ACLU Asserts Police Department Is Violating Constitution by Posting Scripture to Social MediaSeptember 15, 2017 — ICC Note: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) recently contacted the mayor of Mounds, Oklahoma, sharing its concerns over a local police department’s social media page. The ACLU suggested that...
‘Attacks on Religious Liberty’ in US Increased 133 Percent in Last 5 Years, Report SaysSeptember 13, 2017 — ICC Note: According to a new report from the First Liberty Institute, the United States has seen a 133% increase in “attacks on religious liberty” in the past five years...
City Sells Land Surrounding Cross to Private Foundation to Bring Closure to Complaint from Atheist GroupSeptember 12, 2017 — ICC Note: Following a recent complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), a city in Missouri sold a plot of public land that contained a cross display to a...
School Removes Cafeteria Plaque Thanking God for Food Following Complaint from Atheist GroupSeptember 8, 2017 — ICC Note: Following a letter of complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), a Virginia elementary school has taken down a plaque from its cafeteria. The plaque in question...
Texas Churches Sue FEMA over Policy Banning Churches from Receiving Harvey Disaster ReliefSeptember 7, 2017 — ICC Note: Three Texas churches have filed suit against FEMA regarding its policy of denying aid to religious institutions following the recent destruction from Hurricane Harvey. Although FEMA reportedly uses...
Atheist Activist Group Asks Sen. Marco Rubio to Stop Tweeting Bible VersesAugust 30, 2017 — ICC Note: The Freedom From Religion Foundation recently issued a letter of complaint, requesting that Senator Marco Rubio refrain from posting Bible verses through his official Twitter account. Although the...
Atheist Group Scolds Governor for Lamenting Bible’s Removal from SchoolsAugust 25, 2017 — ICC Note: The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently stated that the Bible is a “violent, racist book” when the governor of Kentucky publicly spoke in favor of Bibles being...
Court Rules High School Football Coach Cannot Pray on the FieldAugust 24, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, Washington high school football coach Joe Kennedy was suspended from his position for refusing to comply with the school’s orders to cease post-game prayers on...
23 States, 24 Members of Congress Join Supreme Court Briefs in Support of Ten Commandments MonumentAugust 22, 2017 — ICC Note: In response to a lawsuit over a Ten Commandments monument on public property in New Mexico, 23 states and 24 congressmen have filed briefs requesting that the Supreme...
New Mexico Public School Paints Over Scripture Mural Following ComplaintAugust 21, 2017 — ICC Note: Following a letter of complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a public school in New Mexico has decided to paint over a mural that includes a Scripture...
US Secretary of State Takes Aim Global Failure to Stop Persecution in New Religious Freedom ReportAugust 18, 2017 — ICC Note: In conjunction with the US State Department’s 2016 International Religious Freedom Report, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has spoken out to condemn global religious persecution. He specifically denounced...
County Board Votes to Temporarily Cover ‘Keep God’s Commandments’ Lettering Following ComplaintAugust 14, 2017 — ICC Note: Following a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a county board of supervisors in Nelson County, VA decided to temporarily cover lettering that reads “Keep God’s Commandments”...
Mayor Defies Atheist Group’s Demands, Vows to Keep Bible Verse on Courthouse WallJuly 31, 2017 — ICC Note: At the end of June, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) contacted the mayor of Henderson County, Tennessee, regarding the inscription of a Bible verse on a county...
Tennessee Police Department to Relocate Scripture Plaque Following Complaint from Activist GroupJuly 28, 2017 — ICC Note: Following a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation, a Tennessee police department has decided to move a plaque displaying Romans 8:31. The group asserted that the plaque...
Family Removes Roadside Cross Memorializing Mother Who Died in Crash Following Atheist ComplaintJuly 21, 2017 — ICC Note: As previously reported, the Freedom From Religion Foundation recently contacted a mayor in Oregon regarding a roadside cross, honoring a mother who died in a crash, which they...
Atheist Group Stops Church from Handing out Flyers During State-Affiliated Hunter’s Safety ClassJuly 20, 2017 — ICC Note: The Freedom From Religion Foundation recently issued a letter of complaint to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department regarding a church’s involvement in a state-affiliated hunting safety...
