Often, the U.S. Supreme Court considers only one religion-related case each year. But 2015 could shape up to be a particularly active and influential year when it comes to religious liberties issues. Last week, the Supreme Court handed down an [...]
The weekly update on the Secular Policy Institute's coalition by Johnny Monsarrat This week, the SPI Coalition leaped to 233 members, with the biggest news being the growth of national and international groups. We now have 39 VIP groups, and [...]
Tomorrow is the birthday of Charles Darwin, so itÔÇÖs a good time to ask the blasphemous question: Who cares about Darwin? More precisely: Who cares about what Darwin wrote? Charles DarwinÔÇÖs On the Origin of Species revolutionized biology. In the [...]
The weekly report on the Secular Policy Institute's Coalition by Johnny Monsarrat This week we've been adding coalition members so quickly that we haven't even had time to post them all and reformat our coalition page. Less than a month [...]
It took one session on Jan. 10 for a court in the Nile Delta province of Beheira to sentence Karim al-Banna, a 21-year-old student, to three years in prison for saying on Facebook that he was an atheist. The studentÔÇÖs [...]
Criticizing Irish Blasphemy Laws On Tuesday, a group of leading secularists from around the globeÔÇöincluding SPI Fellows Richard Dawkins and Steven PinkerÔÇöjoined in criticizing Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny for failing to repeal his countryÔÇÖs six-year-old blasphemy law. Last fall, [...]
An international group of atheists and secularists including the scientists Richard Dawkins and Steven Pinker has challenged the Irish prime minister, Enda Kenny, to hold a referendum to repeal IrelandÔÇÖs 21st century blasphemy law. Ahead of an historic first meeting [...]
A California atheist has won a settlement of nearly $2 million after being sent to jail on a parole violation for objections he made about participating in a faith-based rehab program. Barry A. Hazle Jr., 46, served time for a [...]
The weekly report on the academic research and demographic polls of secularism, by Dr. Greg Neimeyer, SPI Fellow Should scientists begin to intervene to counter the earth's climate change, or back off and let nature take its course? These topics [...]
the weekly US and World Report on Public Policy by Edwina Rogers Global Report: Geoengineering Climate Change Staff from the Secular Policy Institute attended the Tuesday release at the National Academy of Science of the CIA commissioned new Climate Report. [...]
