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Andrew L. Seidel
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Attorney. Fighting Christian Nationalism. Defending the 1st Amendment.
Author of The Founding Myth and American Crusade.
Life is too good to waste on bad ideas.
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👋 Hello from in D.C.
I’ll be discussing #ChristianNationalism with tonight at 7 p.m. ET on . I hope you’ll tune in!
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When a teacher mentions anything about gender and sexuality, including just having a photo on her desk of her wife: 👹👹 she's a government employee!!!! state actor!!!! fire her!!!!
When a teacher leads students in prayer: she's a private actor on her private time 🥰
BFFR.
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If one takes seriously the charge of being a public employee and a state actor, it’s clear that teachers aren’t supposed to be independent free agents. @rickhess99 @rpondiscio @AEIdeas bit.ly/3kHd3cK
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Two major stories about life in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ Florida broke this week, but you’ve probably only heard about the one that he desperately wants you to know about.
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In two experiments, exposure to Confederate flags led whites to evaluate hypothetical Black targets more negatively & lowered their willingness to vote for Obama. Good reminder that the preservation of Confederate monuments, statues, & flags isn't harmless. It's consequential.
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Our newest episode is available today wherever you get your podcasts!
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Our latest episode discusses the 303 Creative case involving a would-be wedding website designer in Colorado who doesn't want to design for same sex couples. Listen as we recap the oral arguments for this case heard in December.
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What's that? You need more data? Fine. has an amazing Policy team and they're tracking 100+ voucher bills. But here is yet more data on the point:
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But, I'm told, "the racist origins of vouchers don't matter because now they rescue kids from failing public schools." Nope, that's another bit of voucher disinformation.
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Register for the release of a new PRRI/ #WhiteChristianNationalism survey of more than 6,000 Americans on Feb 8 @ 10AM.
Panel: , , , , & PRRI's & .
connect.brookings.edu/register-to-at.
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I had the privilege of voting for HF 16 today in Committee: a bill to ban the use of Conversion “Therapy” on #MN youth.
We certainly have the freedom of religion, but religion does not have the freedom to harm.
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Most people don't realize how devastating vouchers are for rural folks.
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You can give me all the school vouchers you want—there aren’t any private/religious/charter high schools within 60 miles. You just defunded my kid’s school.
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What strikes me urgently about this debate on banning trans rights is that everyone in support is in support because of religion which they want to use to legislate for ALL other people. Is it so hard to believe that what you believe may not apply to everyone else? #moleg
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Trump and His Allegedly Disloyal White Evangelical Supporters, by
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Abortion bans violate church-state separation.
We need a national recommitment to the separation of religion and government.
Are you in?
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School vouchers were invented to maintain segregated schools—at taxpayer expense—after the Supreme Court struck down segregation in Brown v. Board of Education. They are rooted in racism.
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A powerful piece by on how abortion bans violate church-state separation (discussing and trailblazing lawsuit challenging Missouri's abortion bans on behalf of 13 clergy plaintiffs).
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13 Missouri clergy members filed a lawsuit against the state’s illegal abortion ban.
As clergy myself, I support equitable access to reproductive care because of my faith — not in spite of it. Proud to see our local faith leaders taking action to affirm our fundamental rights.
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Thirteen clergy members from six religious backgrounds have filed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s abortion ban ahead of #RoeVWade’s 50th Anniversary.
“Missouri’s abortion bans are an unconscionable abuse of religion to oppress all Missourians.”
news.stlpublicradio.org/government-pol
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Oh hell yeah, we're getting some First Amendment Establishment challenges to Republican abortion bans!
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Americans United and National Women's Law Center challenge Missouri’s Abortion Ban In Court
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"'In enacting and enforcing the Challenged Provisions, legislators imposed their preferred religious doctrine on everyone, forcing the citizens and taxpayers of this State to fund the establishment of that doctrine.'"
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We made history today in Missouri challenging their abortion ban under the state’s church-state separation protections.
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When you see this guy posing with your state officials, just know, the DeVos money is pouring into your state to privatize your schools. Corey DeAngelis is a bridge to the billionaires. I don’t care if his army of bots come for me…school vouchers harm kids.
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Reminder: vouchers were first created by segregationists pissed off the Brown v. Board of Ed. required desegregated public schools. The goal was to publicly fund private schools that could still discriminate. And that's part of the goal today. Don't fall for their lies.
