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Posts from the ‘Freethought Newswire’ Category

Heretic on the Hill: Making the Swamp Great Again for Christians on 2024-08-01

Church partisanship warrants CRA scrutiny on 2024-08-01

Advance human rights and uphold the duty of religious neutrality: Pre-Budget 2025 response on 2024-08-01

Members share their priorities for the upcoming election on 2024-08-01

Consent underlies religious and privacy rights: Our arguments for the BC Court of Appeal on 2024-08-01

The Olympics, child marriage, and a freedom of speech violation on 2024-08-01

A Royal Divorce on 2024-08-01

Sunnis and Shias… on 2024-08-01

Iran has a new president… on 2024-08-01

The Power of Humanism: Building a Better Tomorrow at AHACON24 on 2024-08-01

At UN, Italian humanists spotlight issues of reproductive rights, LGBTI+ rights, and assisted dying on 2024-08-01

Nigeria: UN Working Group concludes Mubarak Bala’s detention is arbitrary on 2024-08-01

At UN, Humanists highlight strides and shortcomings with Maltese human rights review on 2024-08-01

At UN, Humanists call attention to war crimes in Myanmar on 2024-08-01

At UN, Humanists call for Nigeria to strengthen education and policies against harmful traditional practices on 2024-08-01

Humanists UK celebrates the end of the Rwanda deportation scheme on 2024-07-15

BC municipalities ‘prayer-free’ as Parksville commits to religious neutrality in future meetings on 2024-07-14

Non-religious Prime Ministers: a history on 2024-07-14

New Church of England plan to evangelise pupils who don’t even go to its schools on 2024-07-14

Louisiana Ten Commandments lawsuit plaintiffs seek preliminary injunction on 2024-07-14

FFRF curbs graduation prayer in Tenn. middle school on 2024-07-14

Democracy on 2024-07-13

FFRF demands Champaign, Ill., school district stop collaborating with religious group on 2024-07-13

Heretic on the Hill: Ten Commandments, Nine Justices, and the First Amendment on 2024-07-11

Humanists UK mourns longstanding member and activist John White on 2024-07-11

Northern Ireland Humanists publishes parties’ policies on humanist issues – General Election 2024 on 2024-07-10

Lady Hale: Lack of assisted dying law is ‘cruel’ on 2024-07-10

FFRF: Iowa court’s abortion ban disenfranchises women on 2024-07-10

Dissent Dispatch v9 on 2024-07-09

Eritrean humanists facing persecution – Humanists UK at the UN on 2024-07-09

Project 2025 vs. The U.S. Department of Education on 2024-07-08

FFRF debuts new ad during presidential debate, MSNBC this week on 2024-07-08

Extreme Christian conservatives targeting LGBT rights, humanists tell UN on 2024-07-08

‘We Dissent’: Reproductive Rights with guest Maya Rupert on 2024-07-08

India: Humanists sign open letter on behalf of Narendra Nayak on 2024-07-08

BREAKING NEWS: FFRF, coalition sues over La. law requiring public schools to display 10 Commandments on 2024-07-07

At UN, Humanists International highlights support for LGBTI+ persons and condemns attacks on their rights on 2024-07-07

Breaking: FFRF will combat Okla. Supt. Walters’ religion-in-school schemes on 2024-07-06

Humanists International supports 13 global humanist projects in 2024 on 2024-07-06

FFRF welcomes Supreme Court’s EMTALA ruling allowing life-saving abortion care . . . for now on 2024-07-05

FFRF to Tenn. police department: Paint over religious verse on 2024-07-04

FFRF billboard aids Amarillo repro rights campaign on 2024-07-03

FFRF preparing for Supreme Court gender affirming care case on 2024-07-03

General Election: Humanists UK publishes parties’ policies on humanist issues on 2024-07-02

Dissent Dispatch: volume 8 on 2024-07-02

FFRF and others welcome Okla. Supreme Court blocking nation’s first religious public charter school on 2024-07-02

Decade since historic assisted dying ruling on 2024-07-02

Addressing Food Production and Insecurity in America on 2024-07-01

FFRF debuts new ad during presidential debate, MSNBC this week on 2024-07-01

‘We Dissent’: Reproductive Rights with guest Maya Rupert on 2024-06-30

Secular Coalition for America Condemns Louisiana’s Unconstitutional Mandate to Display Ten Commandments in Public Schools on 2024-06-23

This One’s Not About Flags Again on 2024-06-23

Humanists UK responds to faith school cap and special academies consultation on 2024-06-23

Diolch! 600 attend summer festival of humanism in Cardiff on 2024-06-23

Creationism being taught in Welsh schools on 2024-06-23

Mark Drakeford highlights Wales’ humanist values at Humanists UK Convention 2024 in Cardiff on 2024-06-23

Success! Scottish Parliament votes to implement abortion safe access zones on 2024-06-23

Helpline heroes | Interview with Lya, Faith to Faithless volunteer on 2024-06-23

Labour Manifesto promises on 2024-06-23

FFRF applauds legislation to repeal Comstock Act on 2024-06-23

FFRF, coalition to file lawsuit against new Louisiana 10 Commandments law on 2024-06-23

