![]() Megan Hunt, proud atheist and also a member of the LGBTQ community, talked with Annie Laurie and FFRF Director of Governmental Affairs Mark Dann about how she recently led the charge to defeat in the Nebraska Statehouse a so-called trigger bill that would ban all abortions in Nebraska when Roe v. “The future appears grim, but together we can make a difference,” she concludes.Īn interview that was set up weeks ago, which we recorded a day after the leak on our “Ask an Atheist” Facebook Live feature, has proven to be frightfully timely. It’s an essential read for our times.įFRF Contributing Writer Barbara Alvarez has written a powerful column on how to talk about the leaked Supreme Court draft and how to best take on anti-choice arguments. Rebecca has engaged in an in-depth analysis of the draft opinion that tells you the five essential things you need to know about it. Wade even if the Supreme Court overturns Roe but is languishing in the Senate. senators to urge passage of the Women’s Health Protection Act, which would codify the protections of Roe v. We’re also asking you to contact your U.S. FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor exhorted, “We who care about the welfare of women, families, our country and liberty - and the integrity of the judicial branch - must vote, organize, lobby and persevere by resisting as publicly as we can.” The leak makes it even more imperative for statehouses to safeguard abortion rights, and we applauded Connecticut legislators for doing just that. We urged five constructive acts of resistance. What really slammed us, however, was the leaked Supreme Court ruling Wednesday that indicates it is going to overturn Roe v. FFRF Senior Litigation Counsel Patrick Elliott’s piece concludes, “No student ought to be expected to pray to play, or to ‘get on the good side of a coach,’ in a nation predicated on true religious liberty.” It has generated a good amount of comment (more evenly split than you would imagine). So we provided a column at the start of the week. FFRF Legal Director Rebecca Markert points out, “While this decision doesn’t technically change the legal landscape, there is reason to be concerned given the rest of the high court’s docket with cases impacting religious liberty.”īelieve it or not, national Fox News asked us for our assessment of another crucial case, of an ostentatiously praying football coach, for its website. We found concurring opinions by the high court’s most extremist justices “chilling” as a preview of coming decisions. Supreme Court decision regarding a Christian flag at Boston City Hall. It started off with a narrow but alarming U.S. What a week we’ve had here at the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
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