A network of Memphis charter schools is facing questions and a potential lawsuit over an agreement with the Catholic Dioceses of Memphis. Compass Community Schools is leasing six campuses from the Catholic Diocese of Memphis for just $1. But the leases contain a “morality clause” which says the schools cannot “directly advocate, promote, teach or …
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Apparently the Catholic hierarchy still has time to find ways to attempt to undercut access to birth control and abortion. As the New York Times reported last Friday, the Trump administration is funneling $5.1 million in federal Title X family planning funding to a Southern California-based chain of faith-based anti-choice medical clinics called Obria. Obria …
Catholic Bishops Fund Anti-Choice ‘Clinics’ Set to Receive Trump Title X Funding Read More »
A measles outbreak in Rockland County, NY has sickened scores of people and alarmed public health experts who fear it may be a harbinger of the growing influence of the anti-vaccine movement. But it has also intensified long-smoldering tensions between the rapidly expanding and insular ultra-Orthodox Jewish community and secular society. On Tuesday, county officials …
An Outbreak Spreads Fear: Of Measles, of Ultra-Orthodox Jews, of Anti-Semitism Read More »
Nebraska Democrats this past Saturday became the third state party since 2016 to adopt a caucus focused on advocating on behalf of non-religious citizens. The Party’s unanimous vote of support marked a long-awaited victory for the Nebraska Secular Democrats (NSD), which had been organizing since March 2018 to gain democratic affiliation. With the caucus now …
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We are proud to share that the Secular Coalition for America has been a driving force behind three regional leadership summits for secular organizers in March 2019, including one that took place last weekend in Southern California. The purpose of the summits is to convene secular organizers to network, share best practices, learn new skills, …
Atheist summits aim to find community, and power, in networking nonbelievers Read More »
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 …
Secular Coalition for America speaks on the steps of the Supreme Court Read More »
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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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 …
Trump admin files more briefs in religious liberty cases than Obama, Bush Read More »
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 …
Secret Video Shows Kentucky Biology Teacher Promoting Christianity to Students Read More »
In apparent defiance of its own regulations and the First Amendment, the judge advocate general (JAG) of the Air Force has issued an opinion approving religious expression during an official change of command ceremony. The opinion, which was leaked to the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (and a copy of which was shared with this reporter), …
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