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

News We Care About
(Good to know for protecting the Wall of Separation)
 

https://theconversation.com/scotus-is-about-to-decide-whether-a-public-school-football-coach-can-pray-on-the-field-177980  The Supreme Court is about to decide whether a public school football coach can pray on the field. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/03/31/tennessee-pastor-extremist-politics/  A Tennessee pastor mixes religion and politics and it’s not pretty.

 

https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-west-africa-africa-kano-social-media-010b5a742e676fa26c1766182287adbd  Nigerian atheist jailed for blasphemy over Facebook posts

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/us/christian-right-wing-politics.html  The New York Times Identifies the Religious Fervor in the American Right.

 

https://religiondispatches.org/evangelical-groundhog-day-the-times-identifies-the-religious-fervor-in-the-american-right-around-four-decades-late/  EVANGELICAL GROUNDHOG DAY: THE NEW YORK TIMES IDENTIFIES THE ‘RELIGIOUS FERVOR IN THE AMERICAN RIGHT’ — AROUND FOUR DECADES LATE
 

Commentary
(Everyone has an opinion...)
 

https://newrepublic.com/article/165942/sincerely-held-religious-belief-law The Antisocial Strain of Sincere Religious Beliefs Is on the Rise.  Conservatives are increasingly embracing a version of religious freedom that’s designed to sow unnecessary divisions in society.

 

https://religionnews.com/2022/04/06/baseball-like-religion-can-teach-us-something-about-enchantment/ Religion and baseball aren’t substitutes for the other, but they run along parallel tracks in American culture. 

 

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

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/04/the-right-gets-a-second-shot-at-the-culture-wars/  The Right Gets a Second Shot at the Culture Wars. (Because of the Supreme Court)

 

https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-can-end-century-anti-religion-discrimination-opinion-1695165  In favor of the Supreme Court requiring Maine to provide state funding to religious schools as along as they provide it for public schools. 

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-flag-and-the-cross-book-review-finding-and-defining-christian-nationalism-11648826801?page=1 How pervasive is Christian nationalism in the United States? And what exactly is it? You need a subscription for this Wall Street Journal book review but you can click on the audio link at the top and listen to a robot read the first four minutes.


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