The Office of Personnel Management’s “Protecting Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace” Memorandum: What You Need to Know

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The Office of Personnel Management’s “Protecting Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace” Memorandum: What You Need to Know Recently, Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Director Scott Kupor issued a memorandum detailing the rights and permissible behavior of religious federal employees under the Trump administration. The guidance simultaneously overstates the rights of individuals who would seek […]

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Heretic on the Hill: A Thoughtful Presidential Statement on Building the Wall

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Sixty-five years ago today President John Kennedy said about the Wall of Separation, “I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute, where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishioners for whom to vote; where no church or church

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Secular Coalition for America’s Stance on Political Violence

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Secular Coalition for America’s Stance on Political Violence WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Secular Coalition for America unequivocally condemns all forms of political violence. A healthy democracy depends on vigorous debate, peaceful protest, and fair elections—not intimidation, threats, or bloodshed. Violence in the political sphere silences voices and weakens the very framework of our representative government.

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The Federal Workforce is now Allowing Proselytizing. Here’s how Secular Groups are Taking a Stand

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The Office of Personnel Management, in partnership with the White House Faith Office, has released a memorandum on “Religious Expression in the Federal Workplace.” The memo is filled with policies that support religious coercion and proselytizing in the workplace, which would ultimately allow harassment towards nonreligious employees. The guidance fails to support atheist, agnostic, humanist,

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Heretic on the Hill: Telling Your Federal Co-worker They’re Going to Hell OK Now

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The federal government has about 2.3 million employees, not counting postal workers. It’s difficult to get an exact count because so many have been fired this year and their firings are being appealed in court. 2.3 million is slightly larger than Walmart, making the government the nation’s largest employer and the Office of Personnel Management

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SCA Let’s it be Known: The Johnson Amendment MUST be Enforced

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The IRS has officially destroyed the Johnson Amendment as we know it. The creation of the Johnson Amendment happened over seven decades ago because Congress knew religious places of worship should not engage in political activities. As a coalition of secular organizations, we know the importance of protecting politics from religious influence. We’ve written to

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Heretic on the Hill: Religion Almost Stays Out of the Big Beautiful Bill, Until the Comments Section

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It’s said that Republicans run for office for two reasons: to cut taxes and to increase military spending. The One Big (add your own adjective) Bill signed into law last week certainly does both of those, and a lot more. There are $4.5 trillion in tax cuts over the next ten years and $150 billion

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