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Transgender rights are a state/church issue
Those of you reading this blog have likely noticed over the past several months that there’s been a significant uptick in coverage of LGBTQIA+ rights
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Bible verses for Women’s History Month add insult to injury


Our lobbying arm, a national victory, regressive Texas and absurd Arkansas
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Transgender rights are a state/church issue
Those of you reading this blog have likely noticed over the past several months that there’s been a significant uptick in coverage of LGBTQIA+ rights


The future of Christianity
Christianity is ceasing to be a white Northern religion and is becoming mostly a faith for people of color in the Global South, according to


Bible verses for Women’s History Month add insult to injury
The Jackson Police Department in Tennessee has perversely celebrated Women’s History Month by asking female police officers to share their “favorite bible verse.” Six female


Some awful abortion news — and what you can do
Every week, I am more and more appalled by anti-abortion legislation and actions. But rather than being paralyzed by the onslaught, I am motivated to


Our lobbying arm, a national victory, regressive Texas and absurd Arkansas
We love narratives of secular progress — and we have a few for you this week. We are pleased to announce an enhancement of our


My ‘irrational’ love of music
Some of us crave classical music with a raptured obsession that defies logical explanation. It’s just sound waves in the air — but some tone


We need to reclaim the phrase ‘dignity and compassion’
The phrase “dignity and compassion” is being weaponized to mask the cruel reality of anti-abortion laws. Even though science shows that banning abortion is


Commemorating 133 years of ‘godless’ schools; excoriating today’s Wis. Supreme Court
Can you imagine a judge — any American judge today — with the courage and the insight to write this: “There is no such source

Weekly Wrap: Newspaper ads, victories and boycotts
Happy Friday, everyone! I’m filling in for FFRF Communications Director Amit Pal, who normally writes your weekly update from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. But


Still Standing: Who’s allowed to defend the separation between church and state?
Two children ages 4 and 8 were injured during a spate of drive-by shootings in Ocala, Fla. in September 2014. The boys were watching TV


‘The Last of Us’ and ‘anti-Christian’ bias in Hollywood
WARNING: Mild spoilers for the hit show, “The Last of Us.” Last weekend, Rainn Wilson, who famously played Dwight Shrute on “The Office,” tweeted: I do


Yearly legislative torment in conservative states
We who live in conservative rural states suffer an annual nightmare as reactionary legislators try to wreck personal freedoms and sound science. In the 2023