Reading Time: 3 minutes Two dozen states are trying to tempt the more-conservative-than-ever Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. It’s cynical and dishonest.
U.S. Supreme Court
Posted inEducation
South Dakota wants more government in ‘In God We Trust’ signs
Reading Time: 4 minutes A large school district in the Midwest prairie city of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, seeks to use “In God We Trust” signs to further evade the Constitution.
Posted inGeneral
Remember D.M. Bennett? Me neither. But atheists should thank him.
Reading Time: 3 minutes Thanks to a guy who published an 1878 book promoting premarital sex, America became a less priggish society. Don’t relax just yet, though.
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Who would think clergy are only quasi-religious? U. S. Courts.
Reading Time: 4 minutes Why are religious organizations granted tax-exempt status? For some reason, government thinks it’s a good way to keep church and state separate.
Posted inReligion
Can religiously devout judges ignore God in their decisions?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and current Justice Clarence Thomas agreed they could leave faith out of their decisions. Right.
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Ten Commandments campaign was first a movie publicity stunt
Reading Time: 5 minutes How did government endorsement of Ten Commandments monuments (for awhile) and “In God We Trust” placards in courts and schools become OK? Here’s how.
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Florida Rep. Jose Oliva calls pregnant women ‘host bodies.’ Nice.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Is it appropriate for a politician to insinuate his Catholicism into the abortion debate? Is it respectful of women and their personal sovereignty?
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South Dakota legislators want to enforce ‘God’ slogan on students
Reading Time: 3 minutes South Dakota is among a number of states considering whether to require schools to display “In God We Trust” slogan. Heaven forbid.
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Red China, secular Americans share nonreligious goals, not methods
Reading Time: 4 minutes Nonreligious Americans, like mainland Chinese, are wary of the influence of religious on children. How we deal with that differs.