The Secular Coalition for America has joined several nonprofits, including the Freedom From Religion Foundation, to oppose the National Prayer Breakfast. The National Prayer Breakfast harms our national unity, the separation between religion and government, and the rights of the nonreligious community. It has been used by Christian nationalists to push discriminatory beliefs into our […]
If you have been following current events, and there have been a ton of them in the last three weeks, you start getting overwhelmed. It’s important to take the time to decide which events are unlikely, which are insignificant, and which are the opposite of insignificant. We’re going to stop making pennies? We’ll get used to it.
Heretic on the Hill: The Events of February 6th, and Yesterday Read More »
The unsealing of an affidavit this week charging 29-year-old Maria Butina with “conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation” was yet another bombshell in the investigation into what U.S. intelligence agencies describe as Russian attempts to influence American elections and politics throughout 2016. But buried within the Justice Department’s affidavit was a peculiar detail: Butina, a
Why Maria Butina wasn’t the only Russian attending the National Prayer Breakfast Read More »
Does it seem strange that, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Monday by the Justice Department, a Russian woman stands accused of “acting as an agent of a foreign government” in part because she hoped “to establish a back channel of communication” with American politicians at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington? It shouldn’t. As Jeff
What Was Maria Butina Doing at the National Prayer Breakfast? Read More »
Every Wednesday, some of the world’s most powerful people meet in a conference room in Washington DC to learn about God. The location can’t be revealed – the Secret Service won’t allow it – but the members can. Vice-President Mike Pence. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. Energy Secretary Rick Perry. Attorney
Inside the White House Bible Study group Read More »
In his address to the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning, President Trump steered clear of policy and stuck instead to a spiritual theme: “America is a nation of believers,” he said. At his first address to the breakfast last year, Trump made a policy promise — he said he would “totally destroy” the Johnson
The number of Americans professing no religious ties is growing, but President Trump reemphasized at the National Prayer Breakfast that faith is key to being an American. “Faith is central to American life and to liberty,” he said in a speech Thursday morning. “As long as we open our hearts to God’s grace, America will be
At the National Prayer Breakfast a little more than a year ago, President Trump vowed to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment, a federal law prohibiting houses of worship, charitable nonprofits and private foundations from endorsing, opposing or financially supporting political candidates and parties. Fortunately for religious congregations — and the entire charitable sector — he
Trump vowed to destroy the Johnson Amendment. Thankfully, he has failed. Read More »
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