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Despite being an atheist, Jonathan Rauch, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, wants America to embrace Christian values more firmly. Appearing on “Matter of Opinion,” a podcast by The New York Times, Rauch joined columnist David French to discuss America’s need for Christianity. French, who has been an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, calling…

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In a move raising eyebrows among Christian communities, The Satanic Temple is introducing a new after-school religious program for elementary-aged students at Edgewood Elementary School in Marysville, Ohio. Known as the “Hellion Academy of Independent Learning,” or “HAIL,” the program has stirred significant debate since being approved as part of the school’s release time religious…

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A Connecticut school board has supposedly removed prayers before board meetings after a complaint from an atheist organization and a “concerned community member.” CT Insider reported that the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), an atheist activist group, contacted the Enfield School District to complain about the prayers allegedly routinely unfolding before meetings. Enfield’s Board of…

What percentage of people in the United States claim to have no religion? If you guessed the number is small but vocal, think again. According to the 2018 General Social Survey, a biennial project run by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, the religious “nones” are now every bit as numerous…
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