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Florida bill would require schools to display ‘In God We Trust’

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A bill moving through Florida legislature would require every school and administrative building in the state to display “In God We Trust.” Democratic Rep. Kimberly Daniels said the initiative would help children learn about the motto, which is printed on U.S. paper currency and the state flag. It became Florida’s official motto in 2006. The bill received unanimous approval last …

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Mississippi Bill Forcing Teachers to Recite the Ten Commandments Daily Is Dead

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A Mississippi Democrat’s bill to force teachers to recite the Ten Commandments at the beginning of every school day is dead, a mere 15 days after being introduced. House Bill 1100, sponsored by State Rep. Credell Calhoun, would have amended the law by requiring a moment of silence at the beginning of every school day (rather than keeping …

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Eric Trump says Democrats must clap for Trump if they love Jesus: Americans should be ‘united on God’

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Eric Trump complained on Wednesday that Democrats in Congress did not applaud enough during President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address — and he said that Democrats had a duty to clap when Christianity was mentioned because Americans should be “united on God.” During an interview with Fox & Friends on Wednesday, President Trump’s son said …

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Iowa Rep. Won’t Back Qur’an Classes in School Because “The Bible is Different”

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Iowa State Rep. Skyler Wheeler is the anti-science legislator who, last year, co-sponsored a bill that would have required public school teachers who taught evolution, global warming, the origins of life, or human cloning to “include opposing points of view or beliefs relating to the instruction.” The bill died in committee, thankfully, but Wheeler wasn’t done arguing with people about it. …

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How Mike Pence expanded Indiana’s controversial voucher program when he was governor

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The choice program started in 2011, when Mitch Daniels was governor, and continued under Pence, who drove an effort to expand charter schools and loosen eligibility requirements to expand the voucher program’s reach. A Washington Post story on Indiana’s voucher program, published in December 2016, said in part: Indiana lawmakers originally promoted the state’s school voucher …

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Indiana Is Addressing Infant Mortality Using Fake Clinics

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Through a new app, the state department of health is using public funding to legitimize the services and programs of organizations that do not provide comprehensive health-care services and actually spread misinformation—while overlooking groups that do provide comprehensive care. Indiana ranks as one of the worst states in the nation when it comes to its infant mortality rate. In his …

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Brownback asks Kansas to fast and pray on his last day in office

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Gov. Sam Brownback is asking Kansans to fast and pray on his last full day in office. “President George Washington, in his 1795 Proclamation for a Day of Public Thanksgiving called on Americans ‘to acknowledge our many and great obligations to Almighty God and to implore Him to continue and confirm the blessings we experience,’” …

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GA Lawmaker Sponsors Bill Allowing High School Coaches to Pray with Students

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A Georgia legislator wants to make it legal for high school football coaches to pray with students. It comes in response to a situation late last year, when East Coweta High School’s football coach John Small was caught praying along with his team, an act which is illegal since it can be interpreted as religious coercion. District administrators eventually told the Freedom From …

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Secular Coalition Slams Divisive Rhetoric in the State of the Union Speech

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Washington, DC — The Secular Coalition for America released the following statement today in response to President Trump’s State of the Union Address. Statement by Larry T. Decker, Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America “The President of the United States either does not know or does not care that one-in-four of all Americans …

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