June 22, 2011 - 11:53 am

At a standing room-only press conference in a U.S. House office building yesterday, members of Congress joined representatives from the Secular Coalition for America and dozens of other civil rights organizations in urging President Obama to fulfill the promise he made nearly three years ago to end the Bush-era policy that allows religious organizations receiving federal funds to discriminate in employment on the basis of faith.

June 20, 2011 - 12:57 pm

A growing number of local and national civil rights organizations have joined the protest against Texas Gov. Rick Perry's extremist-sponsored Houston prayer gathering since SCA first criticized the event two weeks ago.

June 17, 2011 - 1:04 pm

Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli has been a thorn in Americans United’s side for the past few years. A staunch ally of the Religious Right, Cuccinelli seems to have no problem using government to promote right-wing theology.

June 15, 2011 - 1:37 pm

I know that Religious Right activists don’t like marriage equality for same-sex couples, but some of the arguments they are making lately are just – pardon my bluntness – dumb.

June 15, 2011 - 9:40 am

While I didn’t see the Book of Mormon musical, I do find the Mormon religion story rather funny: After Jesus died, but before he went to heaven, Jesus stopped in the United States.

June 14, 2011 - 4:29 pm

Roughly halfway through last night’s Republican debate on CNN, candidates quit talking about the economy and how awful Obama is to talk about faith.  Here are some excerpts that I found particularly interesting followed by some commentary about what I think makes th

June 10, 2011 - 10:05 am

Louisiana is a perfectly nice state with a lot of good people in it – but some of the state’s legislators and public officials don’t seem to get it when it comes to separation of church and state.

June 9, 2011 - 1:25 pm

Atheists are still widely discriminated against in the voting booth, a new study from the Pew Research Center confirms.

June 9, 2011 - 9:06 am

Even though the U.S. Constitution explicitly forbids the requirement of any “religious test” for public office, it seems that many politicians today are asking, some demanding, the public to judge their religiosity. 

June 8, 2011 - 4:24 pm

Texas Governor Rick Perry, perhaps preparing a campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, chose an interesting way to distinguish himself from the field this week.