Study: Atheists, More Than Any Religious Group, Accept Transgender Identities

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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Questioning Evolution: The Push to Change Science Class

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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Openly Secular Rep Huffman Says There Are At Least "Religious Seekers" Like Him In Congress

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

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Almost Half of Alabama Child Care Facilities Have Religious Exemptions From Health/Safety Standards

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

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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Brought By Anti-Choice "Crisis Pregnancy Centers"

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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Secular Coalition Applauds Member of Congress For Coming Out As Humanist

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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Atheist Wins Re-Election to New Jersey General Assembly

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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Catholic Hospital Pressured Women to Bury Their Fetuses—Then Pence Made It Law

An investigation by Rewire News documents how then Indiana Governor Mike Pence turned the Catholic dogma about personhood into a ghoulish public policy that shames women by forcing them to bury their fetal remains. Rewire explains: “Legislation Pence signed as Indiana governor last year required all fetal remains to be cremated or buried, rather than disposed

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