The Moral Outrage of Comparing Abortion to the Holocaust
The truth is that the ”forced-birth” mentality of those determined to eliminate abortion access is far closer to the Nazi philosophy of dehumanization and oppression.
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Long Before Lying to Congress, Barr’s Views on Church and State Should Have Disqualified Him
In the 1990s, Barr attacked the very concept of secular government and in one speech said advocates of secularism “are clearly fanatics.” Barr’s advocacy of “God’s law” is especially alarming.
Read MoreSatanic Temple’s IRS Recognition Rekindles Fierce Debate Over What Is ‘Really Real’ Church
While TST is not the first Satanic organization to obtain this status, it is the first group that clearly intends to deploy this status in legal challenges. TST’s demands for equal treatment under the law are going to be much harder to dismiss from here on out.
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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Russian Operative Maria Butina, Who Leveraged Christian Right Connections, Sentenced For Conspiracy
While the focus of the sentencing memo is on Butina’s connections to organizations like the NRA, the memo also cites her connection to the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual event that’s been hosted by The Family since 1953.
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Justice Thomas Fails on Religious Test Answer
Thomas’s opinion on religious tests wasn’t about right or wrong, or even of the Constitution, it’s a political argument designed to muzzle such questions in hopes of easing and paving a path for conservative justices who would place faith above the Constitution.
Read MoreHouse Hearing on White Nationalism Missed the Boat on Christian Nationalism
The federal government cannot attack the scourge of hate without understanding the role Christian supremacy plays in white nationalism behavior.
Read MoreCatholic Bishops Fund Anti-Choice ‘Clinics’ Set to Receive Trump Title X Funding
The Trump administration is funneling $5.1 million in federal Title X family planning funding to a chain of faith-based anti-abortion medical clinics called Obria. Turns out that the Catholic Church has funded them too.
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If You Don’t Have Peace You Don’t Have Jesus, Preacher Tells Georgia House of Representatives
The past couple of weeks have shown the country that, even though the Supreme Court has said prayers are constitutional, government bodies should stop organizing them. They are divisive, intimidating, coercive—and certainly unbecoming in bodies that represent our increasingly pluralistic communities.
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Penn. Legislator’s Jaw-Dropping Prayer Showcases America’s Christian Nationalism Problem
That a state legislator’s prayer was meant to intimidate non-Christians seems self-evident, but it’s probably less clear to many observers that the prayer is also a symptom of a virulent strain of Christian nationalism.
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