When “Streamlining” Means Erasing: Pagans in Uniform Deserve Better
The Department of Defense says it is streamlining religious-affiliation codes, but for Pagan, Wiccan, Druid, Heathen, Humanist, Atheist, and other minority-belief service members, that “streamlining” looks a lot like disappearance. Religious liberty is not measured by how comfortably the majority is served. It is measured by whether minority faiths can be named, counted, and respected.
From NCJW: Powered by trained volunteers and a strong peer-support model, OARS helps people access abortion care, transportation, funding, housing, and local resources. As one user shared after being connected to practical support: “This is the most relieved, cared for and safe I’ve felt in months.” The Jewish Fund for Abortion Access is proud to support OARS and their critical work connecting people to trusted abortion information online.
Learn More about the Fund: https://www.jewsforabortionaccess.org/what-is-the-fund
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The National Council of Jewish Women is inviting you to write postcards to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., making it unmistakably clear: medication abortion is safe, effective, evidence-based, and must be protected.
Each postcard kit includes 25 postcards and a simple how-to guide with everything you need to host a postcard-writing moment — no organizing experience required!
Order a kit and help us flood Secretary Kennedy’s office with messages of support for mifepristone: https://ncjw.myshopify.com/products/postcard-advocacy-kit-protect-medication-abortion
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It's not just about abortion, it's about having christian beliefs shoved down everyone's throats, whether they're christian or not, whether they have *any* spiritual path or not.
It's unconstitutional to force the christian cult's beliefs onto non-christians. And it won't stop here. Abortion is just the wedge. Once they have bowled over everyone else's right to freedom of religious practice, they'll start imposing more and more christian legalism and right wing fundamentalism on non-christians.
From NCJW - Record a short voice memo on your thoughts for the next generation, and help us capture collective wisdom from across our movement.
Submissions are due by midnight on Sunday, June 14: https://www.videoask.com/filbqsgxt?emci=5c2f9545-c95a-f111-8fcb-000d3a18905c&emdi=497652f4-765b-f111-8fcb-000d3a18905c&ceid=13985611
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"The separation of church and state should be of deep concern to every Jewish American and any other religious minority. In honor of Shavuot – and any other religious observance – we must continue to fight for freedom of religion and separation of church and state, and elect those who will defend both as we celebrate America’s 250th year."
Shabbat Shalom,
Halie Soifer
CEO, Jewish Democratic Council of America
Read the Article: https://jewishdems.substack.com/p/america-is-not-a-christian-nation
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"These subjects did not discriminate in who they hated," said Mark Remily, special agent in charge of the FBI's San Diego Field Office.
A quotation from Henry Commager
Who are those who are really disloyal? Those who inflame racial hatreds, who sow religious and class dissensions. Those who subvert the Constitution by violating the freedom of the ballot box. Those who make a mockery of majority rule by the use of the filibuster. Those who impair democracy by denying equal educational facilities. Those who frustrate justice by lynch law or by making a farce of jury trials. Those who deny freedom of speech and of the press and of assembly. Those who press for special favors against the interest of the commonwealth. Those who regard public office as a source of private gain. Those who would exalt the military over the civil. Those who for selfish and private purposes stir up national antagonisms and expose the world to the ruin of war.Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1947-09), “Who Is Loyal to America?” sec. 3, Harper’s Magazine, Vol. 195, No. 1168
More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…
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Who are those who are really disloyal? Those who inflame racial hatreds, who sow religious and class dissensions. Those who subvert the Constitution by violating the freedom of the ballot box. Those who make a mockery of majority rule by the use of the filibuster. Those who impair democracy by…
The admin has awarded lucrative contracts for 250th anniversary celebrations to #EventStrategies, the company that organized the rally #Trump held on #Jan6, 2021 that was followed by the attack on the Capitol. (NYT reported Event Strategies has at least $13 million in #federal contracts.) Owners of that company, which was paid $688,000 for its work organizing that rally, denied responsibility for the ensuing #insurrection.
#law #FreedomOfReligion #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/politics/jan-6-contracts.html
The #Trump admin has directed funds to #Freedom250 that #Congress appropriated to a different group, #American250, a statutorily bipartisan group required to detail its spending for lawmakers. The White House appears to have set up Freedom250 to “sidestep” those requirements.
#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
The Sunday gathering was organized by #Freedom250, a private group established by the #Trump admin that is using a so-far #undisclosed amount of #FederalFunding—along with #corporate money from sponsors including #UnitedAirlines, #ExxonMobil, #JohnDeere, #LockheedMartin, #MasterCard, #Oracle & #Palantir—to stage events.
#law #Constitution #EstablishmentClause #FreedomOfReligion #ChurchAndState #fraud #TaxpayersMoney
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/trump-maga-freedom250-christian/
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