CHURCH & STATE | Oklahoma Devalues Transgender and Nonbinary Kids — With Tragic Results
The Pew Research Center reported in 2022 that 1.6% of Americans are transgender or nonbinary. Among those aged 18-29, the figure hit 5 percent. That’s millions of people. They are children, our neighbors, our friends... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Welcome to Gilead Have you noticed that parts of America are looking very dystopian these days?
It used to be, if you wanted a glimpse of what life would be like in an America that had become a nightmarish theocracy, you had to read a book like Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | The Supreme Court Has Blessed Religion-Based Discrimination. What’s Next?
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 30 ruling in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis allowing a Colorado website designer to refuse to provide services to LGBTQ+ clients because of her religious beliefs is problematic on many... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | A Critical Crossroads Many of Our Rights Rest at the Intersection of Church and State
Humanism is more than simply waking up every morning and declaring that there is still no god. The recognition that no mystical force oversees our lives, no deity with a master plan controls our fate,... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | An Election Reflection: In High-Profile Races, Christian Nationalist Hopefuls Fared Poorly At The Polls
In midterm elections, the party that holds the White House normally loses seats in Congress—sometimes a lot of seats. In 1994, two years into Bill Clinton’s presidency, the Democrats lost fifty-four seats in the U.S.... Read More
The Fundamentals
BOOK BY LYDIA GORDON The Fundamentals, by Lydia Gordon, explores the influence of fundamentalist religion on a small-town community, told through the perspectives of three women. Alexa Moss is a humanist, an architect, and a... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | Confusion in the Classroom: Public Schools Brace for a New Round of Prayer Battles
As public schools go back into session this fall, school administrators, teachers, parents, and students are forced to grapple anew with an issue that should have been settled decades ago: coercive prayer. Thanks to the... Read More