team. Members of the public can report church/state violations in their communities to FFRF. The Foundation has had countless victories through this proactive advocacy. These include having a large Ten Commandments removed from the wall of a jail, stopping the baptism of student athletes, removal of a bible verse from a jury summons, and ending the daily recitation of the Lords Prayer in a kindergarten classroom.
FFRFs lawsuits have ended a wide range of egregious First Amendment violations. From our very first lawsuit halting religious postal cancellations, FFRF has successfully won or settled numerous religion-in-the-public-schools cases in favor of nonreligious students and secular education. These include ending 51 years of unlawful bible instruction in Rhea County public schools, removing a Ten Commandments monument in front of a Pennsylvania school, challenging a religious revival held during school hours, and ending 75 years of bible classes in a West Virginia School. FFRF lawsuits have halted school subsidy of child evangelism, removed nativity scenes and Christian crosses from public property, and stopped censorship of freethought displays, and license plates. All of this is in addition to an active amicus brief practice with over 70 briefs filed.
Other court victories include:
Stopping $1.5 million dollars in funding to private religious schools in South Carolina
Winning a federal court decision overturning a law declaring Good Friday a state holiday
Ending a West Virginia City Councils recitation of the Lords Prayer
Winning a censorship challenge in Texas over a Bill of Rights display
Winning the first faith-based challenge
Ending funding to faith-based mentorship program
https://ffrf.org/frequently-asked-question/about-the-foundation/what-are-the-foundations-accomplishments/
FFRF is able to stop many violations without the need for litigation through our intake team. Members of the public can report church/state violations in their communities to FFRF. The Foundation has had countless victories through this proactive advocacy. These include having a large Ten Commandments removed from the wall of a jail, stopping the baptism of student athletes, removal of a bible verse from a jury summons, and ending the daily recitation of the Lords Prayer in a kindergarten classroom.
FFRFs lawsuits have ended a wide range of egregious First Amendment violations. From our very first lawsuit halting religious postal cancellations, FFRF has successfully won or settled numerous religion-in-the-public-schools cases in favor of nonreligious students and secular education. These include ending 51 years of unlawful bible instruction in Rhea County public schools, removing a Ten Commandments monument in front of a Pennsylvania school, challenging a religious revival held during school hours, and ending 75 years of bible classes in a West Virginia School. FFRF lawsuits have halted school subsidy of child evangelism, removed nativity scenes and Christian crosses from public property, and stopped censorship of freethought displays, and license plates. All of this is in addition to an active amicus brief practice with over 70 briefs filed.
Other court victories include:
Stopping $1.5 million dollars in funding to private religious schools in South Carolina
Winning a federal court decision overturning a law declaring Good Friday a state holiday
Ending a West Virginia City Councils recitation of the Lords Prayer
Winning a censorship challenge in Texas over a Bill of Rights display
Winning the first faith-based challenge
Ending funding to faith-based mentorship program
https://ffrf.org/frequently-asked-question/about-the-foundation/what-are-the-foundations-accomplishments/
You've probably seen Ron Reagan's ads (not afraid of burning in hell) for https://ffrf.org/
We need to keep all religion out of government, both for the sake of religion and of good government. I think the coming administration wants to shove their religious ideas down our throats. They want to use the public schools to indoctrinate children.
It has to stop.
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On this Sunday morning, I want some freedom from religion in government (Original Post)
milestogo
Dec 15
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Initech
(102,512 posts)1. That ship is unfortunately sailing with the Orange Fuckface administration.
Imagine Pete Hegseth turning the military into his personal god warrior army...
Granny Blue
(35 posts)2. FFRF website is. https://ffrf.org/.
Also, People for the American Way publishes daily at riightwingwatch.org. Educate yourself and remember, all politics is local!
milestogo
(18,276 posts)3. Thanks
I found out about the Catholic Charities suit from the website this morning.