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Welcome to Reads of Reason, a weekly compilation of news-clippings that relate to our work advocating for the rights of nonreligious Americans and the separation of religion and government.

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News We Care About
(Good to know for protecting the Wall of Separation)
Congress passed the 2022 Appropriations Act, which includes language that supports the repeal of blasphemy laws around the world. (The Humanist, 3/11/22) ([link removed])
"This is the second year Congress has, through the appropriations process, explicitly encouraged the State Department to prioritize the global repeal of blasphemy laws."

Religious Objectors to LGBTQ Equality Will Return to the Supreme Court (The Nation, 3/9/22) ([link removed])
"Advocates will ask the court to protect faith-based objections to laws they find objectionable through the First Amendment’s Free Speech clause."

Supreme Court sides with FBI in suit brought by Muslim Americans on spying (ABC News, 3/7/22) ([link removed])
"A unanimous, narrow decision."

Russia’s Menacing Mix of Religion and Nuclear Weapons (Foreign Affairs, 3/5/22) ([link removed])
"In the Kremlin, Faith and Force Go Hand in Hand"

Tutors in a Pennsylvania public school district are teaching Creationism (OnlySky, 3/1/22) ([link removed])
“A Christian ministry offering free tutoring to Pennridge School District students is motivated by a desire to convert kids.”

Secular Americans
(Who are we? What are we up to?)
Study: Atheists who are women, Republicans or Southerners more likely to hide beliefs (RNS, 3/10/22) ([link removed])
"In groups that statistically have the fewest number of atheists, the atheists among them are less vocal."

Christian nationalism in 2022: An interview with Katherine Stewart (OnlySky, 3/7/22) ([link removed])
"Christian nationalism remains a threat to democracy. But there’s a way to fight back"

Tucker Carlson Claims Secular Societies Are ‘Always the Most Oppressive’ (The Daily Beast, 2/15/22) ([link removed])
"Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday made the outlandish remark that secular societies, based on nothing more than his observations, are “always the most oppressive.”
Commentary
(Everyone has an opinion...)
Editorial: Maryland Heights church deserves to have its tax-exempt status suspended (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 3/9/22) ([link removed])
"The Maryland Heights megachurch posted a flyer on its website supporting specific school board candidates both of whom are church members."

Why white evangelical Christians are Putin's biggest American fan base (MSNBC, 3/1/22) ([link removed])
“Evangelicals are a long way from how they historically thought about Russia.”

Can the Christian Right Quit Putin? (Slate, 3/8/22) ([link removed])
"Changes in the U.S. aren’t the only thing that triggered an affection for Putin’s iron will. Of the religious right, Gorski said, “they have a picture of Russia that’s been sold to them by Putin and his allies.”

What Do the Nation of Islam and Marjorie Taylor Greene Have in Common? (Religion & Politics, 3/8/22) ([link removed])
"At first glance, it may seem odd that Nation of Islam’s ideas would align with a Christian nationalist like Greene…And yet, this is not the first time a Christian nationalist has aligned with the Nation of Islam."

Opposing Views
(Always good to know what others are saying)

Faith plays an integral role in American politics. We can’t ignore that (Missouri Independent, 3/7/22) ([link removed])
“The Founders were very clear and deliberate about the centrality of God and religion in the vision, mission and purpose in forming America.”

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