A former Idaho Supreme Court Justice has published a powerful call for lawmakers to end the state’s faith healing exemption from child neglect and manslaughter laws. Writing in the Idaho State Journal, he says: “Adults can decide for themselves on health care matters. If they decide to forego medical intervention for themselves for religious reasons, …
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A new study from the Pew Research Center finds that, among religious demographics, atheists are the group most likely to accept that someone can be transgender. The poll found that 71% of atheists surveyed agreed that a person’s sex does not determine their gender for life. Writing at the Friendly Atheist blog, Hemant Mehta says: …
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The New York Times investigates the ongoing effort by lawmakers and activists to get junk science into public schools. Since 2008, 5 states have passed “academic freedom” laws that make it easier for teachers to introduce creationism and climate change denial into their classrooms. The article explains how, under the guise of promoting critical thinking, lawmakers …
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Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) is the only sitting Member of Congress who is openly nonreligious. However, Rep. Huffman says at least 10 of his colleagues on Capitol Hill are also “religious seekers” like him. In an interview with the San Fransico Chronicle, Rep. Huffman said: … He said there are probably at least 10 other “seekers” like …
Idaho is one of nine states with sweeping religious exemptions from child abuse and manslaughter laws for families who practice faith healing. Now, a group of parents, lawmakers, and some religious leaders are working to close these dangerous loopholes. The Boise Weekly explains: “It wasn’t until 1972 that the Idaho Legislature voted unanimously to institute religious …
A new report by the Alabama Department of Human Resources found that 956 of Alabama’s 1,938 child care facilities are operating with a religious exemption from license requirements. That same report found 15,156 total health and safety violations in child care facilities receiving federal funding, some of which were operating without a license. Religious exemptions from …
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal brought by so-called “Crisis Pregnancy Centers” (CPCs). CPCs are often faith-based organizations that have been known to engage in deceptive advertising practicing, promoting themselves as legitimate women’s health clinics so they can push their anti-choice religious beliefs onto unsuspecting patients. The Los Angeles Times explains the …
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Today, Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) made history as the second sitting Member of Congress in history to come out as a nontheist. Huffman said he was inspired to be honest about his secular identity because of the “negative ways” the Trump Administration was using religion. In the Washington Post, Huffman explains: “I don’t believe in …
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Washington, DC — Today the Secular Coalition for America released a statement applauding Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) for publicly announcing that he is a nonreligious humanist. Statement by Larry T. Decker, Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America “I want to thank Rep. Huffman for his honesty, his integrity, and his courage. Every lawmaker …
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Openly atheist lawmaker Andrew Zwicker won re-election to the New Jersey General Assembly. Zwicker is not only an out of the closet atheist, he’s also a physicist and the Head of Science Education at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The Friendly Atheist explains that what makes Zwicker’s re-election so exciting is more than his nonreligious identity: …
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