By Lee Salisbury, Axis of Logic In a 1968 symposium sponsored by the Christian Medical Society and the flagship magazine of evangelicals, Christianity Today, evangelicals refused to characterize abortion as sinful, citing “individual health, family welfare, and social responsibility” as justification for ending a pregnancy. In 1971, delegates to the Read more
By George Francis Kane What a difference five years makes. In 2017, I feared that the Court was “lead[ing] us … to a place where separation of church and state is a constitutional slogan, not a constitutional commitment.” Today, the Court leads us to a place where separation of church Read more
By August Berkshire The following essay was presented at the Day of Reason rally, hosted by Minnesota Atheists in the State Capitol rotunda on May 5, 2022. Religion and medicine have always had an odd relationship. If you believe an all-powerful god created and rules over the universe, then how Read more
SCOTUS Takes Aim at the Wrong Basket By George Francis Kane Women’s basketball fans celebrated the South Carolina Gamecocks’ 64–49 thrashing of the UConn Huskies to win the NCAA women’s basketball championship. I stopped following the tournament when Stanford was knocked out, and knew nothing of the South Carolina powerhouse. Read more
By Joe Smith After listening to Debbie Goddard’s presentation at the February public meeting, I found I needed some time to absorb her points. My initial reaction to her presentation was that it seemed geared toward organizers and not towards general members. However, after some thought on the presentation, I Read more