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February 28, 2009 by Toni Van Pelt
HHS will publish rule to rescind “provider refusal” regulation
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion on February 25 in the curious case of Pleasant Grove City v. Summum , which addressed the question of whether the government violates the Free Speech Clause when it places a Ten Commandments monument in a public park and refuses a request by a religious group (Summum) to …
February 4, 2009 by Toni Van Pelt
No Funds for Religion in Public Higher Education There’s no money in the stimulus package for schools or departments of divinity
February 4, 2009 by Toni Van Pelt
Eddie Tabash, chair of CFI’s and CSH’s First Amendment Task Force, deplores the phrase “in the year of our Lord” in presidential proclamations.
A report released today by the Council for Secular Humanism (CSH), publisher of Free Inquiry magazine, calls into question many of the findings contained in the widely cited Baylor University Religion Survey of 2008. Baylor, a Baptist university, made headlines when its survey claimed that America is as religious as it has always been, adding …
January 29, 2009 by Toni Van Pelt
Two bills on prevention of abortion and producing healthy children are in the news. We distinguish between them by analyzing their content.
President Barack Obama in his history-making Inaugural Address today sounded the clarion call for a more inclusive and progressive America. The President’s speech outlined a largely humanistic agenda, promising to “restore science to its rightful place,” as we collectively face the massive challenges facing us as a country in the twenty-first century. Significantly, in affirming …
January 15, 2009 by Toni Van Pelt
CFI sends letter supporting integrity in government initiative
CFI has always opposed discrimination—support for human rights and the dignity of the individual are part of CFI’s core mission—and we ask those of you who feel the same way to seize this limited opportunity to voice your support for equal rights for employees. It will take less than one minute to speak up for this …
“Science, science, science, and science.” These are the four words Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi used this morning on National Public Radio’s to describe Congress’ economic stimulus package. In an interview on NPR’s Morning Edition , Pelosi said, “In the economic recovery package, we are going with proposals that we have in general …