The Freedom From Religion Foundation is taking a simple message to voters across the country this fall:

VOTE LIKE YOUR RIGHTS DEPEND ON IT — BECAUSE THEY DO

Beginning this week, FFRF is launching a national billboard campaign in 19 markets across the United States, encouraging Americans to pay attention to what is at stake in the 2026 election and make their voices heard at the ballot box.

The billboards direct viewers to ffrf.us/vote.

“Religious special interests are working aggressively to impose their beliefs through government, and the decisions voters make this fall will have very real consequences for our constitutional rights and freedoms,” says FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor. “Our message is simple: Pay attention to what’s at stake, make your voice heard and vote like your rights depend on it — because they do.”

The campaign connects FFRF’s work protecting the constitutional separation between state and church with the importance of civic participation.

Decisions made at the ballot box can affect issues central to FFRF’s mission — including secular government, public education, individual rights and whether public policy represents all Americans regardless of religious belief or nonbelief.

The campaign does not endorse candidates or tell voters who to support. Instead, FFRF is encouraging voters to understand the issues, evaluate candidates for themselves and participate in the democratic process.

“State/church separation is not an abstract constitutional issue — it shapes decisions about our schools, our laws and our individual freedoms,” Gaylor adds. “Voters have enormous power to determine what kind of government represents them. We want people to wield that power.”

FFRF quotes the late feminist and freethinker Gloria Steinem: “Voting isn’t the most we can do, it’s the least. … If you don’t vote, you don’t count.”

FFRF intentionally selected many communities where its chapters and supporters provide a local presence. The goal is to pair a national message with local voices, creating opportunities for community engagement and conversations about secular government.

Billboards are appearing in or near:

• Rochester, N.Y.
• Raleigh, N.C.
• Knoxville, Tenn.
• Northwest Arkansas
• Duluth, Minn.
• Cincinnati
• York County, Pa.
• Spokane, Wash.
• Madison, Wis.
• Kenosha, Wis.
• Chicago
• Colorado Springs, Colo.
• Denver
• Louisville, Ky.
• Orlando, Fla.
• Phoenix
• Sacramento, Calif.
• San Francisco Bay Area
• San Antonio

Local FFRF chapters and supporters will help amplify the campaign in many of these communities and serve as local voices for media interested in the importance of secular government and civic participation.

The campaign runs now through early November.

Learn more at ffrf.us/vote.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a U.S.-based nonprofit dedicated to defending the constitutional principle of separation between state and church and educating the public on matters relating to nontheism. With about 40,000 members, FFRF is the largest association of freethinkers (atheists, agnostics and humanists) in North America. For more information, visit ffrf.org.

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