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@friendlyatheist.comChristian Nationalists in Battle Ground, Washington wanted prayers before city council meetings.
They probably assumed only Christians would volunteer.
The first person to sign up was a Satanist.
You truly love to see it.
@friendlyatheist.comYiiiiikes. Illinois GOP gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey says right-wing Christian pseudo-historian David Barton has been "foundational" in his political journey.
@friendlyatheist.comA Satanist recently gave an invocation in Ottumwa, Iowa that ended with "Hail Satan."
A pastor then asked the council to "reverse the curse."
The mayor capitulated.
What a mess.
@friendlyatheist.comI'll be going live tonight to talk about the past week in church/state separation! Join me!
We'll be talking about Jim Bakker, Satanic invocations, and so much more...
@friendlyatheist.comDale Partridge's position on interracial marriage:
✅Acceptable when he does it
❌ Unacceptable if his daughter marries a Black man
The racism is vile. The hypocrisy is breathtaking.
@friendlyatheist.comConservatives failed to create a taxpayer-funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma.
They're now using a proposed Jewish school to revive the same scheme.
And a federal judge just gave them the green light to proceed.
@friendlyatheist.comJim Bakker is dead at 86.
His legacy? Fraud, fake cures, giant apocalypse-fueled food buckets, and decades spent turning Christian fear into personal wealth.
His ministry was never about saving souls. It was about converting fear into cash.
@friendlyatheist.comToday's @slate.com crossword is mine, with references to Sen. Eric Schmitt's colossal screw-up.
Go do it!
@friendlyatheist.comGabe Poirot says he spent 18 days in Heaven and met a Jesus who was six feet tall, made of fire, and overflowing with testosterone.
Fox treated this as news.
There's no evidence of this. Just a deeply manipulative story and a book to promote.
@ffrf.orgReposted by @friendlyatheist.comThe First Commandment literally orders students: “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” The state has no right to tell children how many gods to worship, which gods to worship, or whether to worship any at all.
@friendlyatheist.comA Texas judge has ordered Galveston ISD to post the Ten Commandments in classrooms.
The district said the posters were unconstitutional and harmful. They resisted until now.
Ken Paxton didn’t care. Forced Christianity is the point.
@friendlyatheist.comIdaho's attorney general just created a dark-money loophole for churches:
1) Wealthy donors give church "unrestricted" donations.
2) Church spends its "general" funds attacking ballot measure.
3) The church’s names may be public but not their donors.
@ffrf.orgReposted by @friendlyatheist.comSaffire handled this exactly right: stand by your employees, make your values clear, and refuse to be intimidated into silence. Religious freedom protects your right to believe what you want. It doesn’t guarantee that everyone else has to applaud you for it.
@friendlyatheist.comA Christian Nationalist group booked two meals at a Tennessee restaurant without revealing who they were.
When Saffire found out, it pledged to give any proceeds to charity.
Doug Wilson’s allies promptly canceled—and cried persecution.
@richraho.bsky.socialReposted by @friendlyatheist.comThe Keynote Speaker at the Annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in March, folks.
@friendlyatheist.comI'll be going live tonight to talk about the past week in church/state separation! Join me!
We'll be talking about Tim Tebow and Life Surge, Pete Hegseth, the Noah's Ark "discovery," and so much more...
@friendlyatheist.comChristian Nationalist Sean Feucht says only "the hand of God" could have rescued the people on the FlyDubai flight. (God did not prevent the attack or land the plane. Passengers/crew rushed the cockpit. Other pilots on board took over and landed the plane safely.)
@friendlyatheist.comPete Hegseth announced a new "Office of Religious Affairs" at the Pentagon.
In doing so, he invoked a "heavenly king," attacked Secular Humanism, and declared that the military’s "real battle is spiritual."
The Christian Nationalist coup continues.
@friendlyatheist.comThe LDS Church says it sued podcaster John Dehlin because people might mistake his "Mormon Stories Podcast" for an official Church product.
Then its own attorney accidentally undermined that argument.
@respectwomen25.bsky.socialReposted by @friendlyatheist.comSee photo in article: "And in case there was any confusion about what this is really all about, the Air Force’s press release included a helpful image of a uniform with a Christian cross on it."
