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The Freedom From Religion Foundation and the FFRFMCC Bring Campaign to Stop Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse to Chicago
Through the help of a generous donation from a Chicago-area individual who was abused as a teenager by a Catholic priest, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and its Chicago chapter (FFRFMCC) have brought a campaign to call for a stop to child sex abuse by clergy to Chicago. Our initial attempts to run full page […]
Secular Holiday Greetings Return to Chicagoland
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is proud to announce the placement of three separate Winter Solstice displays for 2018, designed to provide the non-religious point-of-view in celebrating the holiday season. At top, our sixth year bringing secular holiday greetings to Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza, is our multi-faceted display intended to counter a life-size Christian creche […]
“Freethought Matters” TV Program Coming to the Chicago Market!
The national Freedom From Religion Foundation recently announced they will be expanding market coverage of their weekly television program, “Freethought Matters.” Beginning September 2nd, the show will now air in three new cities: Portland, OR – KRCW-CW (Ch 32), Sunday at 9:00 a.m Sacramento, CA – KQCA-MY (58), Sunday at 8:30 a.m Chicago, IL – […]
The FFRFMCC to Co-Sponsor Roy Zimmerman in Concert!
The FFRFMCC is proud to announce it will be co-sponsoring next month’s Second Saturday Coffeehouse at the Ethical Humanist Society of Chicago. The evening will feature progressive satirical singer/songwriter Roy Zimmerman, who will be in town on his current national tour, ReZist. ReZist is ninety minutes of Roy Zimmerman’s original songs, a funny and forceful […]
FFRFMCC Once Again Protests Catholic Prayer Shrine in Chicago
During the Christian “holy week” each year, a Catholic prayer shrine appears in Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza, where an organization called the Divine Mercy Project injects its Catholic religious beliefs on to government property, turning the Plaza into a church sanctuary and calling for all good citizens of Chicago to convert to Catholicism. At the same […]
2017 FFRFMCC Non-Theist Winter Holiday Displays Proudly Share The Secular Voice!
The FFRF Daley Center Plaza display in Chicago was erected on Tuesday, November 21st. Our 5 foot lighted Dawkins Scarlet “A” (for atheism) sign is now perched atop our Founding Fathers Nativity/Winter Solstice banners, and adorned in festive garland. At North School Park in Arlington Heights, we are now proudly displaying the […]
Chicago Police Department Should Not Be Mixing Religion With Official Business
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has been made aware of what they consider to be serious violations of the Establishment Clause by the Chicago Police Department. Being brought into question are the mandatory religious activities taking place during graduate ceremonies of police officers. These include an invocation and benediction, with officers present ordered to remove […]
FFRFMCC Erects Annual Spring Display to Protest Catholic Prayer Shrine in Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza
On Thursday, April 13th, the FFRFMCC with its member volunteers erected our protest of a Catholic prayer shrine which goes up each year during the Christian “holy week” by the Divine Mercy Project at Chicago’s Daley Center Plaza. The shrine includes a large wooden Latin cross, a 9-foot banner of Jesus, and “kneelers” for people […]
Secular Winter Solstice Displays Receive Little Holiday Cheer Again This Year
While the Christians cry the about the “war on Christmas,” and cite religious persecution against their beliefs, it is the non-theist point-of-view that typically tries to be silenced, especially during the holiday season by those who reject reason. 2016 was a particularly damaging year to secular Winter Solstice displays as the Freedom From Religion Foundation […]
Secular Holiday Displays Back Up For 2016!
Thanks to our wonderful team of volunteers, the FFRFMCC holiday displays are up once again in both Chicago Daley Center Plaza and North School Park in Arlington Heights. In Daley Center Plaza, our 8 1/2 foot x 8 1/2 foot Dawkins scarlet “A” (for atheism) sign is shining bright with over 100 seasonal red lights, […]
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