Atheists Are Pushing Back Against Mississippi’s “In God We Trust” License Plates

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On Thursday, Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant introduced the state’s new “default” license plate — the one that will automatically be given to anybody who needs one — and it includes the state seal with the phrase “In God We Trust” on it. The plates will be distributed beginning in January of 2019. Bryant signed a bill to put the Christian …

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Why Trump’s new CDC director is an abysmal choice

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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a new boss, Dr. Robert Redfield, who ignited controversy because of his dubious qualifications for the job and the over-the-top salary offer that came with it. Initially slated to earn $375,000 a year, Redfield faced questions from Democrats, led by Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, and last …

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Mike Pence says more Americans believe in God now because Donald Trump is President

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Vice President Mike Pence delivered the commencement address to graduating students at a small, private, ultra-conservative Christian college in Michigan Saturday afternoon. Many consider the former Indiana governor a devout Catholic, and his speech certainly supported that perception. The Vice President told the Hillsdale College graduating class that because Donald Trump is now president, more Americans believe in …

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David Goodall, 104, just took his own life, after making a powerful statement about assisted death

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On his final day, before he went to a Swiss clinic to die, David Goodall spoke about his 104 years of life — and his scheduled death. The Australian scientist, who had traveled to Switzerland to end his life because euthanasia isn’t legal in his homeland, answered questions about his well-publicized plans for an assisted …

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Americans With No Religion Greatly Outnumber White Evangelicals

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It’s relatively well-known that the portion of the U.S. population with no religious affiliation has been steadily increasing recently. And for those paying attention to research, it’s also been obvious for a while that conservative evangelicals were beginning to lose “market share” after years of mocking their mainline Protestant cousins of “dying” because of insufficiently rigorous theology and moral …

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DeVos Moves to Loosen Restrictions on Federal Aid to Religious Colleges

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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, a lifelong advocate of Christian education, moved on Wednesday to loosen federal regulations on religious colleges and universities, after a Supreme Court decision that restricted states from denying some kinds of aid to religious institutions. The measure is part of a sweeping deregulatory agenda for the Education Department announced on Wednesday by the …

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Fake Clinics Don’t Just Receive State Funding in Texas. They Get Very Little Oversight.

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“In shutting down licensed abortion clinics and instead legitimizing crisis pregnancy centers, Texas officials have made it clear that they do not truly care about the health and safety of pregnant Texans.” Nearly a dozen state-funded fake clinics in Texas have not received required annual inspections since September 2016, as inspections of these fake clinics …

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LGBTQ students at Christian colleges refuse to choose between sexuality and faith

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Students can be dismissed from Spring Arbor University, which is affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, for being openly gay or transgender or violating other expectations outlined in the university’s “community standards.” “It’s very much a profound frustration with wanting to be able to stand up for yourself and not knowing what you’re allowed to …

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Christian-Only Michigan Town Isn’t Exempt from Housing Discrimination Laws

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In 1942, the board of the Bay View Association of the United Methodist Church (in Michigan) said that anyone who owned a cottage on their property had to meet two requirements: They had to be white and they had to be Christian. (Those requirements, even more disturbingly, did not apply to “servants within a household” …

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