Merrill Miller
Posts by Merrill Miller (page 16)
Humanists Provide Aid to Border Children
Imagine that you’re a child living in a Central American country plagued by violence and poverty, such as Guatemala, El Salvador or Honduras. Imagine... Read More
What Are Mothers to Do? How a New Tennessee Law Criminalizes Pregnancy and Promotes Religion
No one would dispute that taking illegal drugs during pregnancy is detrimental to both a woman and her fetus. While reports of severely impaired... Read More
An Invocation for Everyone: What the Secular Invocation in Greece, N.Y., Means for Humanists
With a population of about 96,000, the town of Greece, New York, is hardly the sort of place one would expect to make national... Read More
Upcoming Supreme Court Cases to Watch
This past U.S. Supreme Court term was not encouraging for humanists. In the ruling on Town of Greece v. Galloway, we saw religion privileged... Read More
Film Review: Obvious Child
As a groundbreaking indie romantic comedy about abortion, Gillian Robespiere’s Obvious Child has provoked both praise and criticism. Blogs such as Jezebel have applauded... Read More
Nonbelievers Denounce Supreme Court Decision Allowing Special Religious Privileges for Hobby Lobby
The American Humanist Association strongly criticized today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Burwell, which granted... Read More
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? Discussing Secular/Religious Relationships with Dale McGowan
Marriages between atheists and theists aren’t so popular with many Americans—at least, that was the finding of a recent study by the Pew Research... Read More