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When equity is everything that we hear, it truly baffles me that those who fight so hard for it are the same ones who are so strongly opposed to Parental Choice!
What could be more fair than supporting every Iowa student equally?
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Separate...Church & State. "Because the road we're headed down is way too dangerous." --
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We’re thrilled that @AmyLandecker @ArianMoayed @DuleHill @HDoohan @BradleyWhitford
@katewalsh @MsSarahPaulson @marycmccormack @michaelaWat @yesimsarahjones @AmyBrenneman @AllisonBJanney & Tommy Dorfman are joining us to lift up church-state separation & demand abortion rights.
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My latest for : GOP Candidate Allegedly Orchestrating Shooting of Democrats’ Homes is no Accident. How the Big Lie & White Christian Nationalism create a permission structure for violence.
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11 dead in Monterey Park
12 wounded in Baton Rouge
7 dead in Half Moon Bay
2 students dead in Des Moines
300 shot EVERY SINGLE DAY
Every time you vote for a lawmaker who opposes gun safety, you’re voting for policies that make it more likely your loved one will be slaughtered.
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Just to be clear, when the New York Times reported that the FBI saw “no link between Trump and Russia” — a week before the 2016 election — the FBI agent who was just arrested over ties to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska was heading up the investigation.
Just an absolute scandal.
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Colleagues in biblical studies, religious studies, or the humanities overall...please consider signing onto this letter condemning David Falk's recent misogynistic slander of , one of my field's most important voices.
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Rep. Jim Banks (R) voices support for efforts to prevent women from leaving Indiana to access reproductive care.
MILLER: "If a young lady can hop in a car in Fort Wayne and... [cross into] Illinois [to] an abortion clinic... the fight is far from over."
BANKS: "Exactly right."
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Destroying public education is explicitly the goal of the architects of this legislation.
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Utah's Weighted Pupil Unit (WPU) for 2023 is $4038.
A radical faction of the GOP is trying to give TWICE that, $8000, to private, for-profit schools in a voucher system.
Voting for HB 215 is the first step towards dismantling public education, plain and simple.
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Vouchers and school choice were created to maintain segregated public schools. Both are a way to publicly fund discrimination. Here, Mat Staver kicks off #SchoolChoiceWeek by saying Christian schools, which get most of the voucher $$, must discriminate against LGBTQ families.
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Religious-right attorney Mat Staver says Christian schools must ban children of same-sex couples otherwise students might have positive "personal experiences" with such families, which could undermine their understanding of "biblical doctrine." bit.ly/3GZ3vkR
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Reuters: JURY CONVICTS ALL FOUR MEMBERS OF FAR-RIGHT OATH KEEPERS GROUP OF SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY OVER ROLES IN JAN. 6 ATTACK ON U.S. CAPITOL
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It's National #SchoolChoice Week. This is your reminder that Kyle Olson, who co-chaired and co-created that week said the quiet part out loud. What are vouchers and school choice really about?
Destroying public education. "Yes, Jesus would destroy the public education temple."
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, you may find this thread useful. Some good info on what vouchers were designed to do. You may know all this already. Apologies if so.
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Betsy Devos supported vouchers and school choice "to help advance God's Kingdom" and recenter the church, which was "displaced by the public school."
Don't let them fool you. School choice and vouchers are about destroying public education.
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Jerry Falwell was on board, too. He's on record saying that he wants churches to "take over" public schools, so that "Christians will be running them."
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It's National #SchoolChoice Week. This is your reminder that Kyle Olson, who co-chaired and co-created that week said the quiet part out loud. What are vouchers and school choice really about?
Destroying public education. "Yes, Jesus would destroy the public education temple."
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We’re thrilled that
& Tommy Dorfman are joining us to lift up church-state separation & demand abortion rights.
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Reminder: vouchers were first created by segregationists pissed off the Brown v. Board of Ed. required desegregated public schools. The goal was to publicly fund private schools that could still discriminate. And that's part of the goal today. Don't fall for their lies.
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When equity is everything that we hear, it truly baffles me that those who fight so hard for it are the same ones who are so strongly opposed to Parental Choice!
What could be more fair than supporting every Iowa student equally?
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