News

California city approves adding ‘In God We Trust’ decals to police cars

The national motto “In God We Trust” can be seen in city and county chambers across America. Soon the motto will also been seen on police cars in Kern County. The Delano City Council voted 3-1 on Tuesday to allow “In God We Trust” decals to be placed on Delano Police Department vehicles. Councilman Bryan …

California city approves adding ‘In God We Trust’ decals to police cars Read More »

Letter: Citizens invited to take part in secular week of action

The week of April 26 has been declared a week of action by the nation’s leading secular groups, including the Secular Coalition for America, Foundation Beyond Belief, Secular Student Alliance, Center for Inquiry, and American Atheists. It is designed to coincide with the federal government’s overt — and legally problematic — endorsement of religion by …

Letter: Citizens invited to take part in secular week of action Read More »

Pete Buttigieg, Gay and Christian, Challenges Religious Right on Their Own Turf

As a religious gay man who believes his party has ceded discussion of religion and spirituality to Republicans, Pete Buttigieg, a Democratic candidate for president, is talking about God and sexuality in an unconventional way: He is using the language of faith to confront the Christian right on territory they have long claimed as their …

Pete Buttigieg, Gay and Christian, Challenges Religious Right on Their Own Turf Read More »

‘Bible as Literature’ class could return to Louisiana High School

A Livingston Parish public high school is looking to bring back a course next year called “Bible as Literature” for the first time in over a decade. Such courses can be both instructive and constitutional in principle, experts say, but are fraught with the danger of crossing the line that’s supposed to separate church and …

‘Bible as Literature’ class could return to Louisiana High School Read More »

Student in class

Anti-LGBTQ adoption bills ‘snowballing’ in state legislatures

“Adoption discrimination is snowballing toward a serious crisis for children, families and communities,” Liz Welch, a faith engagement strategist at the American Civil Liberties Union, told NBC News. “Once considered fringe policy in just a couple states, the push behind child welfare religious exemption bills has picked up alarming speed and momentum.” At least nine …

Anti-LGBTQ adoption bills ‘snowballing’ in state legislatures Read More »

The Rapture and the Real World: Mike Pompeo Blends Beliefs and Policy

White evangelical Christians are a powerful force in the Republican Party. Vice President Mike Pence is a staunch believer and former President George W. Bush is an adherent, too. But no secretary of state in recent decades has been as open and fervent as Mr. Pompeo about discussing Christianity and foreign policy in the same …

The Rapture and the Real World: Mike Pompeo Blends Beliefs and Policy Read More »

Mike Pompeo conducts foreign policy

It’s Terrifyingly Easy to Get Measles Vaccine Exemptions

As measles outbreaks continue in the Northwest and across the nation, newly revealed health records from Oregon suggest it’s surprisingly easy to opt out of required vaccinations in that state—as in several others. In Oregon—which has the highest kindergarten vaccine exemption rate in the U.S.—about 95 percent of parents whose kids skip one or more …

It’s Terrifyingly Easy to Get Measles Vaccine Exemptions Read More »

Pointing at computer

Trump’s Tweet Raises Profile of Bible Literacy Classes in Public Schools

America, it seems, is at something of an inflection point when it comes to religion and public education. Public school students in Pennsylvania are challenging bans on distributing Bibles at lunch, and Catholic high schoolers in Vermont want to participate in a publicly funded dual credit program. Parents are seeking an end to rules that …

Trump’s Tweet Raises Profile of Bible Literacy Classes in Public Schools Read More »

Person reading bible in school

Compared to other states, Missouri’s Bible elective bill is not one of a kind

Efforts to promote teaching the Bible and posting “In God We Trust” in Missouri schools mirror policies promoted by national Christian legislative organizations. “Project Blitz” describes itself as a movement to “protect the free exercise of traditional Judeo-Christian religious values and beliefs in the public square, and to reclaim and properly define the narrative which …

Compared to other states, Missouri’s Bible elective bill is not one of a kind Read More »

St. Louis Arch

CONTACT US

Spreading Happiness

Inventore curae facere aliquam convallis possimus quo laboriosam ullamco harum iaculis ipsa, consequuntur interdum aut officiis pulvinar doloribus auctor optio. Omnis diam natoque magnis, risus quam auctor porro ratione natus, eu arcu optio.

BECOME A SECULAR ACTIVIST

Sign up to receive updates and action alerts!

Scroll to Top