One-Year Anniversary of Hobby Lobby: How RFRA Was Used and Abused
Today marks the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Inc. The Court ruled that “closely held” for-profit corporations—typically smaller family-owned corporations— could be exempt from certain federal laws... Read More
Who Radicalized Dylann Roof?
The manifesto of Dylann Roof, the man accused of killing nine black Bible study participants at a Charleston church on June 17, starts like this: “I was not raised in a racist home or environment.”... Read More
Justice Scalia’s Same-Sex Marriage Dissent is Hilariously Salty
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is a bit like Vegemite: you either love the man or absolutely despise him. That being said, the infamous justice should be applauded for his fantastic sense of humor, which... Read More
AHA Applauds U.S. Supreme Court Decision for Marriage Equality
The American Humanist Association applauds the United States Supreme Court for upholding the rights of same-sex couples in its ruling on the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges case. “Our country is finally moving beyond outdated, religious... Read More
Debunking Myths about Human Trafficking
For some people, the term “human trafficking” brings up images from the Hollywood film Taken—Kim Mills, the fictional daughter of a retired CIA operative, takes a vacation to Europe with her best friend only to... Read More
Beer Blasphemy: “Sweet Baby Jesus” Porter Offends Customers in Cleveland
Does putting Jesus’s name on a beer bottle constitute blasphemy? That seems to be what customers of a Cleveland, Ohio, area grocery store chain think. Indeed, their complaints led the Heinen’s stores to remove “Sweet... Read More
Fox News Uses Charleston Shootings to Propagate Culture War
In a move disturbing to even the most cynical critics of the network, Fox News has begun to use the recent tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina, in which an apparent white supremacist committed a mass... Read More