Thomas Jefferson

• Birth date: 1743
  

He said that “the American founders” never thought that religion shouldn’t be forced on people in schools, workplaces, and communities.

The U.S. government spends over $400,000 for chaplains to work in Congress because America never took the separation of church and state seriously.

“We are about to get a very brutal real-world lesson in what it’s like to live in a country that doesn’t have that separation” of Church and State.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn also complained that cisgender people are now “second-class citizens” in the U.S.

In the famous words of African American social activist Marcus Garvey: “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.”

The one name that we kept coming back to may be a bit surprising to you.

Thomas Jefferson wrote that he envisioned America’s white-only education system being for “raking a few geniuses from the rubbish.” How ironic is it that today, several state legislatures want to continue that line of thinking?

In the middle of reading a speech that lectured Democrats about “facts,” Madison Cawthorne made a huge mistake. It did not go unnoticed.

Do you know?

At Biden’s inauguration ceremonies, in addition to the official speech and benediction, God came up several times including in song and anthems and in the Pledge of Allegiance.

How does a country, founded on the notion of separation of church and state, keep finding itself under the tyranny of a rich, power hungry, religious society?

Trump reportedly hired her because she looked good on television.

Yes, Dr. Barry Black’s words were inspiring. No, the U.S. Capitol is not an appropriate place for prayer.

Paul Ryan is not going to “stand up” to Donald Trump, not when he’s really in charge.

While the courts have attempted to reinforce this partition, our presidents have continually attempted to tear it down.

Paul Ryan used to criticize Trump, but now he’s standing by his fellow reverse-Robin-Hood.

In the heat of our political moment, we sometimes don’t see how our future connects deeply to our past. But the Christian Right does — and they do not like what they see.