Secular Coalition for America

Fox News host urges defense of America’s 'Christian Culture' against communism A Fox News host is urging viewers to defend America’s “western Christian culture” and to think “communism” whenever they hear about feminism or secularism.Rachel Campos-Duffy, a “Fox & Friends Weekend...

A Fox News host urged Christians to "reclaim their culture" by linking secularists and feminists to communism.

She also complained about "atheist groups that keep suing" — maybe she's talking about our incredible coalition members at the @ffrf.org?

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This #GivingTuesday we’re asking for any assistance you can give to protect our secular democracy

Whether it’s a $5, $20, $50, or $100 donation, every dollar helps continue the fight against a Christian nationalist movement that wants to erase church-state separation

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Heretic on the Hill: The Law of Unintended Consequences Can't Be Repealed - Secular Coalition for America If this goes down as the “Pay Me” presidency with President Trump playing the role of mafia boss, demanding payments from universities, tech companies, networks, and whomever else he can shake down, t...

Stephen Miller, Trump, and co claim they want to preserve Christianity in our nation, but they're actions aren't showing it.

"Trump has promised that 'Christianity will have power, ' but it turns out not all Christians get to stay here for that."

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The Court Case That Could Blow the Roof Off Political Spending Christian nationalists are teaming with Trump in a bid to torch a rule preventing churches from donating to campaigns

This Tuesday, a proposed settlement between Christian churches and the IRS will go before a federal court.

If approved, all future elections in our country would become vulnerable to unprecedented levels of church-driven political interference.

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FFRF alarmed after Fla. adoption of Heritage Foundation’s anti-education framework The Freedom From Religion Foundation is sounding the alarm about the Florida Board of Education’s recent adoption of the Heritage Foundation’s “Phoenix Declaration.”

In Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation outlined its blueprint to remake our country into a Christian nation

Now, Florida schools have adopted Heritage’s “Phoenix Declaration”, which will be used in classrooms to indoctrinate children into religious ideology
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YouTube video by The Daily Show Jon Stewart on His Faith (or Lack Thereof) | The Daily Show

“Religion has given the world a tremendous amount of comfort... in a world torn apart by religion.”

Watch Jon Stewart talk about his lack of faith on the The Daily Show after show.

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Religion is not important in most Americans' daily lives.

Over the past decade, the steady decline in religiosity reflects a broader cultural shift. Fewer people identify with any religion, attend church, or see religion as a meaningful part of their lives.

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The GOP is becoming the party of white Christian nationalism | Opinion The administration’s attempts to delegitimize the “No Kings” protests reveal its conviction that anyone who is not white, native-born, or Christian should have no say or representation in government.

Sen. Barasso criticized American Atheists for supporting the “No Kings” protest

But the real threat to America isn’t secular values, it’s Christian nationalism. Real Americans unite to defend our country against tyranny and attacks on our secular democracy

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“No Separation Between Church and State”: Inside a Texas Church’s Training Academy for Christians Running for Office A Fort Worth church’s candidate training program is the “next stage” of a religion-driven political movement, which has more latitude now that the IRS has allowed religious leaders to endorse candidat...

A Texas church is teaching conservative Christians how to run for political office.

Their ultimate goal? To spread these trainings nationwide and create candidates who will embed Christian nationalism into every aspect of American life.

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Supreme Court rejects challenge to legalisation of same-sex marriage The court rejected an appeal from a clerk who was ordered to pay compensation to a same-sex couple after refusing to grant a marriage licence.

Christian fundamentalist Kim Davis’ appeal challenging the 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage has been rejected by the Supreme Court.

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Supreme Court to weigh longshot bid to overturn same-sex marriage precedent | CNN Politics The Supreme Court will meet behind closed doors Friday to consider a longshot bid to overturn its decade-old same-sex marriage precedent, an appeal that is churning fear among some LGBTQ advocates eve...

SCOTUS is meeting today to consider an appeal that could overturn same-sex marriage nationwide

Although the justices have signaled they will not take on this case, other SCOTUS decisions allowed Christian nationalist beliefs to influence previous cases
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A new movement sees exodus of evangelical women from churches that embrace Trump Churches are seeing a mass exodus of formerly evangelical Christian women who are "disengaging from religion" due to conflicting viewpoints and politics, according to a report in the Religion News Ser...

"Ex-vangelical" women are disengaging from religion after witnessing their churches' embrace of far-right ideologies, sexist rhetoric, and Christian nationalism.

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ABC News exit poll analysis: Keys to Democrats' sweep of major races How are voters in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City, and California feeling about the country, the economy and other issues?

Yesterday, a record number of voters turned out in elections across the U.S.

Read about what voters were thinking as they left the polls.

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Important elections are taking place across the country today, with races and ballot measures that could signal major changes in our current political climate.

Your vote helps decide the direction our nation takes. Go to the polls and shape what comes next.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene tells Bill Maher she believes extraterrestrials are demons Georgia Republican lawmaker also claims she didn’t know Rothschild family, of her ‘space laser’ theory, was Jewish

MTG says UFOs aren’t aliens...they're demons

Rep. Greene was on a recent episode of The Real Time with Bill Maher. She has a history of unusual conspiracy theories, including ones that proclaim the federal government controls the weather

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YouTube video by Saturday Night Live Brandi Carlile: Church & State (Live) - SNL

When art meets activism.

