The new rulebook for Catholic hospitals says a transgender person must accept their body "as it was created" while denying them the medical care that makes life livable. It's faith-based cruelty. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/us-catholi...

Thing I learned today: My dad has an Indian dude he calls when the TV remote isn't working, and they talk ALL THE TIME. None of them have any clue how to turn on the TV. Sure, I could help, but no one's asking me.

I'll be going live this afternoon to talk about the past week in church/state separation! (Yes, it's Thanksgiving, but there's SO MUCH!) We'll be talking about school vouchers in Alabama, protests against a "Gothmas" festival, and so much more... youtube.com/live/chfofXO...

Iowa Republicans blocked a Satanic Temple holiday display AGAIN because "anything that is not God first" is harmful to children. (Yes, they actually said that.) This is what the collapse of “religious freedom” looks like. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/iowa-offic...

"Merry Gothmas doesn’t diminish Christianity. It doesn’t insult Christian worship. It just exists alongside it. But Christians don’t own the cultural version of Christmas any more than they own December itself."

The government should have ended its partnership with Scouting America (a.k.a. the Boy Scouts of America) years ago. But doing it now because the group allows girls and trans kids? That’s peak culture-war stupidity from Pete Hegseth. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-govern...

A family-friendly goth-themed holiday market in California is being called a "grave threat to... spiritual health" by local clergy. The drama over "Merry Gothmas" is ridiculous—and totally missing the point. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/religious-...

In an Abeka history textbook, authors write that “slaves seemed to be better investments than indentured servants,” & claim that freedmen promoted “fiscal irresponsibility” during Reconstruction. Authors blamed the decline of “American’s views on race relations” on the nation’s first Black president

Oklahoma may once again be used to test whether taxpayers can be forced to fund religious charter schools. FFRF will stand with allies and oppose any attempt to turn public education into taxpayer-funded religious indoctrination.

The last time Oklahoma approved a taxpayer-funded religious charter school, it ended with a 7-1 smackdown by the state Supreme Court. Now they’re trying again—hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will bail them out. Full story 👇 www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-new-reli...

Alabama’s voucher scheme is doing exactly what it was designed to do: drain public schools to subsidize religious indoctrination.

Thanks @friendlyatheist.com for coming to St. Louis @ethicalstl.org @rsslmo.bsky.social @ffrf.org

Today's @slate.com crossword is mine, with references to soccer, alcohol, and The Hunting Wives. Go do it! slate.com/life/2025/11...

Alabama is funneling millions of taxpayer dollars into private schools using textbooks that deny evolution, whitewash history, and attack LGBTQ people. Kids deserve better than conservative Christian propaganda. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/taxpayer-d...

This morning at the Society (www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ3z... ): "Why Humanists Need to Change Their Media Tactics" By Hemant Mehta, the @friendlyatheist.com Music by the Ethical Band Join us next week at 11am in person or youtube.com/@EthicalStL

"Why the Future of Atheism Looks Bright (Despite Everything)" by Hemant Mehta, the @friendlyatheist.com Join us tomorrow to see Hemant Mehta again tomorrow at 11 am in person or at www.youtube.com/@ethicalstl

One Minnesota pastor's idea of forgiveness was forcing kids to hug their abuser, then keep quiet. By ignoring mandated reporting laws, he allowed the abuser to find "hundreds" of victims. It's a horrifying story. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-minnesot...

"This is the day I realized Zohran had the sauce because he went in there and he hypnotized the guy." Ben Collins joins @stephruhle.bsky.social on the #Nightcap to try to explain the unexpected warmth between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani at the White House.

It’s wild when the UK, a country with an official state church, is the one recognizing religious instruction as indoctrination. Meanwhile, Christian nationalist leaders here are sprinting in the opposite direction with Ten Commandments mandates, bible lessons, and school-sponsored proselytizing.

"Indoctrination." That’s how the UK Supreme Court described religious education in Northern Ireland's public schools. Their ruling against the Christian-centric curriculum will change how faith is taught throughout the country. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/uk-supreme...

New reporting shows the "public Christian school" in Colorado wasn’t a mistake. It was designed to break church/state boundaries. A right-wing legal group is treating it as a test case. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorados-...

I'll be going live *tonight* to talk about the past week in church/state separation! We'll be talking about the Supreme Court, a horrible Epstein defense from Catholics, and so much more... youtube.com/live/OLaMkzx...

