Christian candidate for Alabama governor says the ‘The ark was built by amateurs’ and ‘maybe we need a governor who’s an evangelist.’

Scott Dawson is a well known evangelist who is taking the gospel into the political arena. Dawson is running for Alabama governor, according to the Christian Post. Dawson said he is aware of the stereotypes labeled to public figures and said he did not want to be known as “politician.” “I want to be a public servant,” …

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Bill to allow Ten Commandments monuments passes state Senate

A bill that would allow for the display of the Ten Commandments along with historical documents on public property passed the state Senate on Thursday. House Bill 2177 by Rep. John Bennett, R-Sallisaw, and Sen. Joseph Silk, R-Broken Bow, passed by a 39-3 vote and heads to the House for consideration. “Every county, municipality, city, …

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Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA) Introduces 2018 “National Day of Reason” Resolution

Beginning in 2015, Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) introduced a formal resolution in support of the National Day of Reason. His defeat in 2016, despite coming at the hands of another Democrat, put future versions of that legislation in peril. But fellow Californian Rep. Ted Lieu picked up where Honda left off, introducing similar legislation last year. And now, Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA), the only openly non-theistic legislator and chair of …

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Trump Can’t End Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program, Court Rules

A second federal court has ordered the Trump administration continue funding comprehensive sex-education programming. A federal judge in Washington state has issued a permanent injunctionpreventing the Trump administration from cutting grants to Planned Parenthood that help fund a teen pregnancy prevention program. Tuesday’s decision is the second from a federal court ordering the administration to continue …

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Gay ‘conversion therapy’ services would be banned under measure advancing in California

The California Assembly voted Thursday to add gay “conversion therapy” to the state’s list of deceptive business practices, following a debate that focused on the personal experiences of several lawmakers and hinted at potential lawsuits to come. “It is harmful and it is unnecessary,” Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell), the bill’s author and one of the Legislature’s most …

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Tennessee Lawmakers Want To Recognize ‘Almighty God’ In State Constitution

Tennessee lawmakers have given initial approval to a resolution to amend the state constitution to say that “liberties do not come from government, but from Almighty God.” The proposed amendment passed in the state Senate nearly unanimously Tuesday, after clearing the House of Representatives last year. But on the Senate floor, Jeff Yarbro, D-Nashville, expressed concern …

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There Will Soon Be a “Congressional Freethought Caucus” on Capitol Hill

The U.S. Congress will soon have a caucus — a group of legislators that gets together to promote common interests — dedicated to reason and science, the secular government our founders envisioned, and issues concerning non-religious Americans. You would think, given how there are caucuses for everything, we’d already have one of these. After all, there …

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Nontheists Applaud The Announcement of a Congressional Freethought Caucus

Washington, DC –Today, Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Jerry McNerney (D-CA), and Dan Kildee (D-MI) announced the formation of the first-ever Congressional Freethought Caucus. The mission of the caucus is to promote public policy based on reason and science, to protect the secular character of our government, and to champion the value of …

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Is A Crisis Pregnancy Center Teaching Sex Ed At Your Kid’s School?

Several weeks ago, John Oliver’s “Last Week Tonight” took a deep dive into “crisis pregnancy centers.” These controversial facilities often open near family planning clinics to attract pregnant women with free pregnancy tests and ultrasounds and then try to dissuade them from considering abortion. Many CPCs operate mobile clinics-on-wheels, which are permitted to park near …

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