Effingham County, Georgia — A middle school baseball coach in Georgia recently resigned after a parent complained to the principal that he had a Bible verse citation embroidered on the team ball caps. Kyle Houston serves as the physical education teacher at Ebenezer Middle School in Rincon. He also was the coach for the school’s […]
Rapid City, South Dakota — Government officials in a city in South Dakota are resisting demands from a well-known atheist activist organization to cease presenting a time of prayer before each city council meeting. The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently sent a letter to officials in Rapid City after a resident complained about […]
Ringgold, Georgia — A middle school teacher in Georgia was recently investigated after a prominent atheist organization wrote a letter of complaint to the district superintendent because the woman allegedly sang a song about Jesus in class. Sixth grade science teacher Heather Moorman will not be disciplined over the accusation, but the matter reported by […]
Buhler, Kansas — A lawmaker in Kansas has introduced a bill that seeks to protect the display of religious symbols in the state following threats from a prominent atheist organization that it would sue officials in one Kansas city if they did not remove a cross from their welcome sign. Last year, the city of […]
Cranston, Rhode Island — An activist humanist group has filed a lawsuit against a Rhode Island florist for refusing to deliver flowers to a teenager that succeeded in having a 50-year-old prayer banner removed from the walls of her high school. The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) states that last year, after 16-year-old Jessica Ahlquist […]
Barron, Wisconsin — Government officials in a Wisconsin county have voted unanimously to continue with prayers at their monthly county board meetings despite threats from a national atheist organization to file a lawsuit over the matter. According to reports, citizens throughout Barron County recently turned out to the January board meeting to express their overwhelming […]
Cape Coral, Florida — A nationally-known atheist activist group is demanding that a city in Southwest Florida cease opening its council meetings with prayer. Although it would not disclose the name of the individual, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) says that it received a complaint from a Cape Coral resident who had attended a […]
Madison, Wisconsin — An atheist activist group from Wisconsin has filed a third lawsuit against the IRS, this time alleging that the federal tax organization is wrongfully engaging in a practice of “preferential treatment of churches.” The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) states that its main concern is that the organization has had to pay […]
A school district in Pennsylvania is continuing its battle against a well-known atheist group over a Ten Commandments monument that has been on display at a local middle school for over 50 years. Officials with the Connellsville Area School District in Southwest Pennsylvania filed paperwork in court this week to defend the monument, despite accusations […]
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is asking Barack Obama to ditch God and the Bible during his upcoming inauguration ceremony when he takes the oath of office for another four years as president. Following his re-election, the organization posted an open letter to Obama online, urging him to favor secularists during the ceremony and […]