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Court brief takes on anti-trans Indiana public school teacher

November 10, 2021

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is filing an appeals court brief on behalf of the Secular Student Alliance, in support of an Indiana school district’s actions to rein in discrimination against transgender students by a religious music teacher. After Brownsburg High School…

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SSA Freethought Backbone Awardee and Atheist Icon, Bobby Kirkhart Died

November 2, 2021

Bobbie Kirkhart died on October 31, 2021, in her home in Los Angeles, CA. She was 78 years old. For nearly four decades, Bobbie was a fixture in atheist movement building. She served as President of both Atheist Alliance International…

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Secular Student Alliance v. U.S. Department of Education

August 19, 2021

  On August 19, 2021, the U.S. Department of Education announced that it is reviewing and anticipates rescinding parts of a regulation enacted by the Trump administration that, among other things, forces universities to financially support religious student groups that discriminate.…

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