Politics

June 2014

June 30, 2014
The Supreme Court just ruled 5-4 that Hobby Lobby and other closely-held (family-owned) corporations have...
June 30, 2014
Earlier this year, in anticipation of both the National Day of Prayer and National Day...
June 29, 2014
At the Secular Coalition for America's Lobby Day, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) was one of...
June 29, 2014
This coming August, the Festival of Dangerous Ideas will take place in Sydney Australia. Speakers...
June 29, 2014
At the Secular Coalition for America's Lobby Day, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) was one of...
June 28, 2014
During the May 1 National Day of Reason celebration on the steps of the California...
June 28, 2014
At the Secular Coalition for America's Lobby Day, Rep. Robert Scott (D-VA) was one of...
June 27, 2014
A just-released Gallup survey asked respondents, "Do you believe that religion can answer all or...
June 27, 2014
A couple of years ago, before the Supreme Court ruled that sectarian invocation prayers were...
June 26, 2014
The National World War II Memorial opened in Washington, D.C. in 2004 and it's a...
June 25, 2014
Rarely is an entire movie invalidated by the first few seconds of its trailer. But...
June 25, 2014
[Note: This is an expansion on a previous post, meant to give full context and...
June 25, 2014
Yesterday, the International Humanist and Ethical Union confirmed a rumor that had been floating around...
June 24, 2014
John Oliver offered a fantastic -- and substantive -- take on Dr. Oz and his...
June 24, 2014
Yesterday, we got a rare glimpse of how sensitive Saudi Arabia is to its human...
June 24, 2014
On last night's Daily Show, comedian Bill Maher said something he's said on his own...
June 23, 2014
Last Thursday, the Mobile County Commission (in Alabama) voted 2-1 to put the words "In...
June 23, 2014
A few weeks ago, the mayor of La Vista, Nebraska, Doug Kindig, made earned his...
June 22, 2014
In my post about the March for Marriage, I wondered what kind of person it...
June 22, 2014
The Obama administration has disappointed secular activists on many an occasion (and, to be fair,...
June 22, 2014
Secular organizations came together last week to support a campaign (going by "#TwitterTheocracy") that addressed...
June 21, 2014
At the Secular Coalition for America's Lobby Day last week, Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) was...
June 21, 2014
Here's two diametrically opposed religious responses to the growing consensus in favor of same-sex marriage...
June 20, 2014
You may have heard by now that Spain's King Juan Carlos abdicated his throne after...
June 20, 2014
Creationist Ken Ham just found out that the UK government has told all publicly-funded schools...
June 20, 2014
Last year, The Washington Post's Susan Svrluga wrote an incredible story about a home-schooled student,...
June 19, 2014
Lawyer Michelle MacDonald, who faces DUI charges, just won the Minnesota GOP's nomination to become...
June 19, 2014
From 1999 through 2007, Christians delivered every single invocation prayer at the meetings of the...
June 19, 2014
Tucked away in new UK government regulations guiding all publicly-funded schools is a welcome reminder...
June 19, 2014
Ron Williams (below) wanted his children to attend a secular school in Australia, so you...
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