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Secular Coalition for America speaks on the steps of the Supreme Court

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On February 27, 2019, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of the American Legion v. American Humanist Association. The case centers around a 40-foot-tall Christian cross on public property in Bladensburg, Maryland which serves as a World War I memorial. To date, maintenance of the monument has already cost the government $117,000 […]

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White House to set up panel to counter climate change consensus, officials say

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The White House plans to create an ad hoc group of select federal scientists to reassess the government’s analysis of climate science and counter conclusions that the continued burning of fossil fuels is harming the planet, according to three senior administration officials. The National Security Council initiative would include scientists who question the severity of

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Trump admin files more briefs in religious liberty cases than Obama, Bush

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A NBC News and Columbia Journalism Investigations review of dozens of court cases found that in its first two years the Trump administration’s Justice Department submitted more friend-of-the-court briefs in religious liberties cases than the Obama administration and the Bush administration during their first two years. It has also filed briefs at lower, trial court

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Secret Video Shows Kentucky Biology Teacher Promoting Christianity to Students

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A high school pre-AP Biology teacher in Kentucky has been accused of promoting Christianity in the classroom, and you don’t have to take my word for it, because there’s video evidence. Where there are apparently multiple instances of this happening, one particular incident was caught on tape. It began when the teacher showed this wordless

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Some anti-vaccination parents cite religious exemptions. Measles outbreaks could change that.

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Recent measles outbreaks in states such as Washington, New York and New Jersey have cast a spotlight on a group of Americans who receive exemptions from immunizing their children on the grounds that the vaccines violate their religious freedoms. Now the states that suffered outbreaks are taking aim at those exemptions. In recent weeks, lawmakers

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Christian tax preparer turns away lesbian couple on religious grounds

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For four years, Bailey Brazzel says, she had employed the same tax preparer, Nancy Fivecoate of Carter Tax Service in Russiaville, Ind. Fivecoate prepared the taxes without issue each time — until this year, when Brazzel brought her new wife, Samantha. Fivecoate declined to serve the couple, citing her religious beliefs. This was the first

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Secular Coalition Signs On To Letter Opposing Trump Administration’s Waiver For Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination

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Today, we joined 119 organizations in signing a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar denouncing the Trump Administration’s policy allowing South Carolina’s taxpayer-funded foster care agencies to discriminate based on religion, leaving vulnerable kids to suffer the consequences. We urge Secretary Azar to reverse this discriminatory policy, which harms children and families

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AZ Atheist Lawmaker Gives Invocation, Then Gets Mocked by Christian Colleague

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In 2017, Arizona State Rep. Athena Salman, an openly atheist legislator, delivered an invocation to open up the day’s session. It was a perfectly respectful speech, referring to “the humanity that resides within each and every person here.” Yet it offended Republicans who insisted all invocations needed to invoke a “Higher Power.” One Republican was

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Justices Let Alabama Execute Death Row Inmate Who Wanted Imam By His Side

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Death Row inmate Domineque Ray hoped that when he took his final breath, he could find comfort in the presence of his Muslim spiritual adviser. But the Alabama prison where Ray was awaiting execution wouldn’t allow it. Prison officials would only allow their own Christian chaplain to offer the prisoner solace from inside the execution

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