That was an election we’ll be talking about for a long time. A big thank you to everyone who participated by voting, registering voters, knocking on doors, making phone calls, donating, asking a question during a town hall or debate or getting other people involved. Before I share my thoughts with you about the election, …
Secular And The City: A Post Election Legislative Update Read More »
Yesterday, just hours after the midterm elections had ended, Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions and announced that he would be replaced by his Chief of Staff Matthew Whitaker. In a 2014 debate when he was running for the U.S. Senate, now acting attorney general Whitaker said judges should have a Christian worldview, and …
Trump’s Pick to Replace Sessions Thinks Judges Need a “Biblical View” of Justice Read More »
The Trump administration released two rules Wednesday evening that would allow employers with “religious or moral” objections to providing insurance coverage for birth control to be exempt from providing that coverage. The rules are amended versions of rules that the administration first released in October 2017. Several organizations quickly took the administration to court over …
Washington, DC — The Secular Coalition for America released a statement following the 2018 midterm elections. Statement by Larry T. Decker, Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America “Yesterday millions of nonreligious voters across the country made their voices heard at the ballot box and sent a powerful message to lawmakers, politicians, and pundits …
Conventional wisdom — at least since 2016, when candidate Donald Trump bluntly declared his intention to appoint justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade — has held that the gravest threat to reproductive freedom in the United States would come, eventually, from the Supreme Court. But while the focus has been on the judicial branch, …
How many non-religious candidates are on ballots all across the country on Tuesday? With tremendous help from the Freethought Equality Fund PAC and the Center for Freethought Equality — both of which are affiliated with the American Humanist Association — we now have an answer to that question. There are 140 nonreligious candidates vying for …
Here Are All the Non-Religious Candidates Running for State and Federal Office Read More »
Recently in Moline, Illinois, illusionist Zak Mirzadeh performed for students at Wilson Middle School during the day. During that assembly, Mirzadeh invited the kids to bring their parents to a similar evening performance where there would be “more magic, free prizes, and food.” There was also Jesus. Lots of Jesus. Mirzadeh never mentioned that. Neither …
Atheist Group Calls for Investigation After IL School’s Religious Revival Event Read More »
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether a 40-foot cross in the median of a busy suburban Maryland highway is a secular memorial to those who died during World War I or an unconstitutional government endorsement of religion. The Peace Cross, made of granite and cement, was built in 1925 as a tribute to …
Supreme Court will take case on constitutional challenge to Maryland’s Peace Cross Read More »
But even as the President projected confidence, he also made it clear that he’s desperate to shore up the Evangelical vote, telling CBN that while their prayers were nice, he needed Christians to go out and vote. As part of his elevator speech, Trump claimed that his administration had done more for Christians than any …
It’s no surprise that the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause prevents the government from promoting a specific religion. At least it’s not surprising to anyone who’s read the Constitution. Apparently, that excludes Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant. The Republican recorded a promotional video for a “Pastors Summit” that took place in early October while acting in his …
Mississippi’s Governor Promoted an Evangelical Pastors’ Summit Read More »
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