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We're proud to support the next generation of freethinkers. This year's FFRF student essay contest winners received a collective $81,500 in scholarships. Congrats to the winners! 🥳🥂 Stay tuned for more essay contest news in November and March. Full Results ➡️ #[ffrf.us/4yI11zY

Is it permissible to teach the Ten Commandments in public school? Should religious exemptions to vaccines be allowed? FFRF Legal Counsel Chris Line joins Jay Friedenberg for an in-depth talk on the blurring divide between state and church. Listen ➡️ ffrf.us/4ip0QUj

Christian nationalism doesn't need to become a full-blown theocracy to be dangerous. When government promotes Christianity in schools and uses religious beliefs to restrict our rights, the threat is already here. We must fight back before it becomes the norm.

Author and #ffrfcon26 speaker Kate Cohen (left) joins Upstate N.Y. Freethinkers, a chapter of FFRF, for a group photo in Milwaukee. FFRF chapters help members build community with like-minded people — and community begets nationwide change. Learn more ➡ #[ffrf.us/4dZcPqi

Today is #VoteEarlyDay! There's never been a better time to show up in droves and prove to the Christian nationalists in power what the people really want. What's your early voting plan? Learn more at voteearlyday.org ➡️ ffrf.us/4hPVTVu

America is not a Christian nation. It was never founded as one. That doesn't stop 45% of Americans from saying we *should be* a Christian nation. This election is our chance to show up loudly on the side of secular democracy. Vote Nov. 3, or vote early today in most states. ffrf.us/vote

Our rights don't come from your god or anyone else's. They’re protected by a secular Constitution, not granted by a supernatural being. If rights came from God, they’d depend on whose god you believe in. That’s precisely why separating religion and government matters.

There’s a third option: Reject this insane religious fearmongering and live a free life without worrying about imaginary threats of eternal torture.

The White House belongs to Americans of every religion and no religion. If they want to turn it into a megachurch, the least they could do is start paying property taxes.

Christian nationalism in a nutshell: political loyalty as a test of religious legitimacy.

After decades of sexual abuse scandals, Catholic leaders still seem more concerned with punishing those who reject their authority than holding abusers accountable. A damning indictment of an institution that claims to be a moral authority.

Only five false claims in a minute? David Barton would be disappointed. Those are rookie numbers.

Vote like your rights depend on it — because they do. In a chaotic #midterms election season like no other, the message rings truer than ever before. What are your #voting plans? 🗳️ Leave a comment, ask three friends. Tell them the time is now to protect our secular democracy. ffrf.us/vote

This is how authoritarianism gets wrapped in religion. When a politician is seen as doing God’s work, questioning him becomes questioning God. That’s a dangerous mindset in a democracy. No leader is divinely appointed or above accountability.

Children need love, stability, security and support. None of those things requires two biological parents. Plenty of single parents, adoptive parents and same-sex couples raise wonderful kids. The obsession with one “biblical” family model ignores what actually matters.

They’re not even pretending this is about religious freedom anymore. They’re openly discussing plans to seize political power and impose their religious ideology on everyone else. When Christian nationalists tell us what they intend to do, we should believe them.

Religious freedom should never be a shield for child abuse or medical neglect. When faith conflicts with a child’s right to live, protecting the child must come first. No religious belief should ever override that responsibility.

New survey: 83% of nonreligious Americans see empathy as a core moral value, compared to just 42% of white evangelicals. If compassion threatens your religious worldview, perhaps the problem isn’t compassion. religionnews.com/2026/10/20/a...

Religious organizations shouldn’t get a free pass when it comes to government oversight. If faith-based groups are exploiting vulnerable workers, they should face the same scrutiny and accountability as anyone else. Religious freedom is not a license to break the law.

Radical Islam is dangerous, but its presence in the U.S. is relatively small. Christian nationalism, meanwhile, has substantial political influence and seeks to enshrine religious beliefs into law. One is a fringe movement here. The other has a seat at the table of power.

OUR Religion? WE don't have a religion. The Constitution protects everyone’s right to practice their religion, change their religion, or reject religion altogether.

The most dangerous thing about blind faith is that it can convince otherwise decent people to commit unimaginable atrocities while believing they’re doing God’s will. There is no belief so sacred that it should be beyond questioning.

If this is the best plan Christian nationalists have for bringing America back to Jesus, we're feeling pretty optimistic about the future of secularism. christianpost.com/news/kid-roc...

