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Sessions' religious liberty task force panned by civil rights groups, LGBTQ advocates

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Civil rights groups and LGBTQ advocates on Tuesday tore into the Department of Justice’s newly formed “religious liberty task force,” slamming the move as a discriminatory affront to civil liberties masquerading as protections for people of faith. “This task force’s agenda isn’t consistent with religious freedom. Religious freedom protects our right to our beliefs, not …

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Atheist Group Sues WV City Council for Reciting Lord’s Prayer at Meetings

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The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the city of Parkersburg, West Virginia for reciting a Christian prayer at the beginning of all city council meetings. The lawsuit notes that council members say the Lord’s Prayer to open each session and audience members are encouraged to stand. The plaintiffs include Parkersburg resident and atheist Daryl Cobranchi who attended …

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Jeff Sessions announces a religious liberty task force to combat “dangerous” secularism

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The Trump administration has consistently championed a narrow view of religious liberty in America. But the Justice Department’s latest religious liberty initiative may be the most far-reaching — and potentially troubling — one yet. On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of a “Religious Liberty Task Force” that will enforce a 2017 DOJ memo ordering …

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Evangelicals’ embrace of Donald Trump may cost them the future

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Religious right leaders are driving people out of the pews with their hypocritical defenses of Donald Trump. Last week, Michael Cohen released what has been said to be the first of many tapes he has of private conversations with his former client, Donald Trump. But what is on this tape is already interesting enough. Despite the furious …

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109 Members of Congress Urge Supreme Court to Take Up Bladensburg Cross Case

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More than 100 members of Congress are all trying to the get the Supreme Court to permit a giant Christian cross on public property. The controversy centers around the “Peace Cross,” a World War I memorial, in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Last October, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled 2-1 that …

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Jeff Sessions’ ‘Religious Liberty Task Force’ Declares Holy War on LGBT People

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Sadly it is no exaggeration, no hyperbole, to say that Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared a holy war on LGBT people, LGBT equality, and LGBT rights on Monday. He declared war on anything that could be perceived to trespass on the “religious freedom” or “religious liberty” of Christians—which is loosely defined enough to be construed as trespassing on pretty …

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Two Notable South Asian Atheists Face Blasphemy Charges in Their Countries

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Two activists are facing separate charges of blasphemy for calling into question harmful religious traditions and superstitious thinking. Babu Gogineni, a former director of the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU), is kind of like India’s James Randi. He’s known for appearing in the media and debunking charlatans. Last year, in a clip that went viral, …

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Humanist Lawyers Have Launched a Progressive Version of the Federalist Society

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Here’s a really important development in the world of organized atheist activism. On Thursday, the American Humanist Association launched what they’re calling the Humanist Legal Society. I’d call it the atheist equivalent of the conservative Federalist Society: A way to identify, bring together, and support those in the legal professional who are dedicated to maintaining church/state separation, science-based evidence, …

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Judgment days

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In a small Alabama town, an evangelical congregation reckons with God, President Trump and the meaning of morality. LUVERNE, Ala. Clay Crum opened his Bible to Exodus Chapter 20 and read verse 14 one more time.“Thou shalt not commit adultery,” it said. He prayed about what he was going to do. He was the pastor …

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