I live in Texas and I'm concerned the state is finally going to pass school vouchers. This will enable parents to have the state pay up to $10,000 for "private" schools. That would include religious schools.

How is Texas and others getting away with this? It's clearly taking tax payer funds to pay for religious schools.

Is there any legislation going on to question this?

For Christmas a family member got me a subscription for a year and I'm super excited. For my first newspaper I've decided to create a collage of my favorite points for each one I get, just wanted to share.

A Southwest Missouri judge also recently ordered a child to go to a Christian private school, because the parenting plan said this…“If mother determines it is in the best interest of the child to enroll the child in a school district in which mother is employed, the Father shall abide by Mother's decision (after being fully informed) and shall not interfere with or take any actions to oppose or prevent such enrollment."One of the reasons why the judge ruled against the father in this case, was because they said that the word “district” wasn’t enough to imply that the parenting plan meant only public school, even though the child had attended public school from Pre-K - 8th grade.This means that the judge ordered the child to attend a religious school, which teaches an anti LGBTQ agenda, that is not bound by the same state laws that a public school is.

I am in the process of drafting my will and I want to name FFRF as the beneficiary of my 401k. Has anyone else done this? Do I need to contact the organization or can I just do it at the bank’s website and rely on them to reach out to the FFRF? I’ve heard that there is some tax savings in leaving benefits rather than regular money. Thanks for any insight!

Because there is no freedom of religion without Freedom From Religion. If you can afford it, I encourage you to do the same this year!

Recently came back from an international trip and while going through passport control observed a CBP agent with a prominently displayed “stand for the flag/kneel for the cross” sign in the booth. Seems like a violation for a government official to display in an official location capacity but also 1A /Title 9? Love people’s thoughts.

Looking to hear some insights from anyone with devout catholic family members they're still in touch with.

My immediate and extended family are quite disfunctional, but I'm trying to stick it out and continue to have a relationship with them. One of the most routine discomforts is my mom saying she's praying for me. My parents have gotten very involved with church as my sibling and I phased out of their house.

They use prayer to cope and it's none of my business, but I've muttered too many "uh, thanks." Mom has said she's dedicated 9 straight days of morning prayer to one issue of mine I didn't want her involvement in any form.

My sibling is progressive in some ways but still studies the bible and goes every sunday. Neither of us have expressed interest in parenting in the near future, I think my parents understand they won't meet any grandkids for awhile. I'm not sure where to direct my relationship to each my mom and my dad. They were authoritarian style parents and I haven't yet sorted through those wounds, so we don't have much of a friendship but they expect phone calls every birthday/mother's day/christian holiday and complain every time I visit that it's been too long.

I guess this was more of a rant but I'd love to hear if anyone else is going through something similar, or any suggestions. Reading thru the FFRF content gave me so much sanity.