Merrill Miller
Posts by Merrill Miller (page 4)
If White Christian America Is Dying, Is Donald Trump Its Frankenstein?
Since the number of religiously unaffiliated Americans (the “Nones”) has grown to almost 25 percent of the general population and over a third of... Read More
Federal Judge’s Decision a Win for LGBTQ Rights and for Church/State Separation
Since the US Supreme Court’s ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges last year, marriage equality should be resolved. Yet the religious right still continues to... Read More
Need Birth Control? There’s an App for That!
Earlier this week, humanists and other reproductive rights advocates experienced a pivotal and much-needed win when the US Supreme Court struck down Texas’s unduly... Read More
An Australian Rodent Has Gone Extinct Due to Climate Change. Are Humans Next?
If you Google Image search the Bramble Cay melomys, the results will show a rather unremarkable looking rat. With its large, black, shiny eyes... Read More
Human, Not Object: Feminist and Humanist Messages in Jessica Valenti’s Sex Object
In the introduction to her latest book, Sex Object, feminist activist and 2014 recipient of the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Heroine award Jessica Valenti... Read More
Could Wealth Destroy Religion? Maybe.
Though religious leaders prefer narratives that describe their faith traditions as coming about through divine revelation, most humanists see religion as an ever-evolving social... Read More
When Should Humanists Oppose Abortion? When Scientology Forces It on Church Members
With reproductive rights constantly under attack in the United States, humanists spend a significant amount of time and effort defending abortion access, whether through... Read More