They're literally doing the Gianmarco Soresi joke...

Can we get a state Attorney General to subpoena this man's email accounts? Because yikes.

The Catholic League's response to the Epstein files? Arguing technicalities over the ages of the victims. They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...

New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:

Earlier this year, Trump fired a Democrat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission without cause, an unprecedented move. 13 Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick to fill the vacancy. Coons Duckworth Heinrich Kelly King Klobuchar Ossoff Padilla Warner Warnock Welch Whitehouse

The Supreme Court FINALLY shut down a decade-long attempt to blast Christian prayers over state-run loudspeakers. The case was so absurd, judges literally mocked the Christian school’s football record before rejecting its lawsuit. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/supreme-co...

When you're disappointed in leadership, demand better. Primaries are a healthy part of the democratic process. This is especially true when we're up against a fascist regime and the primary is about whether or not your Dem is going to fight back.

This is big. The Supreme Court has DENIED a case involving Christian prayers over the PA system at high school football games. I'll have more on this soon...

In just a little bit, I'll be chatting live with Marissa Franks Burt, co-author of "The Myth of Good Christian Parenting." We'll discuss James Dobson, spanking, what pastors need to fix, and so much more! youtube.com/live/iw0cTvi...

Somersworth, New Hampshire loved its "public forum" flagpole—until a member of The Satanic Temple used it last month. Then they changed the policy so it would never happen again. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/new-hampsh...

The reason 300,000 Mississippians do not have health care through Medicaid expansion today is because the Supreme Court interfered with a president's signature policy.

Centrist pundits who pretend Harris lost because her campaign catered too much to the Left (be it on immigration, or identity issues, or basically anything else) are either amnesiac or full of shit. Either way, they have zero credibility talking about how Democrats should run their campaigns.

Looking forward to chatting with @friendlyatheist.com tomorrow. Join us live at 8:30AM PT if you like! www.youtube.com/live/iw0cTvi...

(serious unbiased journalist voice) “are you trying to distract from the president’s refusal to make health care affordable by pointing out that he was also friends with a pedophile?”

Jamelle was cooking. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...

NBC News identified nearly 200 Assemblies of God pastors, church employees and volunteer leaders accused of sexual abuse over the past half century, based on a nationwide search of lawsuits, criminal records and news archives.

This is the correct take.

By my count there's 65 documents with emails between Krauss and Epstein. In many of them Krauss seems to ask Epstein for advice about the allegations of sexual misconduct leveled toward him.

Predators restored. Background checks ignored. Victims silenced. There's a systemic abuse crisis inside the Assemblies of God denomination—and the details are infuriating. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/how-the-as...

I'll be going live later tonight to talk about the past week in church/state separation! We'll be talking about Kim Davis, the TikToker exposing churches, and so much more... youtube.com/live/QfThft5...

Florida Republicans want to force teachers to pledge loyalty to the Constitution... and God. Their proposed oath would effectively ban atheists from teaching. It's unconstitutional and un-American. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/floridas-p...

Nothing to see here. Just physicist Lawrence Krauss telling Jeffrey Epstein, "Beyond anything else, you are my friend. I hope we can both always remember that, no matter what."

Imagine thinking working alone with a woman is a moral crisis. One HVAC tech did—following the "Billy Graham rule"—and now he’s suing his employer for firing him. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Not every viral outrage is a conspiracy. Sometimes it’s just a Facebook pumpkin contest gone wrong. 🎃✝️ Here’s what actually happened in Tega Cay, SC’s “Pumpkin Palooza” fiasco, in which a lazy carving of a cross beat out all the artistic/scary options. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/pumpkin-pa...

Everything @friendlyatheist.com says here is right. But one thing to add: THE VICE PRESIDENT FOLLOWING AND INTERACTING WITH A BUNCH OF LITERAL NEO-NAZIS IS A BIGGER DEAL THAN A STATE SENATOR FOLLOWING MODELS ON INSTAGRAM

Axios ran a whole piece about Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico, a Christian seminarian, following a few models on Instagram. No scandal. No misconduct. Just "follows." Journalism is dead. Clickbait moral panic is alive. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/axios-trie...

Today's @slate.com crossword is mine, with a nod to a recent death, the MCU, and how I play ball. Go do it! slate.com/life/2025/11...

Unfortunately still true bsky.app/profile/adam...