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FFRFMCC Creates Petition Asking Joe Biden to Take a Secular Oath of Office

FFRFMCC Creates Petition Asking Joe Biden to Take a Secular Oath of Office

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 […]

By January 6, 2021 0 Comments Read More →
Our Natural Universe Will Provide Us With Some Astronomical Gifts This Winter Solstice!

Our Natural Universe Will Provide Us With Some Astronomical Gifts This Winter Solstice!

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 […]

By December 9, 2020 0 Comments Read More →
We Believe…

We Believe…

Black Lives Matter… …and that people of all races are entitled to the same equal rights and opportunities. Yet the bible says God granted covenant and life-long priesthood to the Israelite Phinehas who impaled a mixed-race couple just for having sexual relations that would not keep God’s people pure (Numbers Chapter 25). Love is Love… […]

By November 24, 2020 0 Comments Read More →
The Freedom From Religion Foundation and the FFRFMCC Bring Campaign to Stop Catholic Clergy Sex Abuse to Chicago

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 […]

By February 4, 2019 0 Comments Read More →
Secular Holiday Greetings Return to Chicagoland

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 […]

By December 13, 2018 0 Comments Read More →
“Why Christians Do Not Own The Winter Holiday Season”

“Why Christians Do Not Own The Winter Holiday Season”

By: Tom Cara, Executive Director, FFRFMCC The month of December can be a perplexing time for ex-Christians Like many who were brought up in the Christian tradition, I grew up with Christmas.  Awaiting Santa’s arrival as a child still holds treasured memories within me. But, imagine going through all those years enjoying the fun and […]

By November 26, 2018 0 Comments Read More →
Our Deep-Rooted Suspicion of Each Other — Do We Have Christianity to Blame for This?

Our Deep-Rooted Suspicion of Each Other — Do We Have Christianity to Blame for This?

FFRFMCC Commentary We recently had another National Day of Reason come and go, and I’ve spent the past several days that followed contemplating how sad it is that this event is something which gets little or no attention from the press, as it is heavily overshadowed by its religious counterpart, the National Day of Prayer, […]

FFRFMCC Once Again Protests Catholic Prayer Shrine in Chicago

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 […]

By April 3, 2018 0 Comments Read More →
FFRFMCC Commentary:  “A Thought Equals Thinking.  A Prayer Equals Not Thinking”

FFRFMCC Commentary: “A Thought Equals Thinking. A Prayer Equals Not Thinking”

Well, here we are again.  Another preventable tragedy where more children have lost their lives.  Others have had their lives changed forever, both physically and emotionally.  And families have again been torn apart. We all feel that human need to at least say something.  What is often said can be found on and between two […]

By February 17, 2018 0 Comments Read More →
2017 FFRFMCC Non-Theist Winter Holiday Displays Proudly Share The Secular Voice!

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 […]

By December 3, 2017 0 Comments Read More →