Vice President Pence on Wednesday accused “The View” of expressing “religious intolerance” after the talk show’s hosts compared his religious stances with “mental illness.” “It is just simply wrong for ABC to have a television program that expresses that kind of religious intolerance,” Pence said at an event sponsored by Axios. His comments came a day […]
The state of North Carolina is paying $300,000 to a magistrate who quit rather than marry gay couples as ordered by the courts. Gayle Myrick was a magistrate in Union County, North Carolina, and one of her regular duties was to perform marriages. In 2014, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled that gay marriage
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The city of Bloomfield is considering using online fundraising to pay the $700,000 it owes from the lawsuit regarding the Ten Commandments monument that was formerly located outside of City Hall. Because the courts ruled the monument violated the U.S. Constitution and represented a government endorsement of religion, the city must now pay the legal fees
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On Wednesday night, atheist activist Sally Hunt spoke at a meeting of the Board of Aldermen in Wentzville, Missouri to criticize the “In God We Trust” sign they have in giant letters in their meeting room. She explained the history of the phrase. She told them why it excluded the non-religious people in the community. And she
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A few Sundays ago, a 93-year-old Christian gentleman attended a discussion, sponsored by Humanists of the Treasure Coast, regarding a proposal from Florida legislators to mandate the posting of “In God We Trust” on public school buildings. This gentleman suggested the posting would motivate children to be more ethical and that “In God We Trust” has always been our
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Superintendent Rick McDaniel of the McKinney Independent School District in Texas, was leading a prayer inside Prestonwood Baptist Church during a mandatory beginning-of-the-year convocation for staffers. When the Freedom From Religion Foundation wrote to the District to warn them about the violation of church/state separation, they were told the church was the only place in town that could
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A job that’s been held by some of the nation’s top scientists is now occupied by a 31-year-old politics major from Princeton University. More than a year into his term, Trump hasn’t identified a potential nominee for the key position held by prominent scientists in Republican and Democratic administrations alike. And it stands to get
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In his newly released federal budget, President Trump calls for funneling $1 billion in taxpayer funds into private school voucher programs. It’s a bad idea for several reasons. First, public money should fund public schools, which serve 90 percent of American students. Public schools are a unifying factor in our diverse country and their doors are open to
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Within Donald Trump’s proposed $4.4 trillion budget (that adds $7 trillion to the deficit over the next decade), you’ll find a request for $1 billion in funding for private religious schools. Critics say that request, which is four times the amount the White House sought last year, promotes indoctrination at the expense of education. The plan is to
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An organization of atheists and agnostics has taken issue with a prayer circle held after a high school basketball game in northeastern Kentucky recently. Players, cheerleaders and coaches from cross-county rivals West Carter High School and East Carter High School gathered on the court and joined hands in prayer after their game on Jan. 26,
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