Archive for May, 2017

Chicago Police Department Should Not Be Mixing Religion With Official Business

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 […]

When A Religion Seeks Special Privileges, Is It Getting More Than It Bargained For?

When A Religion Seeks Special Privileges, Is It Getting More Than It Bargained For?

Submitted by:  Tom Cara, Director, FFRFMCC In their ongoing quest to undo the framers’ intentions to make state/religion entanglements unconstitutional, religious organizations keep taking their demands for special privileges to court, arguing that government and faith must be intertwined — specifically, the Christian faith.  In doing so, and winning, they just keep opening that proverbial […]