FFRF persuades Robeson County, N.C., education board to stop prayer on 2024-06-23

FFRF puts Mississippi school district on secular course on 2024-06-23

FFRF asks Colo. town council to end preferential treatment of local church on 2024-06-23

Dissent Dispatch: volume 7 on 2024-06-23

Terrace caps property tax exemptions on 2024-06-23

Humanists welcome lawsuit against St Paul’s MAID obstructions on 2024-06-23

Hungary: humanist takes case of unfair dismissal to Supreme Court on 2024-06-23

Kenya: Atheist society recognised on national stage despite legal challenge on 2024-06-23

Historic humanist wedding in Lithuania gathers more than 21,000 signatures on 2024-06-23

Humanists International launches Humanist Pledge for 2024 European Elections on 2024-06-23

Philippines: HAPI’s youth training program completes successful run on 2024-06-23

Young humanists drive change in Peru on 2024-06-23

Advocacy group fights human rights abuses against alleged ‘witches’ in Africa on 2024-06-23

Humanists Brazil launches pioneering e-book on humanism on 2024-06-23

Nigeria: Court of Appeal reduces sentence of Mubarak Bala on 2024-06-23

Humanist Conference in Singapore: Exploring Secularism and Interfaith Harmony on 2024-06-23

FFRF demands judicial reforms after Alito wishes for ‘godliness’ in America on 2024-06-15

FFRF: Supreme Court does bare minimum in tossing mifepristone case on 2024-06-15

International Humanist Association: An exciting congress* on 2024-06-14

Dissent Dispatch: volume 6 on 2024-06-12

Dissent Dispatch: volume PRIDE on 2024-06-12

Humanist pledges in Green Manifesto on 2024-06-12

Bill to remove bishop from Isle of Man Parliament moves forward on 2024-06-12

Conservative Manifesto promises on 2024-06-12

Millions of pounds spent by Church of England to evangelise school children on 2024-06-12

Slovenians back assisted dying in referendum on 2024-06-12

Humanist pledges in Lib Dem manifesto on 2024-06-12

Concern for women’s rights as first ‘Sikh court’ established on 2024-06-12

Northern Ireland passes symbolic motion to ban conversion therapy on 2024-06-12

All-star cast leads celebration for LGBT Humanists 45th anniversary on 2024-06-12

The Catholic Church’s data on social selection in its schools was debunked over a decade ago on 2024-06-12

Education Secretary accepted donations from Catholic Church on 2024-06-12

Secular Student Alliance partners with The Satanic Temple for After School Satan Club on 2024-06-12

Heretic on the Hill: Raskin to the Rescue on 2024-06-12

To the Honorable Merrick B. Garland Regarding the Judicial Recusal of Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas on 2024-06-12

FFRF calls out Texas school district for bible distribution on 2024-06-12

FFRF frees Tenn. schoolkids from coercive religious handouts on 2024-06-12

FFRF continues to take strong stand on Alito and Thomas on 2024-06-12

FFRF welcomes court decision to halt unprecedented ‘religious liberty training’ order on 2024-06-12

Indians have voted to save the world’s largest secular democracy on 2024-06-12

Victory! FFRF keeps Minn. school district free from Ten Commandments on 2024-06-12

FFRF, others obtain court win in challenge to nation’s first religious public charter school on 2024-06-12

FFRF, Satanic Temple plan to distribute materials in Park County, Colo., schools on 2024-06-12

BCHA urges swift passage of Bill S-251 to end corporal punishment on 2024-06-12

Vancouver concedes 2022 prayers breached duty of neutrality on 2024-06-12

Coalition including FFRF seek injunction to block Okla. religious public charter school on 2024-06-02

Missouri school district halts graduation prayer after FFRF insistence on 2024-06-02

Prayers end in MD of Bonnyville following BCHA advocacy on 2024-06-02

AHA Chapters Spread Humanism with 2024 Grants on 2024-06-02

FFRF urges Va. school district to rein in prayerful lacrosse coach on 2024-05-29

FFRF: La. abortion pill ban signals escalated crusade to abolish abortion on 2024-05-29

Appointment of New Board Members on 2024-05-29

Welcome new Board Chair, Dr. Ryan Bodanyi on 2024-05-29

Home for the Holidays on 2024-05-29

A Lawyer In Drag In Texas on 2024-05-29

GOP Candidates Shutting Out GEN Z and Millennials in Presidential Debate on 2024-05-29

Announcing the Appointment of New SSA Board Members on 2024-05-29

Faith-Based Outreach: Open Letter to Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on 2024-05-29

Senator Steele (AZ) Testimony on Clergy-Penitent Privilege bill on 2024-05-28

ASEO Hot Takes: Reflections on January 6 on 2024-05-28

Celebrating Inclusion and Diversity on 2024-05-28

“Freethought Matters” spring finale: Dan goes to Oxford to debate God delusion on 2024-05-24

FFRF reports Calif. Pastor Tim Thompson to IRS for electioneering infractions on 2024-05-24

