Providing a voice for the freethought community, two secular holiday displays were erected to counter religious imagery that appears annually on the grounds of halls of government. Religious organizations, for many years, have coerced local municipalities into creating public forums, so that they can use secular, taxpayer property to force their superstitious beliefs on all […]
The Metropolitan Chicago Chapter has again placed the annual Freedom From Religion Foundation-sponsored Winter Solstice exhibits throughout the Chicago area to ensure the secular viewpoint is represented during this festive time of year. They are also designed to counter religious imagery appearing on government property. Featured above in Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza is the Bill […]
By: Tom Cara, Associate Executive Director, FFRFMCC The Freedom From Religion Foundation and its Metropolitan Chicago Chapter, for over 10 years now, has been tasked with reminding religious groups that its blatant and unwanted proselytizing is NOT something that should be done on secular taxpayer property. The founding fathers of this country went to great […]
By: Tom Cara, Associate Executive Director, FFRFMCC “God has a plan for everything…” This is the “go-to” phrase for many people of religious faith when they cannot explain why their revered deity would allow for so much pain and suffering in our natural world. And that this deity, as some believe, is also the true […]
A Presentation by FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor The Metropolitan Chicago Chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation is extremely pleased to announce it will be hosting a speaking engagement by FFRF Co-President, Annie Laurie Gaylor. As co-founder of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, Annie Laurie Gaylor helped launch the organization with her mother, Anne […]
After a three year absence, the FFRFMCC has once again erected FFRF’s counter protest to a Catholic shrine, which has been disrespecting our constitutional principle of the separation between state and church with its proselytizing messages on secular taxpayer property. The religious display has been placed at Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza for several years during […]
Through tremendous help from the national Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Metropolitan Chicago Chapter is proud to bring a secular advertising campaign back to Chicago. FRFMCC Executive Director Tom Cara worked closely with national FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor to begin 2021 with its third billboard campaign since the chapter’s founding in 2012. The artwork, […]
The Freedom From Religion Foundation Metropolitan Chicago Chapter is asking President-Elect Joe Biden to drop religion in his presidential oath of office at his inauguration. President-Elect Joe Biden emphasized during his campaign a promise to heal the divisions within our nation, and to be a president for all the people and not just those who […]
Submitted by: Ray Stefanski, Physicist, FFRF and FFRFMCC Life Member As we enjoy the festive season during the annual celebration of the Winter Solstice, this will be a special year when two astronomical events are due by the end of this final month of 2020. A total solar eclipse will occur on December 14th, visible […]
Though our annual presence in challenging religious imagery on government property is somewhat less than in the past during this very strange year we have had, we now have two secular holiday displays up for viewing this season. The Freedom From Religion Foundation’s “Bill of Rights Nativity” was erected at North School Park in Arlington […]
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