🎬 Videos(4)
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RfRx - Religion & Politics: Christian Nationalism in America with Andrew Seidel
Recovering from Religion
Aired 12/22/21 If you grew up in a deeply religious household, were homeschooled or went to a religious school, you might have been given some serious disinformation about American history. Christian Nationalism has demanded the creation of myths and the revision of history. In this RfRx discussion Adnrew Seidel will discuss what it is, the role it plays in society now and historically, how to spot it, how to fight it. This RfRx discussion is based on his eye-opening, bestselling book, "The Founding Myth
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RfRx - The Supremacy of Religious Rights in the Shadow of a Pandemic with Torah Bontrager
Recovering from Religion
Aired 01/26/2022 In the United States, laws have been created and upheld which favor religious freedoms over the health and well-being of United States citizens. In this RfRx Torah Bontrager will return to discuss the supremacy of religious rights over other basic human rights, including education (a theme of the Amish Heritage Foundation's work and the topic of their upcoming conference). A report by the Columbia Law School's Law, Rights, and Religion Project that shows that "the Supreme Court's COVID-era opinions have created a hierarchy of constitutional rights, with religious rights at the top." This discussion will cover how this happened, how this affects everyday people, where we are headed, and what we can do about it.
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RfRx - Christian Nationalism: Power, Privilege & Panic Over the Rise of the Seculars w/ Seth Andrews
Recovering from Religion
Aired: 08/11/2021 Over the past several decades there has been a rise of Christian Nationalism in the United States. In this RfRx discussion, Seth will discuss the power that the Christian Nationalist movement currently wields, and how they use it.
📄 Articles(3)
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U.S. Church Membership Falls Below Majority for First Time
Gallup
For the first time in Gallup's polling history, less than half of U.S. adults report belonging to a church, synagogue or mosque.
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Slides: The Supremacy of Religious Rights in the Shadow of a Pandemic with Torah Bontrager
Recovering from Religion
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📚 Books(3)
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Standoff: How America Became Ungovernable
Bill Schneider
Bill Schneider, former CNN senior political analyst, takes us inside the voting booth to show how Americans vote and why their votes sometimes seem to make no practical sense.
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Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers
Brooke Allen
In her lively refutation of modern claims about America's religious origins, Brooke Allen looks back at the late eighteenth century and shows decisively that the United States was founded not on Christian principles at all but on Enlightenment ideas.
🎙️ Podcasts(2)
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We Dissent Podcast
We Dissent is a monthly podcast by four secular women, who also happen to be powerhouse attorneys at the major secular organizations in the U.S. Join us as we discuss developments affecting the separation of church and state in the US Supreme Court and lower federal courts. We'll also explore other advocacy work we do to help atheists and other nonreligious people outside the courtroom. We know there are so many atheist podcasts and legal podcasts and you have a lot to choose from, but we hope you'll join us, the only legal podcast for atheists and agnostics hosted completely by women lawyers.
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Episode 12 – Elections!
We Dissent Podcast
Rebecca, Liz, Monica, and Alison discuss the ways in which the separation of church and state surfaces during election season. They'll break down the Johnson Amendment, the rules and restrictions churches must adhere to in order to be tax-exempt, and then explore the unique complaints they receive involving voting in churches.
🏢 Organizations(10)
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The Satanic Temple
The Satanic Temple promotes egalitarianism, social justice, and the separation of religion and state. Satanic temple beliefs use Satan as a symbol representing "the eternal rebel" against arbitrary authority and social norms.
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Freedom From Religion Foundation
The nonprofit Freedom From Religion Foundation works to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism, and to promote the constitutional principle of separation between church and state.
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Atheist Alliance International
AAI is a global federation of atheist groups and individuals. We are the only atheist group accredited with UN Special Consultative status. AAI speaks up for atheists everywhere. We support atheists in danger and we educate people about atheism. Our goal is a secular world.
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Atheist Alliance of America
We are an incubator for secular activists and community organizations
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National Center for Science Education
The National Center for Science Education promotes and defends accurate and effective science education because everyone deserves to engage with the evidence. NCSE works with teachers, parents, scientists, and concerned citizens at the local, state, and national levels to ensure that topics including evolution and climate change are taught accurately, honestly, and confidently.
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Americans United for the Separation of Church and State
Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Americans United or AU for short) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that advocates separation of church and state, a legal doctrine set forth in the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, which says "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof."
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National Secular Society
The National Secular Society works for the separation of religion and state and equal respect for everyone's human rights so that no one is either advantaged or disadvantaged on account of their beliefs.
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Anti-Discrimination Support Network
Freethought Society
Reports about discrimination against nonbelievers and a form for submitting complaints about discrimination against nonbelievers.