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BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 31, 2021 Dozens of students representing 25 different Christian colleges and universities have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education for giving federal funding to faith-based schools that discriminate against LGBTQ people. It’s an attempt to force the Biden administration to stop giving money to these bigoted Christian institutions. “The Plaintiffs seek safety and […]
BY HEMANT MEHTA MARCH 26, 2021 I posted last week about a disturbing recording that a West Virginia middle school student had made of her health teacher. The teacher told kids they should avoid sex before marriage because the Bible said so, that students needed to believe in God, that God would help them “make better decisions” […]
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 20, 2021 American Atheists and Americans United for Separation of Church and State are giving the Trump administration a going away present: They’re suing the Department of Education and Secretary Betsy DeVos in response to a policy that forces colleges to “financially support religious student groups that discriminate.” They’re referring to a rule published last […]
APRIL 16, 2019 BY GENE VEITH In Great Britain, the LGBT+ ideology has free rein. When a special curriculum promoting that ideology was implemented in Birmingham’s public schools, conservative Christians didn’t like it, but that carried no weight. Because of its teachings on transgenderism–that men must be accepted as women if they so choose–British feminists of […]
BY HEMANT MEHTA OCTOBER 1, 2020 There are plenty of books that explain evolution, debunk Creationism, and get into the weeds of public policy regarding how we teach science. But historian Adam Laats believes we will only be able to get past the controversy if we have a better understanding of how it developed and how we’ve […]
OCTOBER 1, 2020 BY BARRY DUKE A SONG intended to counter ‘dangerous humanism’ that fails to acknowledge innate human ‘sinfulness’ has resulted in the sacking of the singer, Jim Spiegel, above, from his post as a professor at Indiana’s Taylor University. The sacking, according to Campus Reform, came after Spiegel refused to remove his “Little Hitler” song from […]
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 Back in November, the ACLU and its Tennessee chapter sued the Smith County School System in Nashville over its longstanding illegal promotion of Christianity. That case has finally been resolved with some welcome news from a judge. Here’s the backstory: According to Kelly Butler (an Army veteran) and his two kids, and Sharona and […]
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 13, 2020 Should the book of Genesis be part of a high school English class? An Indiana parent is complaining about it, and the lack of information isn’t helping her case. The unidentified parent told local news channel WSBT that her daughter was told to read Genesis chapters 1-3 for her English class […]
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Teaching Children To Hate: A conservative Christian preacher in Tennessee is threatening to sue his daughter’s public high school after the girl was sent home for wearing an anti-gay shirt proclaiming “Homosexuality is a sin.” The Christian Post reports: An outspoken Christian preacher and activist is accusing his daughter’s school of […]
SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 BY RICK SNEDEKER While American public-school children are hunched over their devices attending online virtual classes during the COVID-19 pandemic, an evangelical Christian organization appears to be busy inserting religious propaganda into their curricula in Ohio, church/state separation watchdog American Atheists (AA) warns. New Jersey-based AA in a press release issued Tuesday announced the launch […]
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Satanic Panic: The headmaster at a Michigan Christian school rejects science, claims a mask mandate means “Satan wins,” and has fired a teacher for raising concerns about a lack of masks in classrooms. Michigan Public Radio (MPR) reports: Many Michigan schools are open for in-person learning. But even those schools look […]
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 A group of researchers say that public school principals in the U.S. discriminate against atheist and Muslim families, and the way they made this claim is fascinating. The new paper was published in the journal Public Administration Review, and it’s the work of Steven Pfaff (University of Washington), Charles Crabtree (Dartmouth College), Holger L. Kern (Florida State University), […]
BY HEMANT MEHTA SEPTEMBER 1, 2020 After thoroughly embarrassing the school he ran like a dictator since 2007, Jerry Falwell, Jr. is now the former president of Liberty University and a punchline for years to comes given his sexual hypocrisy. Yesterday, the school’s “Executive Committee” announced that they would undertake a thorough investigation into All Things Falwell. (Minus the Pool Boy sex stuff, which […]
AUGUST 10, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Deplorable: Georgia school teachers and other teachers around the country are being placed in intolerable situations because of the COVID-19 pandemic. One Georgia lawmaker, State Rep. Beth Moore, has set up an anonymous inbox where whistleblowers in Georgia can report “tips, photos and videos about unsafe conditions at Georgia schools.” […]
NOVEMBER 11, 2019 BY MICHAEL STONE Deplorable: Fox News guest Rebecca Friedrichs argues that public schools should not give children “free healthcare,” “free food,” and “free emotional support” because “that’s communism.” In a despicable display of callous cruelty, Rebecca Friedrichs, a former teacher and conservative Christian activist who makes a living smearing public schools and teacher’s […]
JULY 16, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Deplorable: Determined to send kids back to school no matter the danger, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany argues that “science should not stand in the way” of sending kids back to school, later claiming that “the science is on our side here.” The Week reports: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh […]
JULY 6, 2020 BY MARY PEZZULO I thought it would make bigger news this weekend, when pro-life icon Abby Johnson said that her son isn’t Black after all. In case you just joined us: the Johnsons had an open adoption several years ago. They adopted a baby named Jude whom they’ve spoken and blogged publicly about […]
JULY 7, 2020 BY JONATHAN MS PEARCE I spend an awful lot of time arguing about racism with people in my personal life, both on Facebook and face-to-face. I have had some unbelievable conversations with people very close to me that show that overt, explicit racism is alive and well thank you very much, and that […]
BY HEMANT MEHTA JULY 7, 2020 In Litchfield, Minnesota, they’re still a long way from having a school board full of sensible people. The six-member Litchfield Public Schools board voted 4-2 to keep the Pledge of Allegiance throughout the district under an old policy that required students to say it at least once a week. They actually considered making […]
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 9, 2020 An 80-year-old retired professor has given the University of Texas a $1 million endowment to study Secular Americans. Brian Bolton gave the money to UT — a school he has no formal connection to — in the hopes that a professor would study the ever-growing segment of non-religious people in the country. […]