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If you live near Washington, D.C. or have the ability to travel there, consider registering for the Secular Coalition for America’s upcoming Lobby Day and Secular Values Summit on April 24-25. It’s a chance to speaking with your elected officials about matters involving church/state separation — you sign up and the SCA staff will set up the …

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Washington governor signs ban on sexual-orientation conversion therapy

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A measure banning licensed therapists from trying to change a minor’s sexual orientation or gender identity was signed into law Wednesday by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. Inslee signed the bill joined by lawmakers and other LGBT supporters, including Democratic Sen. Marko Liias, the bill’s sponsor, and Chad Griffin, the president of the D.C.-based Human Rights …

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Louisiana schools could be required to display ‘In God We Trust’

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A bill unanimously advanced through the Senate Education Committee Thursday that would require each public school in Louisiana to display the national motto “In God We Trust.” The bill, introduced by Sen. Regina Barrow, D-Baton Rouge, would require each school district to display the national motto in each school by the 2019-20 school year. Barrow …

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In Survey of Which Groups Need More TV Representation, Atheists Are Dead Last

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The Roseanne reboot is set to premiere tonight on ABC, and one of the more unusual aspects about the show is that the main character will be a supporter of Donald Trump. As far as sitcoms which take place in the modern day go, that’s not typical. Even fictional characters on TV seem to be anti-Trump these days. …

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Despite porn stars and Playboy models, white evangelicals aren’t rejecting Trump. This is why.

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A porn actress says she had sex with Donald Trump, only a few months after his wife gave birth to a son. A former Playboy model says she had an affair with him, too. And yet according to a Pew Research Center poll conducted March 7-14, both white mainline and evangelical Protestants continue to approve of Trump as president at higher …

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“Trump Is Stirring the Pot”: The Hot-button Supreme Court Case That Could Explode The Culture Wars

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As Trump stokes the fears of his evangelical supporters, and Pence placates the most hardened elements of the far right, a new case is likely to presage the next front in the battle over religious liberty and free speech. Kelsey knew something was wrong when the woman who had just administered her pregnancy test began …

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After NJ City Council Nixes Invocations, Believers Cry “Reserve Discrimination”

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Elected officials in Woodbury, New Jersey have taken steps to make their city council meetings more inclusive, and one of the ways they’re doing that is by replacing the religious invocations that used to open their sessions with a moment of silent reflection. “Its intent is to bring the community together,” said commission president, Tony Doran, …

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Virginia GOP dumps leader who claimed only Christians are fit to run for office

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Virginia’s Republican Party has booted a member of its leadership whose controversial remarks underscored divisions in the era of President Trump. Fredy Burgos, whose attacks against Muslims and immigrants reflected a new brand of in-your-face conservatism in Virginia’s historically button-down GOP, was voted off the State Central Committee over the weekend, a state party spokesman said Monday. …

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The Number of Americans with No Religious Affiliation Is Rising

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In recent years much has been written about the rise of the “nones”—people who check the box for “none” on surveys of religious affiliation. A 2013 Harris Poll of 2,250 American adults, for example, found that 23 percent of all Americans have forsaken religion altogether. A 2015 Pew Research Center poll reported that 34 to …

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