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Aug.29.2012
If all goes well, members of the Tulsa City Council will hear something tomorrow night they probably haven’t heard before: a secular invocation.
Dan Nerren, one of the founders of the Humanist Association of Tulsa, will deliver a secular invocation prior to the council’s 6 p.m. meeting.
Nerren...
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Jul.05.2012
A member of the Louisiana House of Representatives who eagerly supported Gov. Bobby Jindal’s plan to fund private schools has had an epiphany: Muslim schools might start getting taxpayer money!
Rep. Valarie Hodges, a Republican who represents East Baton Rouge and Livingston, now says she wishes...
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Sep.09.2009
A Massachusetts private school has decided to get rid of all of the books in its library.
Really. This is happening. I was not taken in by an article from "The Onion."
Read all about it right here.
Headmaster James Tracy of the Cushing Academy in Ashburnham told the Boston Globe, "...
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About Rob
I have served as assistant director of communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State (Washington, D.C.) since 1987. I have authored three books: Why the Religious Right Is Wrong About Separation of Church & State, The Most...
Causes Rob Boston Supports
American Civil Liberties Union, American Humanist Association, Center for Inquiry
Rob’s Favorite Books
"The Winter of Our Discontent" by John Steinbeck
"An American Tragedy" by Theodore Dresier
"Lolita" by Vladimi Nabokov
"Elmer Gantry" by Sinclair Lewis
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