Christian Nationalists Aim to Dismantle this Core Freedom
As Frederick Clarkson noted on RD earlier this week, every January 16 we celebrate Religious…
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Whistleblower Alleges $100B Hoarding Scandal by LDS Church; But There’s An Easy Fix
The Mormon church’s recently unearthed $100 billion stash should tell Congress it’s time to close…
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Trump White House Cranks Religion to 11 As Impeachment Looms
Nixon asked people to pray for him and ended with “God bless America” to remind the nation that he was religious and therefore moral, and thus either innocent or deserving of forgiveness. Trump is doing the same with his gaggle of evangelical bootlickers.
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The Religious Motto That Isn’t Religious: How ‘In God We Trust’ Remains Constitutional [Part 2]
It turns out that Christian activists are perfectly willing to let federal judges desecrate their religion, so long as the desecration also allows them to promote their religion.
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The Story of ‘In God We Trust,’ Our Christian Nationalist Motto [Part 1]
This story should sound familiar, especially given the blame thrown at godlessness in the wake of mass shootings and the “thoughts and prayers” offered as a “solution.”
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The Latest Attempts to Get ‘In God We Trust’ Into Schools is a Coordinated Christian Nationalist Push [Part 3]
Project Blitz and legislators like Reed, who are willing to nationalize Christianity, threaten our Constitution.
Read MoreClergy Shouldn’t Be Able to Steal Funds for Grindr or Dolls
We could debate whether immoral people seek out positions in the clergy or whether clerical life corrupts people, but that debate misses the point.
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Is God a Winning Strategy for Democrats?
Pete Buttigieg and other Democrats have begun to talk up their Christian beliefs in hope of appealing to more voters, but there are a few problems with that approach.
Read MoreSCOTUS’ Bladensburg Cross Ruling Is a Church-State Mess
Alito’s majority opinion is bereft of both principle and reason. He could have been more concise and lost little nuance by simply writing: ‘The 40ft tall Christian cross is really old and people will get upset if we remove it, so it stays.’
Read MoreNational Day of Prayer Is Illegal, But Courts Won’t Hear Challenges
In 2010 the district court correctly decided that the National Day of Prayer violated the First Amendment: “Its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function.” On appeal, the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not disagree—it couldn’t—but it tossed the case.
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