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a proud partner of #VoteEarlyDay (Oct 24) — because when we vote early, we send a message of defiance to the Christian nationalists in power. Learn more at voteearlyday.org ➡️ #[ffrf.us/4hPVTVu

The Botkin sisters deserve credit for admitting the harm they caused. But they were teenagers when religious fundamentalists used them to promote female submission. The real problem is an ideology that treats women’s independence as rebellion and their subjugation as virtue.

Your freedom from prison should never depend on surrendering your freedom of religion. Kudos to American Atheists and Colorado advocates for securing this important victory. Recovery should be about getting help, not being coerced into religious participation.

Celebrating "No Kings" today at FFRF Convention!

At #FFRFCon26 @rephuffman.bsky.social and @pocan.house.gov talked about Huffman's new book: "No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism." Here's them after their talk with FFRF Co-Presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker.

At the panel "The Next Generation of Humanism" with Drew McCoy at #ffrfcon26 some attendees gave some great advice on how to keep younger people coming to humanist communities: feed them and give them something meaningful to do!

Spanish-born actor Antonio Banderas (The Mask of Zorro, Evita, Puss in Boots) is a self-described agnostic. More #HispanicHeritageMonth freethinkers ➡️ ffrf.us/473HBtY

I’m not sure you understand what “science,” “truth,” or even “understand” mean. But confidently misusing all three in one sentence is impressive.

Don't miss the latest episode of Stress Test (also on your podcast apps), in which @garrisonhayes.bsky.social and @kieraevebutler.bsky.social discuss Christian nationalism, Hegseth, and the need to reclaim empathy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg2s... And subscribe to our YouTube channel, pretty please.

And when people put God above human rights, equality, science, and the Constitution, everything else suffers. We’ve seen what happens when religion takes priority over people. That’s why secular government matters.

Apparently, in Mark Meckler’s version of “sane times,” Christians get religious liberty and everyone else gets tarred and feathered.

We need criminal justice advice from people who believe humanity deserves punishment because someone ate fruit, an innocent man had to die for everyone’s sins, and eternal torture is a just punishment for disbelief? Yeah, what could possibly go wrong? christianpost.com/voices/why-c...

An early champion of gay rights and liberal causes, Linda Ronstadt has affirmed her atheism in many interviews, including after a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease that has taken away her singing voice. More #HispanicHeritageMonth freethinkers ➡️ ffrf.us/473HBtY

Being LGBTQ isn’t a fad. Using religion to justify bigotry against LGBTQ people is a centuries-old tradition that should have died out long ago. www.christianpost.com/voices/is-th...

Imagine being so terrified of a teenage girl playing a fictional character that you’d rather cancel an entire musical than let students enjoy the arts. This isn’t protecting children. It’s punishing them to appease right-wing extremists.

The choice isn’t between Christian nationalism and “atheistic globalism.” It’s between a free society with equal rights and a theocracy ruled by religious zealots. We cannot let Christian nationalists take away our constitutional freedoms.

Nothing says “Christian love” quite like threatening violence because someone exercised their First Amendment rights. Christian nationalists love religious freedom until someone else exercises it.

Science doesn’t require eyewitnesses. It requires evidence. And unlike your creation myth, dinosaurs left behind millions of years’ worth of it.

What exactly is a “constitutional faith”? That’s not a legal category. You’re just making things up. Many Christian nationalists advocate beliefs that directly contradict the Constitution. Does that mean Christianity isn’t a “constitutional faith” either?

We're suing the Trump administration. Americans deserve to know how much of our tax dollars were misused to promote a Christian nationalist worship service. Read more ➡️ ffrf.us/4dAp1O3

Oh really? That’s weird, because the Constitution explicitly prohibits religious tests for public office. So who should we believe about America’s founding principles: a pastor spouting nonsense about our history or the actual Constitution?

Texas taxpayers are being forced to subsidize private religious schools that can discriminate against the very families footing the bill. This isn’t “school choice.” It’s a taxpayer-funded giveaway to religious institutions and wealthy special interests. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/07/o...

We’ll take him over: “Local Man Insists Morality Must Come From a 2,000-Year-Old Book, Outraged That Society Has Progressed Beyond Its Endorsement of Slavery, Subjugation of Women, and Barbaric Punishments.” babylonbee.com/news/local-m...

It’s remarkable how quickly “the sanctity of life” goes out the window when cruelty becomes the point. These religious zealots claim to have a monopoly on morality, yet they seem far more interested in celebrating suffering than preventing it.

You’re claiming to defend the Bill of Rights while demanding that the government ban an entire religion. The irony is staggering. The First Amendment protects Muslims, Christians, atheists and everyone else. Religious freedom isn't reserved for people who share your beliefs.