In the wake of the dumpster fire that was Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings, there was speculation in legal circles that the U.S. Supreme Court would lay low: It would avoid taking on controversial cases or overturning long-standing precedent. But the Court’s action earlier this month suggests that patience, restraint, and avoiding hot-button issues are …
New Hampshire State Rep. Sherry Frost was first elected in 2016, and she’s never tried to hide who she is from the general public. She’s even referred to her godlessness on social media. She’s not alone as an atheist in New Hampshire. By my count, as of last week, there were 6 non-religious people in …
New Hampshire State Rep. Sherry Frost Says She’s Also an Atheist Read More »
The Trump administration is breaking with 75 years of precedent by attempting to interfere in how science is practiced by the U.S. government, according to three experts who issued a dire warning to their profession in the journal Science on Thursday. The administration is empowering political staff to meddle with the scientific process by pushing …
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That was an election we’ll be talking about for a long time. A big thank you to everyone who participated by voting, registering voters, knocking on doors, making phone calls, donating, asking a question during a town hall or debate or getting other people involved. Before I share my thoughts with you about the election, …
Secular And The City: A Post Election Legislative Update Read More »
Yesterday, just hours after the midterm elections had ended, Donald Trump fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions and announced that he would be replaced by his Chief of Staff Matthew Whitaker. In a 2014 debate when he was running for the U.S. Senate, now acting attorney general Whitaker said judges should have a Christian worldview, and …
Trump’s Pick to Replace Sessions Thinks Judges Need a “Biblical View” of Justice Read More »
The Trump administration released two rules Wednesday evening that would allow employers with “religious or moral” objections to providing insurance coverage for birth control to be exempt from providing that coverage. The rules are amended versions of rules that the administration first released in October 2017. Several organizations quickly took the administration to court over …
A comprehensive report on the results of every nonreligious candidate who ran for public office during the 2018 midterm elections. This report was compiled by Hemant Mehta, the Center for Freethought Equality, and the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
Washington, DC — The Secular Coalition for America released a statement following the 2018 midterm elections. Statement by Larry T. Decker, Executive Director of the Secular Coalition for America “Yesterday millions of nonreligious voters across the country made their voices heard at the ballot box and sent a powerful message to lawmakers, politicians, and pundits …
Conventional wisdom — at least since 2016, when candidate Donald Trump bluntly declared his intention to appoint justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade — has held that the gravest threat to reproductive freedom in the United States would come, eventually, from the Supreme Court. But while the focus has been on the judicial branch, …
How many non-religious candidates are on ballots all across the country on Tuesday? With tremendous help from the Freethought Equality Fund PAC and the Center for Freethought Equality — both of which are affiliated with the American Humanist Association — we now have an answer to that question. There are 140 nonreligious candidates vying for …
Here Are All the Non-Religious Candidates Running for State and Federal Office Read More »
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