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Atheists are the Most Politically Active Group in the United States
It’s become almost a trope at this point among people who study and write about American religion and politics – evangelicals punch way above their weight. Their voter turnout has stayed relatively steady despite their drop in population share. But, I was working through some data today and noticed something that I don’t think that I’ve seen reported on much – atheists are incredibly politically active – more so than any other religious group.
Posted in Faith
Tagged America, athiests, Catholic, Democrat Party, elections, evangelical christians, Evangelicals, protestant, religion and politics, Republican Party, Ryan P. Burge, voter demographics
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The ACLU’s Sterile View of the First Amendment
Tie her tubes, or we’ll sue you for sex discrimination, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) told a Catholic-affiliated hospital in California.
So after first declining to do so, Mercy Medical Center in Redding has now slated a tubal ligation for a woman after her scheduled C-section to deliver a baby in late September.
The ACLU’s demand is cut from the same cloth as the Obama Administration’s order under Obamacare to the Little Sisters of the Poor to violate their beliefs and provide contraceptives and abortifacients or pay crushing fines. That case is still in litigation.
The latest manifestation of …
Posted in Religious Liberty, Sanctity of Life
Tagged ACLU, Catholic, Elizabeth Gill, First Amendment, Hospitals, Little Sisters of the Poor, Mercy Medical Center, Rachel Miller, Sisters of Mercy
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