In August, Arkansas lawmakers passed a bill requiring all public schools to display a framed picture or poster of “In God We Trust” above an American flag in their classrooms. Ostensibly, the law’s purpose is to promote patriotism but, if that was the case, why not use our nation’s original, secular motto E Pluribus Unum (“Out […]
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During a school board meeting, a West Virginia school district was informed that their policy of having prayers read aloud over loudspeakers before football games are unconstitutional. According to the article, district officials were completely unaware that the Supreme Court ruled on this very issue in the case of Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000),
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On Wednesday (8/30) Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos convened two roundtable discussions on “school choice” in Tallahassee, Florida. It is unsurprising that DeVos, a longtime champion of school voucher initiatives, would host a discussion on school choice. What is surprising is the guest list, which included religious leaders and business owners but neglected to include
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A new study by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom finds that laws criminalizing blasphemy are “astonishingly widespread.” A few disturbing highlights from the report: • Seventy-one countries, spread out across many regions, maintain blasphemy laws. • Every one of these blasphemy statutes deviates from at least one internationally recognized human rights principle. Most
STUDY: Blasphemy laws on the books in one-third of nations Read More »
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The Department of Defense announced a near doubling of its list of recognized religions. It will now formally recognize humanism and other minority faiths among members of the armed forces. According to the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (MAAF), more than 22 percent of service personnel identify as “no religious preference,” and slightly more than 1 percent identify
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Today, the Boy Scouts made yet another step towards inclusion by opening up membership to transgender boys. Under the new policy, which takes effect immediately, membership in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts will be based on the gender indicated on an application. While we’re thrilled that the Boy Scouts has finally ended this unnecessary and discriminatory
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