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Atheist and Agnostic Settle Company Prayer Lawsuit and win $50k
A “Grandmother Approved” company has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by two employees who were fired for refusing to participate in daily Christian prayers. READ MORE HERE: https://religionnews.com/2023/08/07/atheist-and-agnostic-fired-for-not-attending-company-prayers-win-50k-in-suit/
ADVOCACY RESOURCES
Worthwhile advocacy needs good resources. The following link includes an impressive number of atheist websites. Be sure to check out the Special List Category as well as our Resources Tab.https://atheistsites.net/
Reasonable Religious Accommodations Unanimously Upheld by SCOTUS
The case was brought by Gerald Groff, an evangelical Christian and former missionary who worked as a substitute mail carrier. After the Postal Service made a deal with Amazon in 2013 to deliver packages on Sundays, Mr. Groff said he had to choose between his faith and his livelihood, opting to quit after being disciplined …
Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for religious schools
Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for religious schools Opinion from The Washington Post By Kate Cohen Contributing columnist June 27, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT The Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board’s recent decision to allow a Catholic archdiocese to operate a public school is both illegal and unconstitutional. I’m not exaggerating — I’m just reading. …
OK Approves First Taxpayer Funded Religious School
The school will offer online, Roman Catholic instruction funded by taxpayers. Its approval is certain to tee off a legal battle over the separation of church and state. READ MORE HERE: https://nyti.ms/3Ceozly
RELIGION IN CLASSROOMS? IT’S NEW AGAIN
A Legislative effort to bring religion into classrooms faltered, though lawmakers were poised to allow chaplains to act as school counselors. Should this be permissible? READ MORE HERE: https://nyti.ms/3MtoBup
Got to Get Past the Past
Book removals may have violated student civil rights. Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/22/book-bans-georgia-hostile-environment/
Lots of Americans Are Losing Their Religion. Have You?
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES OPINION PAGE, APRIL 19, 2023. As Zuckerman, one of the co-authors of “Beyond Doubt” and a professor at Pitzer College, explained to me over the phone, when social scientists talk about religion, they do it in terms of “the three Bs: belief, behavior and belonging.” If someone asks you about …
CONCEALED CARRY. NO PERMIT NEEDED.
FROM AXIOS. Updated Apr 3, 2023 – Politics & Policy Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law a measure that will allow people in the state to carry concealed weapons without licenses or training. Driving the news: With Florida, more than half of U.S. states now allow permitless carry of a concealed weapon. The …