In short, a secular education understands people as part of the natural world, whereas a sectarian religious education envisions people, or at least God's chosen or favored people, as participants in God's divine plan for humanity.
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Parties Have Largely Switched Sides in Colorado’s Abortion Debate
Now, the Republican Party is dogmatically anti-abortion. It was not always so.
What’s Next — Genital Inspections at Book Stores?
Why certain self-identified Christians are so obsessed with whether other people have a penis or a vagina remains a mystery.
When Zealous Religious Rhetoric Inspires Violence
Religious fervor, especially when it claims to side with God against demonic forces, can be a powerful motivator.
SPLC Lists Focus on the Family as a Hate Group
If you think that being anti-LGBTQ is inherently hateful, as I do, then you will consider Focus on the Family a hateful group.
Christian Pastor Lies about Transgender Bill, Demeans Legislator
Despite his bogus claims and hyperventilations, Goble was not breaking any law by deadnaming and misgendering Titone. He was being a complete jerk, but that's a different issue.
The Religious Fight Over Transgender Rights
One might be tempted to think that these conservative Christians' animosity toward transgender people is rooted less in theology than in unquestioned traditions, irreligious dogmas, and political expedience.
Colorado Atheists: You’re In Good Company
Eight percent of Coloradans now identify as atheists, double the figure from just a decade ago, according to the recently released Pew Religious Landscape Study. Another ten percent identify as agnostic, and a total of forty percent say they’re religiously unaffiliated.
Colorado Democrats Should Not Grant Religious People Special Legal Privileges
I'm all for women being able to get abortion services, and I'm all for people being able to afford housing. But the law should say yes to an atheist's backyard, too.
Colorado’s Past Includes Horror of Lynchings, and CO Newspapers Were Complicit
Joel Estes, namesake of Estes Park, brought five slaves into Colorado, ChloĆ© Duplessis pointed out at a recent meeting of the Black Coloradan Racial Equity Study Commission. As Elaine Tassy reports for CPR, based on a handout from Duplessis, Estes took the slaves “back to Missouri and put them on his farm, gave them some livestock and provisions to last for a year and freed them a year before Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation.”