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UN Committee on Rights of the Child calls out religious bias in UK schools

church-state separation

UN Committee on Rights of the Child calls out religious bias in UK schools

While the UK may seem more secular than the US, the public education system is a good example of how this assumption is wrong.

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church-state separation

Mississippi removes 'In God We Trust' from license plates

The phrase "In God We Trust" was first included on US coins in the 1860s in order to “relieve [the U.S.] from the ignominy of heathenism,” according to Treasury Department records. As such, it is a phrase that rankles with many nonreligious people, and is often a

A penny saved: Why are churches tax-exempt?

Growing up in a small town in Michigan in the middle of the twentieth century, I heard this proverb frequently, and it always puzzled me. In elementary school, I earned a weekly allowance by performing household chores like mowing the lawn and drying and putting away the dishes as my