Secular Yakking

20/12/2024

Superintendent Darryl Flusche announced in an email leaked earlier this week that under HB900, protecting schools from sexually explicit or vulgar content, the Holy Bible is unsuitable due to "sexually explicit material."

The head of a Texas school district says the Bible had to be removed from school libraries because of a new state law prohibiting explicit books

20/12/2024

"Humanism 2025: Something to Belong To, Something to Believe In, Something to Fight For"
The American Humanist Association is planning to fight Christian Nationalism,
We not only support that but strive to be an active part in that struggle.

Let’s look ahead at what AHA has planned for 2025 and beyond to combat it head-on.

20/12/2024

Tis the season for the annual war on Christmas. We cover the action in this holiday themed episode.
https://secularyakking.com/podcast/episode-145-world-war-christmas/

12/12/2024

Secular Yakking is back from the freezer. After a 7 year hiatus, we have returned to Yakk at you.
In this episode we talk about a regroup that is twisting civil rights laws to impose their religion in schools.
Then we make an argument for keeping Bibles in churches not schools.
We finish the news with trip to Texas for some down home Christian indoctrination.
All that and a brand new Mr. Potter Award

Secular Yakking is back from the freezer. After a 7 year hiatus, we have returned to Yakk at you.In this episode we talk about a regroup that is twisting civil rights laws to impose their religion in schools.Then we make an argument for keeping Bibles in churches not schools.We finish the news with....

25/11/2024

In preparation of new shows coming out, we have uploaded almost all of our previous episodes.
Go check them while we work on new content.

On this episode we start out with a Texas town that doesn’t like when the opposing message is displayed.Then we look into a story from Alaska where city officials walked out on Satan.Finally we end the news with a fish of a different color from Disney. The Potter award this…

25/11/2024

We will be mostly posting on Bluesky. Join us over there for commentary and content.
We will update new episodes here, though.

The secular show with news you may not of herd! Bringing you news and events from an atheist perspective.

23/11/2024

https://bsky.app/profile/secularyakking.bsky.social/post/3lbndz4ko4k2h

No matter how many times they say it, they will always be wrong. Our laws are not based on the 10 commandments. https://www.texasaft.org/policy/curriculum/texas-revives-ten-commandments-bill-amid-louisiana-ruling/

20/11/2024

Going to try to do a new episode this weekend. It will be our first new one in 3 years. We are both excited to pick up where we left off.

19/11/2024

While everyone is focused on the Bible in Oklahoma news, this is happening in Texas.
Schools would receive additional funding for adopting this "optional" program. Sounds like spending state funds to push religion on kids to me.

Texas public schools could use teachings from the Bible in lessons as an option for students from kindergarten through fifth grade under a proposal before the state board of education.

19/11/2024

Jason Rapert doing what he does best. Can someone earn a second Potter Award?

Earlier this month, I sat in the public meeting of the Arkansas State Library Board and listened as board member Jason Rapert gave an impassioned reading of the raunchier parts of "Gender Q***r: A Memoir" by Maia Kobabe and "All Boys Aren't Blue" by George M. Johnson--two memoirs that can be found i...

19/11/2024

https://bsky.app/profile/secularyakking.bsky.social/post/3lbdhcqeins2k

Jason Rapert doing what he does best. Can someone earn a second Potter Award? https://www.eldoradonews.com/news/2024/nov/19/dont-restrict-arkansans-first-amendment-rights/

19/11/2024

With Project 2025 making headway, I am reminded of its predecessor, Project Blitz.
It was a plan to interject religion into government in 2018 through 2021 by using wedge issues.
Looks like it worked.

19/11/2024

Going through some old stuff and came across this gem.
Seems like a perfect analogy for today.

17/11/2024

No matter what unfolds, AU will keep fighting for true religious freedom buttressed by a wall of separation between church and state.

17/11/2024

So we made the switch to blue sky. Amy likes it mostly for the logo.

The secular show with news you may not of herd!

16/11/2024

Things have changed. We think it is time to make the show happen again.

16/09/2022

Europe's top human rights court awards damages to singer Doda, convicted of blasphemy by a Warsaw court.