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Creationist dinosaur program stirs controversy Read More »

In Effingham, Illinois Jeanette Bushur took her dinosaur loving kids to what she thought would be a little museum at Central Grade School, instead she got something else entirely. “[They said] tyrannosaurus rexes ate vegetables,” Bushur said. “[They said] there were dinosaurs with Noah on the ark and that evolution was a myth.” A dinosaur

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Indiana Is Addressing Infant Mortality Using Fake Clinics

Indiana Is Addressing Infant Mortality Using Fake Clinics Read More »

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

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

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

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,’”

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

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

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

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

Secular Coalition Slams Divisive Rhetoric in the State of the Union Speech Read More »

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

Mississippi vaccine exemption bill not coming up for vote