“President Trump is using religion to promote his self-aggrandizement and political agenda, all the while perpetuating the lie that America is a Christian nation and that religion is under attack,” said one critic Proponents of separating church and state on Monday decried US President Donald Trump’s pledge to protect prayer in public schools, warning that […]
“Holy shit, a real masks-off moment,” said one professor. “The divide between church and state is already falling. The divide between church and political group will disappear.” “This is another dark day for our democracy.” That’s what American Humanist Association (AHA) executive director Fish Stark said in a Tuesday statement responding to a move from U.S. President […]
All About America explores American culture, politics, trends, history, ideals and places of interest. A decadeslong trend toward secularization, which has come more slowly to America than many other developed countries, appears to be picking up speed in the United States, according to polling and other evidence. In 1965, a Gallup poll found that 70% of respondents […]
In the wake of Louisiana’s new law, it is essential to consider the ways in which Trump’s perverse exploitation of religion is a clear and present danger to U.S. democracy that fails in moral terms. Louisiana’s new law requiring that the Ten Commandments be posted in each public school classroom is a reminder that it’s high […]