Summary The Republican Party’s obsessive focus on banning abortion is not about defending life. It is about enforcing a narrow religious morality on a public that largely rejects it. Polling consistently shows that most Americans want abortion to remain legal, at least in cases of rape, incest, or serious risk to the pregnant person’s health. […]
Category: Church, State & Power
The historical record of what Christian civil authority actually produced. Colonial executions, heresy trials, sectarian coercion, and the deliberate construction of secular government as a direct response to Christian establishments that failed. Secular government was built because of America’s Christian past, not despite it. This is not a revision of American history — it is the history Christian nationalism asks you to forget. Every article in this category documents the pattern, names the evidence, and answers the question Christian nationalists never want asked: if Christian civil authority worked so well, what exactly did it produce?
Religion Has No Place in Government—And the Clock Is Ticking
Summary The separation of church and state is not a relic of the past; it is the last line of defense for American democracy, and it is under direct, urgent assault. Christian nationalists are no longer content to hint at their goals—they are openly campaigning on platforms that would inject religious doctrine into schools, courts, […]
Religions Can Only Peacefully Coexist With A Secular Government
Religions can only peacefully coexist under a secular government because religious doctrines are inherently exclusive and ultimately seek to impose their worldview on the rest of society. All major religions claim to hold the ultimate truth and view non-adherents as spiritually or morally inferior. This creates a natural tension when religious groups seek political power, […]
The Establishment Clause Is Being Sabotaged—And We Can No Longer Stand By
The First Amendment’s Establishment Clause is a constitutional mandate: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” This is a demand for neutrality. Yet the Christian right, in its relentless pursuit of religious supremacy, is systematically dismantling this foundational principle. And the rest of America—believers and nonbelievers alike—must wake up before it’s too […]
Beyond LGBT Rights: The Broader Struggle Against Christian Extremism in America
Summary The Christian Right likes to ask how a “small” minority like LGBTQ+ people can have such a big impact on national politics, as if it were all media manipulation or a secret agenda. What they miss—or hide—is that LGBTQ+ rights have become a frontline in a much larger fight against Christian nationalism and religious […]
Blasphemy Laws Scare Me
Summary Blasphemy laws scare me because they show how fragile freedom really is—even in countries that claim to value it. Today, people are still imprisoned or killed for criticizing prophets and holy books in parts of the world where religion and state are fused. But America is not immune: we once jailed people for “denying […]
The Christian Hypocrisy: Religious Liberty for Me, But Not for Thee
America’s Christian Right has perfected a peculiar form of political theater. They invoke the First Amendment and “religious liberty” when they want protection from secular law—yet simultaneously demand that secular law enforce their specific religious doctrines on abortion, sexuality, and contraception. The contradiction is not subtle. It’s foundational to their current political strategy. The Selective […]
What Is “Secular America” ?
When you hear the term “secular America,” you probably think of atheists and the non-religious. But the truth is far more surprising—and more important. Secular America includes millions of Christians, Muslims, Jews, and believers of all faiths who share one crucial conviction: no single religion should dominate American law and society. This isn’t a battle […]
The Original Sin: Why Knowledge Is the Greatest Threat to Christian Authority
Summary The Genesis story of the Tree of Knowledge casts curiosity as “original sin” and obedience as virtue, revealing how myths can be used to police inquiry. It shows how religious institutions have treated questions as threats, from biblical narratives to historical campaigns against science, literacy, and dissent. In a secular republic, reclaiming knowledge as […]
Why Americans Must Defend Against Christian Encroachment
Summary Around the world, we can see what happens when religious movements succeed in turning their doctrines into law: women, minorities, and dissenters pay the price. Afghanistan under the Taliban, Iran’s Islamic Republic, and the entanglement of religion and state in Israel and Gaza all show how appeals to God’s will can override basic rights. […]