Alabama Republican Proposes Bill to Teach Biblical Creationism in Science Class

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Republican State Rep. Steve Hurst has proposed a bill, HB 258, that would literally allow teachers to promote biblical Creationism in the classroom. Section 1. (a) In any public K-12 school instruction concerning the theories of the creation of man and the Earth, and which involves the theory commonly known as evolution, any teacher may include as a portion […]

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Trump Administration Empowers Health Care Workers To Prescribe Religion To Patients

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The Secular Coalition for America released a statement today in response to the formation of a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. According to its new web page, the stated purpose of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division is to “restore federal enforcement

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Trump Administration Empowers Health Care Workers To Prescribe Religion To Patients

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Washington, DC — The Secular Coalition for America released a statement today in response to the formation of a new Conscience and Religious Freedom Division in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. According to its new web page, the stated purpose of the Conscience and Religious Freedom Division is to

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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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Secular Coalition: FEMA is not the Religious Right’s Personal Piggy Bank

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Washington, DC — The Secular Coalition for America released a statement today condemning a new policy by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that gives houses of worship broader access to disaster relief funds. The new policy, unveiled in FEMA’s Public Assistance Program and Policy Guide says that the agency will revise its eligibility criteria

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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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