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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a national 501 (c)(3) non-profit with nearly 42,000 nonreligious members working to keep state and church separate.

[The Associated Press @AP]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is among the high-profile proponents of classical Christian education, which has grown in popularity. The push to use taxpayer money to fund private schools is helping classical Christian schools expand.

[FFRF @FFRF]

This is how authoritarianism gets wrapped in religion.

When a politician is seen as doing God’s work, questioning him becomes questioning God.

That’s a dangerous mindset in a democracy. No leader is divinely appointed or above accountability.

[The Intellectualist @highbrow_nobrow]

"Trump is a Godly man. He’s working for God. He really cares about us. He cares about what happens to us. He didn’t come in there because he wanted money. He is actually working for God...and God is on his side."

- Trump supporter on President Trump.

[𝕷𝖚𝖈𝖎𝖋𝖊𝖗 @LucifersTweetz]

MAGA thinks about gay people more than gay people do.

[FFRF @FFRF]

Children need love, stability, security and support. None of those things requires two biological parents.

Plenty of single parents, adoptive parents and same-sex couples raise wonderful kids.

The obsession with one “biblical” family model ignores what actually matters.

[Frank Turek @DrFrankTurek]

People don't Understand how important the biological two-parent family is to kids & then therefore society. Because if that breaks down, the biological two-parent family, all sorts of crime & social problems arise.

[FFRF @FFRF]

They’re not even pretending this is about religious freedom anymore. They’re openly discussing plans to seize political power and impose their religious ideology on everyone else.

When Christian nationalists tell us what they intend to do, we should believe them.

[Right Wing Watch @RightWingWatch]

Racist white nationalist pastor Joel Webbon says his upcoming conference will begin the process of laying out "battle plans" for "Christian nationalists on the right to be able to seize power": "This is here to stay. And it's not if we win, it's when we win" https://t.co/w2geuYMiId

[FFRF @FFRF]

Religious freedom should never be a shield for child abuse or medical neglect. When faith conflicts with a child’s right to live, protecting the child must come first.

No religious belief should ever override that responsibility.

[Hemant Mehta @hemantmehta]

Elizabeth Struhs needed insulin to stay alive.

Her parents withheld it and prayed instead.

Now a Queensland inquest is examining whether government officials and health care workers could have prevented her death.

https://t.co/7hbHJy37wb

[FFRF @FFRF]

New survey: 83% of nonreligious Americans see empathy as a core moral value, compared to just 42% of white evangelicals.

If compassion threatens your religious worldview, perhaps the problem isn’t compassion.

https://t.co/m0m10dNxOK

[FFRF @FFRF]

Religious organizations shouldn’t get a free pass when it comes to government oversight.

If faith-based groups are exploiting vulnerable workers, they should face the same scrutiny and accountability as anyone else.

Religious freedom is not a license to break the law.

[Hemant Mehta @hemantmehta]

After years of being stonewalled in their FOIA requests, @AmericanAtheist is suing U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

They want information about oversight of faith-based groups who say they bring in workers on R-1 religious worker visas.

https://t.co/jtMxyPNjOm

[FFRF @FFRF]

Radical Islam is dangerous, but its presence in the U.S. is relatively small. Christian nationalism, meanwhile, has substantial political influence and seeks to enshrine religious beliefs into law.

One is a fringe movement here. The other has a seat at the table of power.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Marshall: Radical Islam is the single greatest threat to American democracy

[Amitabh Pal @amitpal]

@GilGilmuni & I intvwd #Africa health expert Dr. @AlhajiNjai for @WORTnews on the challenges facing the continent, such as the #Ebola outbreak & the #TrumpAdministration's lamentable moves--and his ground-level efforts to alleviate the situation. @ffrf
https://t.co/y5FmMhqy92

[FFRF @FFRF]

OUR Religion? WE don't have a religion.

The Constitution protects everyone’s right to practice their religion, change their religion, or reject religion altogether.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: Americans are going to stand up and declare that we will preserve our religion.

[FFRF @FFRF]

The most dangerous thing about blind faith is that it can convince otherwise decent people to commit unimaginable atrocities while believing they’re doing God’s will.

There is no belief so sacred that it should be beyond questioning.

[Hemant Mehta @hemantmehta]

Paul Mackenzie told his followers they could meet Jesus through starvation.

A Kenyan court has now found him and 28 associates guilty in the deaths of 191 people.

190 of them were children.

https://t.co/RDKxBhEtB7

[FFRF @FFRF]

If this is the best plan Christian nationalists have for bringing America back to Jesus, we're feeling pretty optimistic about the future of secularism.

[The Christian Post @ChristianPost]

Kid Rock hopes Christian album featuring Eminem will bring revival across the US https://t.co/pdei3qLBAZ

[Hemant Mehta @hemantmehta]

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear spoke with me about why he vetoed anti-LGBTQ legislation, including anti-trans bills.

His new book is called “Go and Do Likewise: How we heal a broken country.”

See the full interview on YouTube: https://t.co/7qtPODxr2g

[FFRF @FFRF]

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is a proud partner of #VoteEarlyDay (Oct 24) — because when we vote early, we send a message of defiance to the Christian nationalists in power.

Learn more at https://t.co/cpiM3laZf2 ➡️ https://t.co/QWwZKOcwix

What's your early voting plan?

[FFRF @FFRF]

The Botkin sisters deserve credit for admitting the harm they caused. But they were teenagers when religious fundamentalists used them to promote female submission.

The real problem is an ideology that treats women’s independence as rebellion and their subjugation as virtue.

[Hemant Mehta @hemantmehta]

The Botkin sisters once told Christian girls to serve their fathers until marriage, then serve their husbands.

Now they’re apologizing for all the harm that message caused.

https://t.co/U9qoiZlUhD

[FFRF @FFRF]

Your freedom from prison should never depend on surrendering your freedom of religion.

Kudos to American Atheists and Colorado advocates for securing this important victory. Recovery should be about getting help, not being coerced into religious participation.

[Hemant Mehta @hemantmehta]

Colorado parolees shouldn’t have to choose between their beliefs and staying out of prison.

After years of advocacy by atheists and allies, the state has agreed to offer secular recovery options.

Here’s how organizers made it happen.

https://t.co/LOvMUrjlqw

[FFRF @FFRF]

Celebrating "No Kings" today at FFRF Convention!

[FFRF @FFRF]

At #FFRFCon26 Rep. Jared Huffman and Rep. Pocan talked about Huffman's new book: "No Prophets: The Fight to Save Democracy from Christian Nationalism." Here's them after their talk with FFRF Co-Presidents Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker.

[FFRF @FFRF]

At the panel "The Next Generation of Humanism" with Drew McCoy at #ffrfcon26 some attendees gave some great advice on how to keep younger people coming to humanist communities: feed them and give them something meaningful to do!