Thousands of Malians have reportedly been trooping to see this ÔÇÿwhite image on the outside wall of a toilet ÔÇô yes, a toilet of all places ÔÇô said to be a religious sign. It shows ÔÇÿa man prayingÔÇÖ and indeed [...]
"An embarrassing step backwards and a severe blow to free speech" is what the New Zealand Humanist Society today called our newest de facto blasphemy law, which received Royal assent on 2 July. The Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 has [...]
A lawsuit recently filed against a teacher at Forest Park Elementary School in Indiana alleged that a 7-year-old student was ÔÇ£banishedÔÇØ from sitting with other students at lunch after he revealed that he did not believe in God. According to [...]
The weekly report on the SPI Coalition by Julie Esris The Sharia Court in Nigeria has sentenced nine people to death for blasphemy. SPI Coalition member National Secular Society teams up with other secular groups-- organized by Secular Policy Institute-- to write [...]
The Weekly SPI Fellows Update by Julie Esris Evolutionary biologist and SPI Fellow David Sloan Wilson has an interesting question: can biologists help fix the economy with their understanding of evolution? Wilson's interesting question also has an interesting answer. Author, philosopher, [...]
The weekly report on US and International policy by Edwina Rogers Planned Parenthood Defunding Bill Fails   A vote in the Senate on legislation that would have barred all federal funds for Planned Parenthood failed on Monday.  The issues stems from [...]
The Weekly SPI Fellows Update by Julie Esris Fans of the classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee are equally excited and infuriated about the publication of Lee's "lost" novel, Go Set a Watchman. Marketed as a sequel, Watchman reveals that Atticus-- the lawyer [...]
The weekly report on research and demographics of the secular movement by Julie Esris This past week, The Huffington Post reported on Leah Vincent, author of Cut Me Loose: Sin and Salvation After My Ultra-Orthodox Girlhood. VincentÔÇÖs memoir chronicles her [...]
Get past the name. ItÔÇÖs a bit of a red herring, and if it offends you, well, the Satanic Temple of Detroit doesnÔÇÖt mind. On Saturday night, the group unveiled a 9-foot statue of Baphomet ÔÇö the idol the Knights [...]
The weekly report on the SPI Coalition by Julie Esris Secular Policy Institute is proud to introduce two new Coalition members, both in Arizona: Freedom from Religion Foundation-- Valley of the Sun Chapter (FFRF): Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this wonderful secular [...]
