In its ninth major lawsuit challenging the “faith-based initiative,” the Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a lawsuit May 5, 2006 in federal court challenging faith-based prison programs at the Federal …
FFRF Halts University of Minnesota “Faith/Health” Entanglement (September 7, 2006)
The University of Minnesota agreed in September 2006 to drop plans to sponsor a “faith health leadership course” after removing itself from a “faith health consortium,” in response to a …
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FFRF Stops Dept. of Education Grant to Alaskan Bible College (October 7, 2005)
Federal funds of $435,000 earmarked for Alaska Christian College, as well as remaining funds from a previous federal grant, were suspended on Oct. 7, 2005, by the U.S. Department of …
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FFRF Challenges Emory University Grant (January 11, 2005)
Emory University received a $1.5 million federal grant from Health and Human Service, announced in October 2002, to support faith-based community health programs across the country. Emory’s Interfaith Health Program …
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FFRF Challenges Funding of MentorKids (January 11, 2005)
The lawsuit sought a court order to HHS to discontinue funding MentorKids, as well as an order to enjoin HHS from “further disbursement of funding to faith-based mentoring groups until …
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FFRF Wins Ten Commandments Case (January 3, 2005)
In February 2004, the Freedom From Religion Foundation won its challenge of a Ten Commandments monument in a public park in La Crosse, Wis., and the city’s convoluted attempt to …
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FFRF Wins Montana Faith-based Challenge (October 26, 2004)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation filed a federal lawsuit in April 2003 challenging the funding and merger of two Montana state offices with the “Montana Faith-Health Cooperative.” The Foundation and …
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FFRF Wins “Scopes II” in Rhea County, TN (June 7, 2004)
On June 7, 2004, the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled in favor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation and its plaintiffs, challenging 51 years of unlawful …
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FFRF Wins First Faith-based Challenge (January 8, 2002)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation took and won the fully adjudicated federal lawsuit challenging direct funding of a faith-based agency in 2002. The Foundation challenged the government funding of Faith …
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