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Iowa Legislator Compares Atheist’s Invocation Request to Supporting Abortion

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The Friendly Atheist blog reports that Iowa State Senator Craig Johnson refused to let an atheist constituent give a secular invocation. According to emails from Senator Johnson, giving an atheist constituent the opportunity to speak would be betraying his religious beliefs and akin to sponsoring a bill “for abortion.” Reporting on the incident, Hemant Mehta writes: …

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Black Secular Teen Activists: Unchurched and “Un-bossed”

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The nonreligious are a large, growing, and diverse constituency. As a community unified by a lack of faith and our shared secular values, secular Americans come from a wide variety of backgrounds. This diversity is a source of strength for us. Writing at the Huffington Post, Sikivu Hutchinson profiles four young black secular activists. She …

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North Carolina’s big school voucher problem

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North Carolina’s voucher program is sending more than $40 million of taxpayer money to private religious schools. Now, some North Carolina residents are worried about how the program is sending public money to schools that can discriminate against students. Salon reports: “…upon implementation, critics slowly emerged, and many pin-pointed their concerns to religion and its …

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Allow modern medicine to relieve agonizing end-of-life experiences

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In 44 states, terminally-ill patients still don’t have the right to end their lives peacefully and painlessly on their own terms. The Hill has an article explaining why:  “Why are some members of Congress and state legislators trying to deny Americans this peaceful end-of-life care option? Personal religious objections. Misinformation. Irrational fear of change. These …

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Florida attorney general candidate proposes anti-LGBTQ ‘license to discriminate’

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A Florida State Representative has proposed legislation that would turn religious belief into a sweeping license to discriminate. Think Progress explains: “House Bill 871 is modeled after the First Amendment Defense Act introduced in Congress. It prohibits the government from taking any “discriminatory action” against a business because of its “personnel and employee benefit policies” or because …

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Catholic Health Giant Merger Could Threaten Reproductive Health

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Catholic hospitals, which account for one in six acute-care beds nationwide, follow directives from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which restrict access to gender-affirming care, contraception, sterilization, abortion care, and end-of-life options. Now, a merger between two of the largest Catholic hospital networks could create a too-big-to-fail healthcare provider that will impose Catholic religious doctrines …

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Voucher Schools Championed By Betsy DeVos Can Teach Whatever They Want. Turns Out They Teach Lies.

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The Huffington Post has a great in-depth look at how school voucher programs funnel money from inclusive public schools to private religious schools: These schools are among thousands in the United States that participate in private school choice programs, which most often come in the form of state-level voucher or tax credit scholarships. Voucher programs offer …

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