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.
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The Battle for the Meaning of Religious Freedom Day
A proposed resolution intended to commemorate perhaps one of the most radical, liberatory, and revolutionary pieces of legislation in the history of the world misses the point. And it’s not a mistake.
Read More2018: Wave Goodbye to Another Year in Religion
From sexual abuse to white nationalism, a fake rabbi, atheists behaving badly, and politicized pastries, 2018 had little going for it on the religion front.
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Ringing in a Christian Nationalist 2019 With an Even Larger Legislative Playbook
A Christian nationalist coalition, including the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation, has published a new state legislative playbook for 2019 that’s 30 percent larger, and 100 percent as committed to a nation that reflects its sectarian values.
Read MoreAtheists Take Heart (and Office): New Poll Shows Major Support for Nonreligious Candidates
According to the data, among pro-choice and pro-LGBTQ equality voters, a candidate’s religious identity is virtually immaterial. Atheists have a good chance to gain seats in the coming years.
Read MoreDoes Religious Freedom Extend to Child Endangerment? It’s Not as Simple as It Seems
There must be some middle ground—not between right and wrong, but between different understandings of what constitutes abuse.
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Christian Pol, Attacked for Opposing ‘In God We Trust’ in School, Talks Church and State
I’m continually surprised that people who say they want less intrusive government are so eager to promote this intrusion into our personal lives.
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‘Project Blitz’ Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business
Religious freedom has been much in the news as the Trump administration has rolled out…
Read More“Project Blitz” Seeks to Do for Christian Nationalism What ALEC Does for Big Business
Launched initially in 2015, Project Blitz brings something new and dramatic to the Christian Right as it continues to mature as a political movement—especially in light of its electoral advances in state governments over the past decade.
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Billy Graham, Most Famous Religious Figure of 20th C, Dies at 99
Billy Graham, by any measure the most famous religious figure of the twentieth century, died today [at his home in Montreat, North Carolina]. He was ninety-nine years old.
In a career that extended well over half a century, Graham took a simple evangelical message – give your heart…
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