State Roundup: Injustice at Home and Next Door
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In the first month of 2020, state legislators across the country proposed a host of laws aimed to infringe on the separation of church and state and further religiously based discrimination. Last week, you may... Read More
Women’s March: 2020 Reflections and 2021 Forecast
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Reports on the Women’s March usually focus on the number of attendees and the weather. Yes, it was cold, but I knew I had the freedom to leave whenever I wanted to, unlike, say, many incarcerated pregnant women restrained by... Read More
Some States Work to Protect Choice, Others to Take It Away
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On Friday Donald Trump became the first sitting president to speak in person at the March for Life, the nation’s largest anti-abortion rally. Addressing a supportive crowd, the president listed a number of conservative achievements... Read More
Meet the Intern: Andrew Hulett
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Please welcome the Appignani Humanist Legal Center’s new legal intern, Andrew Hulett! TheHumanist.com: What is your educational and work background? From 2011 through 2015 I studied at SUNY Fredonia, located an hour west of Buffalo,... Read More
The Overlooked Story of Australia’s Bushfires
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The whole world has been watching for months as massive bushfires spread across Australia. Much concern has been voiced regarding who is being devastated most, with a sharp focus on land loss and animals and... Read More
Look What’s New: AHA Passes Four New Resolutions, Rolls Out Online Grassroots Tool
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The American Humanist Association (AHA) Board of Directors brought 2019 to a close with one of the largest policy expansions in our organization’s seventy-nine-year history by passing four historic resolutions. This momentous assertion of our... Read More
The Methodist Split: LGBTQ Inclusion vs. Scriptural Adherence
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On January 3, 2020, the United Methodist Church announced that after several rounds of mediation, it has crafted a plan to split in two. The reason: irreconcilable differences over LGBTQ inclusivity. In February of last... Read More