Nontheists Condemn Appointment of Tony Perkins to Religious Freedom Commission

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Washington, DC — The Secular Coalition for America released a statement today in response to news that Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council (FRC), has been appointed to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government …

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The White House Says It Has No Idea How The Controversial Religious Leaders Were Involved In The Jerusalem Embassy Opening

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The Trump administration on Monday claimed it has no idea how the religious leaders who have made controversial comments were involved in the ceremony to open the US Embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. As Israeli forces shot and killed dozens of Palestinian protesters in what was one of the deadliest days of violence at the Gaza border …

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Maryland bans harmful fake ‘ex-gay’ therapy

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Add Maryland to the list of states banning harmful “conversion therapy” meant to turn gay people straight. The programs greatly increase chances of suicide and are completely ineffective. overnor Larry Hogan signed the legislation today along with another bill meant to help LGBTQ youth. The other law will expand housing and support services to youth experiencing …

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California assisted death law overturned in court

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A judge in Riverside County on Tuesday overturned California’s controversial assisted death law nearly two years after it took effect, ruling that the Legislature improperly passed the measure during a special session on health care funding. The court is holding its judgment for five days, according to representatives for supporters and opponents of the law, to give …

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Tony Perkins appointed to US panel on international religious freedom

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Tony Perkins, the head of the conservative Christian lobbying group Family Research Council, has been appointed to a U.S. government commission dedicated to “defending the universal right to freedom of religion or belief abroad.” On Monday (May 14), the Congressional Record revealed that Perkins had been appointed to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom on the …

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The domestic gag rule on abortion, explained

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The Trump administration last year reinstated — and expanded — a rule banning family planning clinics that get aid money from the United States from performing abortions or even discussing abortion with their patients. Often called the “global gag rule,” it’s led to clinic closures and reductions in crucial services around the world. And now it might be coming …

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Nevada Lt. Gov. Candidate Pushed Scientology on Former Employees, They Say

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Usually, when we talk about Republican politicians promoting religion, we’re talking about the Mike Pences of the world pushing their Christianity anywhere they can. In Nevada, however, Brent Jones, a former assemblyman and current candidate for lieutenant governor, is apparently the subject of multiple lawsuits from employees of his bottled water company because, they say, he pushed Scientology on …

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President Trump just unveiled a new White House ‘faith’ office. It actually weakens religious freedom.

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An Orthodox Jew is placed in a government-subsidized job program that meets in a church. His religious beliefs bar him from entering a church. Will reasonable efforts be made to refer him to an alternate provider? A Catholic victim of human trafficking is cared for by a federally funded evangelical nonprofit. The nonprofit also organizes …

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Oklahoma Passes Adoption Law That L.G.B.T. Groups Call Discriminatory

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Gov. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma signed a bill on Friday that gay rights groups said would allow private adoption agencies to discriminate against L.G.B.T. couples on religious grounds when placing children. The law would allow the agencies to choose not to place children in certain homes if it “would violate the agency’s written religious or …

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