Category Archives: Church State Separation

Breaking: Michigan House Passes Religious ‘License To Discriminate’ Bill

Michigan House Republicans just passed a religious “license to discriminate” bill, which would allow anyone to refuse service to anyone and claim their “religious beliefs” require them to discriminate. The Michigan House of Representatives, led by Speaker Jase Bolger (photo, … Continue reading

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Ohio Student Sits Out Pledge of Allegiance, Told He Will Be Punished

(Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2014)—Today the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center sent a letter to officials at East Gurnsey Local Schools in Old Washington, Ohio, and at Buckeye Trail High School in Lore City, Ohio, on behalf of … Continue reading

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Christian Scripture On School Monument Will Be Removed, Says Georgia School Board

(Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2014)—The American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center applauds the Madison County School Board in Danielsville, Georgia, for deciding to modify a sculpture located at the Madison High School football stadium that prominently displays biblical references … Continue reading

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Creationism in New Hampshire: Attacking Science and Undermining Religious Freedom

As the circus that is the Republican presidential sweepstakes pulls into New Hampshire, local legislators seem to be working overtime to shift the political pendulum even further to the right. And by doing so they’re threatening to destroy both religion … Continue reading

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Barry Lynn on “In God We Trust”

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Dominionism and Democracy

October 2011 Featured By Joseph L. Conn Religious Right Radicals’ Growing Role In The Presidential Election Sparks A Debate Over What Kind Of America They Want Texas Gov. and GOP presidential hopeful Rick Perry is a big fan of the … Continue reading

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Schools Can’t Teach Religion as Science, Even in Texas

Charles C. Haynes Director, Religious Freedom Education Project Friday, August 26, 2011 WASHINGTON Texas Gov. Rick Perry needs to get home more often. On Aug. 11, just days before Perry told a boy in New Hampshire that in Texas we … Continue reading

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