Brandi Carlile's SNL performance of her new song "Church & State" this weekend was a powerful anthem reminding us of Thomas Jefferson’s call to build “a wall of separation between Church and State.”

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In Walters' wake, Oklahoma pushes back against Christian nationalism (RNS) — No Bibles in public school classrooms for now.

Is Oklahoma ready to reject Christian nationalism now that Ryan Walters is gone?

With a state Supreme Court that defends church-state separation and a 2026 governor candidate calling out Christian nationalism, Oklahoma may finally be ready for some positive change
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Texas Supreme Court rules that judges can refuse to marry same-sex couples “It is not a violation of these canons for a judge to publicly refrain from performing a wedding ceremony based upon a sincerely held religious belief,” the Texas Supreme Court ruled.

In Texas, judges can now refuse to marry same-sex couples

This ruling erodes the separation of church and state and allows judges to use religion to discriminate against couples who have fought for the right to marriage equality
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Heretic on the Hill: Groups Like SCA Are Calling the Shots, Says Important Republican Senator. We Try. - Secular Coalition for America Not long ago the Office of Personnel Management, the government’s HR department, released new guidelines for religious activity in federal offices. We thought they were so inappropriate, counterproduc...

On this week's Heretic on the Hill, we've worked with other secular organizations to create guidance for federal workers on how to navigate coworkers pushing religion in the workplace.

You can read more about that and more here: secular.org/2025/10/here...

A Company Is Building Communities for Right-Wing Christians. Some Neighbors Aren’t Happy “Are you fed up with crime, corruption, and wokeness in your big, blue city?” says RidgeRunner CEO Josh Abbotoy. “Move here”

A company is trying to build a town where far-right Christian nationalists can buy homes, take over local power, and impose their extremist views on others

But residents are making it clear: they won’t let Christian nationalists take over their community

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Sen. John Barrasso targets American Atheists in bizarre smear of "No Kings" protests The Majority Whip falsely accused the atheist group of leading “I Hate America” rallies

Sen. Barasso attempted to discredit our coalition members American Atheists as anti-American, “radical”, and “extreme” for being partners of the “No Kings” rallies.

There is nothing more American than standing up for our constitutional rights.

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Inside a New Bible-Infused Texas English Curriculum

Texas’ new reading program has turned public school curriculum into Bible study lessons

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The Voting Rights Act (VRA) has ensured fair representation for all Americans. But right now, those protections are under threat

On 10/15, @NAACP_LDF will be fighting to protect those very rights at the U.S. Supreme Court. Join them in D.C. to defend our democratic rights

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Trump’s Happily Given The Evangelical Right Their Biggest Wishlist Item A movement to dismantle the existing school system and remake it in a Christian nationalist image is well on its way across America.

From mandatory Ten Commandments displays to “parental rights” policies rooted in Christian nationalism, public schools are becoming testing grounds for an agenda that advances a theocratic education system.

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Reps. Ansari, Huffman, and Raskin of the CFC are honoring the fundamental American principle of the separation of church and state

They've introduced a resolution that rejects Christian nationalist attempts to undermine our government and protects the Constitutional right to true religious freedom

Trump's NSPM-7 memo casts critics of Christianity as enemies of the state The memo weaponizes federal task forces to go after those who challenge "traditional American views on family, religion, and morality"

No American should be afraid to criticize their government, condemn Christian bigotry, or support marginalized communities

SCA will continue to fight against threats to our democracy and will work alongside our allies to protect the rights of all Americans
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Heretic on the Hill: The Water's Getting Hot - Secular Coalition for America Tom Cruise has a good story about the incredibly dangerous stunt he did climbing the side of the world’s highest building in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. He had been dreaming about doing that s...

"If the water’s heating gradually, how do we know when we’re about to boil?"

Courts weaponized. Voices silenced. Troops deployed

Authoritarianism doesn’t arrive overnight—it creeps in

Stand against threats to our democracy now, before the water completely boils over

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Brett Kavanaugh Has a Clear Conflict in School-Prayer Case. Will He Recuse Himself? Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh has a clear conflict of interest as the court decides whether to take up a school prayer case. Will he recuse?

Despite lobbying efforts from SCA and several bills calling for ethics and recusal standards for SCOTUS, there is currently no requirement that Supreme Court members must remove themselves from cases where there is a conflict of interest.

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Marjorie Taylor Greene mixes conspiracies and religion in bid to discredit climate science A hearing on purported weather control platformed the toxic strain of anti-intellectualism that pervades the Christian nationalist movement.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is once again using unfounded claims that humans are playing "God with the weather" to ignore the realities of climate change.

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The Right’s Insidious New “Manhattan Project for Babies” The Heritage Foundation’s new “Manhattan Project for Babies” wraps Christian nationalism in the guise of a plan to raise birth rates.

Christian nationalist organization The Heritage Foundation wants more babies (but only from straight, married, and religiously conservative families)

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