FFRF: Minn. school district must reject Ten Commandments proposal on 2024-05-24

FFRF calls out Tenn. school district for unconstitutional reading assignment on 2024-05-24

FFRF: Alito must go — he should resign or be impeached on 2024-05-24

FFRF commends Calif. school district’s swift action to protect atheist students on 2024-05-24

Christian domination of US religious freedom agency undercuts purpose on 2024-05-24

FFRF shuts down proselytizing teacher in Raleigh County, W.V. on 2024-05-24

FFRF to Ala. school district: Stop gaslighting over your religious assembly on 2024-05-24

FFRF TV show pays tribute to acclaimed philosopher Daniel Dennett on 2024-05-24

Heretic on the Hill: Tell Speaker Johnson You Oppose His Anti-Establishment Clause Bill on 2024-05-20

Heretic on the Hill: “To govern is to choose.” Who do you want choosing? on 2024-05-20

Heretic on the Hill: Hat Tip to the Deep State on 2024-05-20

Heretic on the Hill: Secular Advocates Plus Jamie Raskin Mean Lobby Day Success on 2024-05-20

Our Letter to Senator Hawley re Christian Nationalism on 2024-05-20

Heretic on the Hill: The Worst House Chaplain Ever, Plus History on 2024-05-20

SCS Demands End to Taxpayer Funding Of Ontario RC Schools on 2024-05-20

SCS Monitors Religious Bias in Calgary Police Service on 2024-05-20

In Progress ~ En Cours on 2024-05-20

Successes Great and Small ~ Les succès, grands et petits on 2024-05-20

Meet the New CFE Intern: Jada Majied on 2024-05-20

Spring into Action: 3 Ways to Be a Better Humanist on 2024-05-20

SWoA Celebrates the Power of Community Action on 2024-05-20

Humanist Groups Making Change and Building Community in 2023 on 2024-05-20

It’s Secular Awards Season in Washington on 2024-05-17

Psychology in the Snow: Reflections on Mental Wellness in the North on 2024-05-17

What is the NAKBA? The history of the “Catastrophe” Islamists use to justify genocide against Israel on 2024-05-17

President’s report to the 2024 Annual General Meeting on 2024-05-17

Looking to 2024 on 2024-05-17

Further delays for MAID for mental illness betrays patients on 2024-05-17

Access to MAID should not cater to faith-based interests on 2024-05-17

Eight Alberta municipalities include unconstitutional prayers at council meetings on 2024-05-17

FFRF asks Idaho school board to end unconstitutional prayer practice on 2024-05-17

FFRF calls out Tulare, Calif., teacher for insulting atheist student on 2024-05-17

FFRF applauds Washington AG’s commitment to clergy sex abuse investigation on 2024-05-17

FFRF: Why Billy Graham statue does not belong in U.S. Capitol on 2024-05-17

Inappropriate religious distribution at La. elementary school crossed line on 2024-05-17

FFRF victory: Minn. jail ‘repaints and repents’ over Ten Commandments display on 2024-05-17

FFRF, other secular groups host first congressional Reason Reception with wit and humor on 2024-05-17

Katherine Stewart dissects Christian nationalism on new FFRF TV episode on 2024-05-17

FFRF defends free speech after Va. school board targets student expression on 2024-05-17

Alabama principal proudly violates students’ rights ‘for Jesus’ on 2024-05-17

‘Scouting America’ — except atheists and other nonbelievers? on 2024-05-17

FFRF demands Birmingham (Ala.) Police Department end coercive staff prayer on 2024-05-17

Global report highlights blasphemy charges worldwide on 2024-05-17

FFRF calls out Orange County (Fla.) schools’ embrace of Christian nationalism on 2024-05-17

FFRF deplores record-breaking number of book bans on 2024-05-17

FFRF ‘unabashed atheist’ Ron Reagan ad airing on Taylor Tomlinson show on 2024-05-17

Children deserve protection too: BCHA brief on Bill C-273 on 2024-05-06

BCHA set to sue Vancouver over inaugural prayer on 2024-05-06

Parliamentary report reflects calls to protect human rights in CSJ program on 2024-05-06

Secularists applaud Wab Kinew’s pledge to reform Manitoba legislature prayer on 2024-05-06

Launching legal action against the City of Parksville’s council prayer on 2024-05-06

Embrace the Electric Monk Initiative on 2024-05-06

Delays threaten MAID expansion on 2024-05-06

FFRF hails new Ariz. law repealing archaic abortion court ban on 2024-05-06

Multiple speakers provide diverse treats on FFRF TV show on 2024-05-06

No forcing religion on people in jail, FFRF asks Minn. county jail officials on 2024-05-06

FFRF co-sponsors Capitol Hill reception for National Day of Reason on 2024-05-06

Stop your prayers, FFRF admonishes N.C. school board on 2024-05-06

FFRF condemns new Georgia private school voucher scheme on 2024-05-06

Earth Day warning: 10th hottest month in a row requires action on 2024-05-06

Measles spikes — here we go again! Repeal religious vaccination exemptions on 2024-05-06