Reading Time: 2 minutes Andrew Seidel from the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) talks about his new book ‘The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American’ on this week’s Naked Diner Podcast.
Plurality
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The Satanic Temple is Now a Registered Tax-Exempt Church
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Satanic Temple is now officially recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt church. It is as legitimate as a religion can get in the United States.
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Penn Jillette’s Sunday School talks Hail Satan? with Penny Lane
Reading Time: 4 minutes Hail Satan? director Penny Lane did an interview with Penn Jillette of the magician duo Penn & Teller on his podcast for a discussion on Satanism, secularism, and more. How does Penn’s Clown College experience resonate with Satanism?
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Arizona Attorney General Won’t Defend Controversial “No Promo Homo” Law
Reading Time: 3 minutes Last month two gay-rights organizations sued the Arizona Board of Education over the state’s ban on HIV/AIDS education that “promotes a homosexual lifestyle”. Attorney General Mark Brnovich has determined that the AG’s office will not be defending against the legal challenges.
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Dominionism in America Part 5: The Seven Mountains Mandate
Reading Time: 10 minutes Part 5 of 5 of our continuing republication of Dominionist Theology: A Guide to Theocracy for Secularists originally published on the Left Hemispheres blog in 2011 by Steve Barry
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Arizona’s HatePlate Campaign Draws Cheers, Highlights Disparity
Reading Time: 4 minutes Arizona’s ‘In God We Trust’ license plate has raised $827,000 for the ADF since fiscal year 2014. That seems like a lot of money until you find out that in that same timeframe the group has brought in more than $250 million total.
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On Plurality and Remembering Vaclav Havel
Reading Time: 6 minutes Last weekend many members of the Atheist community took time out of their schedules to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Christopher Hitchens. Today I remember the Czech Republic’s President Vaclav Havel, who also died on this week in 2011.
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Satanists and Christians Erect Holiday Displays at Michigan State Capitol
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hot on the heels of the extraordinary reception that The Satanic Temple (TST)-Chicago received for their Snaketivity display in the Illinois capitol rotunda, a Satanic group in Michigan is claiming their right to join in Holiday festivities in public forums.
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Catholic League’s Bill Donohue says “Satanists Love Abortion”
Reading Time: 4 minutes If we are to accept that religion serves any purpose in society it is that it provides comfort and help to the afflicted in ways that secular society either cannot or has not. This purpose is simply and completely betrayed by a belief that an embryo or fetus is the same thing as a baby.
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Stop Moving Halloween to the Weekend
Reading Time: 3 minutes There’s a subtle trend in lots of smaller towns throughout America to shift the date of Halloween festivities (parties, trick or treating, etc.) to the weekend. I don’t care for it.