Brian Klaas reports on the Life in the UK test he had to pass as he applies for dual US-UK citizenship. It began with a question about what became of St. Augustine after he christianized Britain and moved on to a question about the day on which Jesus died. Klaas says that, strangely, the following question wasn't asked:

"Which two countries automatically give religious leaders seats in parliament? The answer: the UK and Iran)."

#UK #ChurchofEngland #ChurchandState

https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/my-life-in-the-uk-test-and-a-great

Texas Chaplains Urge Districts To Reject New School Chaplain Plan - Texas's never ending attempts to mix state and church. @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2023/08/29/texas-chaplains-urge-districts-to-reject-new-school-chaplain-plan/ #ChurchAndState

Top 5 myths of separation of church and state - J. Brent Walker is not some sort of atheist commie, but is the executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee. https://bjconline.org/top-5-myths-of-separation-of-church-and-state/ #ChurchAndState

#ChurchAndState

"The chaplains warn the policy created with the passage of Senate Bill 763, which goes into effect Sept. 1, includes no minimum educational or training standards for school chaplains hired to work in mental health roles and does nothing to prevent them from proselytizing students of different or no religious affiliation."

#Texas #ChurchandState #PublicEducation
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"Texas school districts should reject a new state law that permits hiring government-approved chaplains to counsel public school children, more than 100 chaplains say in an Aug. 22 letter to school board members statewide."

~ Jeff Brumley

#Texas #ChurchandState #PublicEducation
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https://baptistnews.com/article/100-chaplains-urge-texas-schools-not-to-take-the-bait-on-school-chaplains/

How #SupremeCourt rulings are merging #churchandstate
https://flip.it/FRqnhS
#SOCAS

(13 Aug) - The Supreme Court is taking a wrecking ball to the wall between church and state — The Court’s Republican majority has ground the Constitution’s establishment clause down to a nub. https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/8/13/23822822/supreme-court-establishment-clause-church-state-separation-carson-bremerton #SupremeCourt #EstablishmentClause #ChurchAndState #Constitution #Separation #RepublicanMajority #Politics #News https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics/110883632144857163

The Supreme Court is taking a wrecking ball to the wall between church and state — The Court’s Republican majority has ground the Constitution’s establishment clause down to a nub.

https://www.vox.com/scotus/2023/8/13/23822822/supreme-court-establishment-clause-church-state-separation-carson-bremerton

#SupremeCourt #EstablishmentClause #ChurchAndState #Constitution #Separation #RepublicanMajority #Politics #News

Decoding the Christian Nationalist Mind of Professor Lee Strang

We probe into the intriguing life and ideologies of Professor Lee Strang. He is a Christian Nationalist law professor who is the go to guy for the Ohio GOP when the

https://www.secularleft.us/archives/2023/08/decoding-the-christian-nationalist-mind-of-professor-lee-strang.html

#1stAmendment #antichoice #ChristianNationalist #ChurchAndState #CivilRights #LeeStrang #Ohio #PublicSchools #ReligiousBigotry #ReligiousFreedom

"Something deeply un-American is underway in the state of Oklahoma.

In June, Oklahoma’s Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved the nation’s first religious public charter school. The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa were given permission to open St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School in August 2024."

~ Rachel Laser

#Oklahoma #ChurchandState #CharterSchools
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https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/opinion/religion-schools-constitution-oklahoma.html

"They are yet another organization citing religion as justification for demonizing the LGBTQ+ community."

#LGBTQ #books #libraries #secularism #ChurchAndState #ChristianNationalism

https://www.au.org/the-latest/articles/christian-nationalists-lgbtq-books-library/#

North Carolina: Voucher $$ - North Temple Academy philosophy “The Bible, therefore, will be the first and most important textbook in the NTA curriculum." https://dianeravitch.net/2023/07/05/north-carolina/ via @dianeravitch #ChurchAndState #privatization

Religious Freedom or Discrimination: Tackling Recent Supreme Court Rulings
We examine the religious privilege inherent in two recent US Supreme Court religious freedom cases and debunk a historical fable that has been used by courts to allow legislative prayer for
https://www.secularleft.us/archives/2023/07/religious-freedom-or-discrimination.html
#1stAmendment #303CreativeLLCVElenis #ChurchAndState #GroffVDejoy #JacobDuche #LGBTQA #ReligiousBigotry #ReligiousFreedom #ReligiousPrivilege

"Public #colleges and #universities and #K12 schools in #Louisiana will be required to display signs that read 'In God We Trust' in all classrooms starting in August, according to a new law."
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/government/state-policy/2023/06/29/louisiana-law-requires-god-we-trust-signs-classrooms

On the one hand, this is an egregious violation of the #EstablishmentClause. On the other hand, today's #SCOTUS majority doesn't like the establishment clause.

That plus #CeremonialDeism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceremonial_deism

#Academia #ChurchAndState #FirstAmendment

@academicchatter

ID: A Baffling Hiring Decision And Another Type Of District Takeover - See the Great Commission in a dominionist light-- the church is to teach "nations to obey everything Jesus has commanded." https://open.substack.com/pub/curmudgucation/p/id-a-baffling-hiring-decision-and?r=hcxf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email #ChurchAndState

Salon: The Christian Right Is Coming for the “Enemies of God”—Like You and Me - Different names. Same games. Make America a Christian nation, but their kind of Christian. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/06/18/salon-the-christian-right-is-coming-for-the-enemies-of-god-like-you-and-me/ via @dianeravitch #ChurchAndState

LA Lawmakers Force "In God We Trust" Signs Down Public Classroom Throat - The Louisiana legislature appears to be promoting Christian nationalism. https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2023/06/13/la-lawmakers-force-in-god-we-trust-signs-down-public-classroom-throat/ #ChurchAndState

Carol Burris: The New Christian Nationalist Charter Schools - The purpose of these schools is “to raise the next generation of right-wing warriors” to win the culture wars. https://dianeravitch.net/2023/06/12/carol-burris-the-new-christian-nationalist-charter-schools/ via @dianeravitch #ChurchAndState

The Schoolhouse Wall Between Church And State Could Face A Final And Definitive Challenge. via @forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2023/06/09/the-schoolhouse-wall-between-church-and-state-could-face-a-final-and-definitive-challenge/ #ChurchAndState