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A campaign to blitz the country with ‘In God We Trust’ laws takes root

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As the summer heat waxes and state legislative sessions wane, the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation has scored a few small but significant victories. This year, five state legislatures passed laws mandating that every public school prominently display the U.S. motto, “In God We Trust.” The addition of Arkansas, which passed such a law in 2017, …

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Evangelist Says Christians Should Run For School Boards to End LGBTQ Advocacy

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Christian evangelist Franklin Graham said on Saturday that conservative Christians should run for local school boards to put an end to “LGBT advocacy” videos and other policies designed to curb bullying. Graham, who said a month ago that sanctuary cities sheltering undocumented immigrants from Donald Trump‘s draconian policies are a “little picture of Hell,” was responding to a piece by …

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Trump makes clear Roe v. Wade is on the chopping block

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Anyone promising that Roe v. Wade will be overturned by President Trump’s next Supreme Court justice is engaging in guesswork — and, in many cases, political advocacy. Abortion rights supporters are understandably concerned about nullifying one of the court’s most prominent and passion-inducing precedents, yes, but we don’t even have a nominee yet. This also happens to be a …

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Ohio Doesn’t Need a ‘Pastor Protection’ Law Because Freedom of Religion is Already Enshrined in the U.S. Constitution

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Yesterday, the Ohio House of Representatives approved a preposterous and unnecessary bill to “protect pastors” from having to perform same-sex wedding ceremonies. Crucially, the bill also grants religious societies these same protections, so a Knights of Columbus lodge, for example, that is rented to the public may now be denied for marriage celebrations if the …

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A FL School Board Nearly Rejected Science Textbooks After Creationist Complaints

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This story has a happy ending. But before we get there, it’ll make your blood boil. It was almost exactly a year ago when Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a law allowing residents of the state — not just elected officials or parents of students — to challenge instructional material in school districts. It was basically designed …

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LGBTQ activists fear for their freedoms with Kennedy’s retirement

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How are LGBTQ activists reacting to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement given the role he’s played in their lives? Some fear it will mean the rollback of protections he helped bring about while others are more optimistic about expanding those new freedoms. Kennedy, an ideological conservative who was often the swing vote in cases …

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Atheist Offers Stinging Rebuke to Wentzville (MO) Officials Over Religious Sign

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Wentzville, Missouri is a city where the Board of Aldermen hold meetings in a room with the words “In God We Trust” looming in front of everybody. When activist Sally Hunt explained to the Board earlier this year why the phrase was exclusionary, Mayor Nick Guccione told her, falsely, that she had used up her time, before telling cops to …

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What Religion Really Says About Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination

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Chances are, you’ve heard scriptural verses wielded as weapons against LGBTQ+ individuals and used to justify legal discrimination. Just this month, the Supreme Court ruled that a baker’s religious objections to homosexuality, based on his reading of the Bible, need to be taken into account in his refusal to make a wedding cake for a …

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Mormon Church must end children’s sexual interviews, members say

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Current and former members of the Mormon Church are calling for an end to the practice of asking children as young as eight intimate and sexual questions during annual interviews by church officials. “I suffered with a lot of guilt, because I did things we weren’t supposed to do,” 27-year-old David Sheppard told the Victoria …

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TX Tax Collector Goes from One Religious Phrase to Another on Official Documents

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Residents of Angelina County, Texas should expect to see “In God We Trust” on their tax statements later this year. It’s a way to fix a problem created by tax assessor Billie Page when, last year, she replaced the motto with the phrase “Believers Serving Our Citizens.” Unfortunately, none of the conversations about these changes involve church/state separation. When …

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