Category: News
New Supreme Court Ruling Decimates Church-State Separation
In a 5–4 ruling on the morning of June 30, 2020, the Supreme Court did incalculable damage to the separation of church and state in the case of Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue. The decision forces American taxpayers to pay for religious indoctrination, gutting the protections in both the United States Constitution and in No …
Case Closed—CFI Wins Right for Secular Celebrants in Michigan
Secular celebrants are now permitted to officiate and solemnize marriages in Michigan, after state’s attorney general Dana Nessel reversed the government’s opposition to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Inquiry (CFI). Promising that the state considers CFI-trained and certified Secular Celebrants covered by existing statutes regarding marriage solemnization, the presiding federal court brought the …
First Marker for Freethought Site
For the first time, a freethinkers’ meeting site has received an official historical marker. The William G. Pomeroy Foundation funds roadside historical markers in New York (the state no longer does so). Working with Town of Huron Historian Rosa Fox, in 2019 the Pomeroy Foundation delivered a marker for the James Madison Cosad farmstead, the …
FI NOW ACCEPTING DIGITAL ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS
Free Inquiry now welcomes digital submission of unsolicited articles. In the past, unsolicited articles had to be sent by postal mail (three copies with an electronic copy on CD or thumb drive). This method is still available for those who prefer it, but unsolicited articles can now be submitted online. All article submissions will be …
Atheist Law Student Killed in Bangladesh
Another Bangladeshi secularist is slaughtered in broad daylight.
CFI to Merge with the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science
CFI and the Richard Dawkins Foundation merge, creating the nation’s largest freethought organization.