Senate Rejects Blunt Amendment
March 01, 2012
The U.S. Senate has voted 51-48 to table a proposal by Sen. Roy Blunt that would have allowed employers and health insurance providers to exclude any coverage that they deem immoral or contrary to their religious beliefs.
Victory! Indiana House Kills Creationist Bill
February 23, 2012
Indiana House Speaker Brian Bosma has shelved a Senate-approved bill to allow public schools across the state to teach children the creation stories of various mainstream religions.
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CFI Issues Statement on New HHS Regulation
February 14, 2012
The Center for Inquiry (CFI) is urging the Obama Administration not to retreat any further on the new HHS regulation, and expressing its concern about the Catholic lobby's influence on public policy.
Indiana House Might Not Consider Creationist Bill
February 08, 2012
Lawmakers in the Indiana House of Representatives are signaling that they will not take up the creationist bill (SB 89) that passed the state Senate.
Indiana Senate OKs Amended, but Still Flawed, Creationist Bill
February 01, 2012
The Indiana Senate on Tuesday voted 28-22 in favor of an amended version of Senate Bill 89, which would allow public schools across the state to teach children the creation stories of various mainstream religions.
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Indiana Senate Panel Approves Creationist Bill Despite Center for Inquiry’s Letter, Testimony
January 26, 2012
Despite CFI's best efforts, an Indiana Senate panel has approved a bill that would allow school boards to “require the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life, including creation science, within the school corporation.”
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Poland fines pop music star for blasphemy
January 23, 2012
Poland has fined Doda for stating in an interview that the Bible is full of "unbelievable tales" that are hard to accept because "it's hard to believe in something written down by someone drunk on wine and smoking some kind of herbs."
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Center for Inquiry Urges Indiana Senators to Drop Creationist Bill
January 19, 2012
CFI has written to the ten members of the Indiana State Senate Committee on Education and Career Development urging them to withdraw or oppose a bill that would allow school boards and other authorized educational administrators "require the teaching of various theories concerning the origin of life, including creation science, within the school corporation."
Why skeptics should embrace political advocacy — and how they can do it
January 16, 2012
An essay form of the talk I gave at SkeptiCamp NYC 2011, on why skeptics should get more involved in the political process, and how they can do it.
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Federal judge orders removal of prayer banner in Rhode Island high school
January 12, 2012
The case was especially notable for the Center for Inquiry because it was brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of CFI-On Campus volunteer high school coordinator, Jessica Ahlquist, and her father, Mark.
