The CIA Is Becoming More White, Male, and Christian, and That’s Bad for America

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CIA employees are blowing the whistle about proselytizing inside the agency. One of the complaints describes the problem as something “straight out of The Handmaid’s Tale.” According to sources, the problem stems the Trump appointed CIA Director Mike Pompeo: Pompeo, an evangelical Christian, has said previously that Islamist terrorists will “continue to press against us until we […]

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Arkansas Church Uses New Law To Exert “Spiritual Influence” in Schools

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In August, Arkansas lawmakers passed a bill requiring all public schools to display a framed picture or poster of “In God We Trust” above an American flag in their classrooms. Ostensibly, the law’s purpose is to promote patriotism but, if that was the case, why not use our nation’s original, secular motto E Pluribus Unum (“Out

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WV School District Voluntarily Ends Formal Prayers at Football Games

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During a school board meeting, a West Virginia school district was informed that their policy of having prayers read aloud over loudspeakers before football games are unconstitutional. According to the article, district officials were completely unaware that the Supreme Court ruled on this very issue in the case of Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe (2000),

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Who was — and wasn’t — invited to Betsy DeVos’s education roundtable

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On Wednesday (8/30) Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos convened two roundtable discussions on “school choice” in Tallahassee, Florida. It is unsurprising that DeVos, a longtime champion of school voucher initiatives, would host a discussion on school choice. What is surprising is the guest list, which included religious leaders and business owners but neglected to include

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STUDY: Blasphemy laws on the books in one-third of nations

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A new study by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom finds that laws criminalizing blasphemy are “astonishingly widespread.” A few disturbing highlights from the report: • Seventy-one countries, spread out across many regions, maintain blasphemy laws. • Every one of these blasphemy statutes deviates from at least one internationally recognized human rights principle. Most

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Oregon Governor Signs Bill Giving Equal Rights to Secular Celebrants

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Salem, Oregon– The Secular Coalition for Oregon applauded Governor Kate Brown today for signing HB 2113 into law, which allows for secular celebrants to legally solemnize marriages. The bill was introduced in response to lobbying efforts by the Secular Coalition for Oregon. Statement by Brian Harvey, Chair of the Secular Coalition for Oregon “Today marks

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What everyone is missing about Trump’s Executive Order on religious liberty

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On Thursday, the Secular Coalition for America issued a strong statement and issued an Action Alert opposing President Trump’s executive order on religious liberty. Some of our supporters have contacted us asking why other organizations typically aligned with our position on the separation of church and state have offered a more muted response. As an organization that is

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