Matthew Bulger
Posts by Matthew Bulger (page 21)
On the Hill: Religious Freedom Ambassador Awaiting Senate Confirmation
While the majority of the American Humanist Association’s advocacy work is focused on domestic issues, at the federal and state level, the organization has... Read More
On the Hill: Congress Packs the Room for AHA’s First Briefing on Humanist Chaplains
Yesterday the American Humanist Association held its first ever congressional briefing in front of a packed audience of congressional staffers, members of the armed... Read More
On the Hill: Legislators Introduce Bill to Combat Hobby Lobby Ruling
In the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, which affirmed the ability of for-profit corporations to cite religious... Read More
On the Hill: U.S. Commission Releases Annual Report on the State of Religious Freedom
Last week I attended an event on the release of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom’s (USCIRF) annual report, entitled “15th Anniversary Retrospective:... Read More
On the Hill: Prayer Plaque Bill Passes Congress
In May I wrote about a bill that raised some big church-state separation concerns, the World War II Memorial Prayer Act of 2013. This... Read More
On the Hill: Obama Takes Step Forward on LGBT Rights
In April I wrote about how President Obama could protect LGBT workers with unilateral action since the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) (which would update... Read More
On the Hill: House Tries to Add Religious Plaque to War Memorial
With election season rapidly approaching and substantive work on important topics like immigration reform and climate change all but nonexistent, some members of Congress... Read More