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Andrew L. Seidel

Andrew L. Seidel is a constitutional attorney and Vice President of Strategic Communications for Americans United for Separation of Church and State. His first book The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism Is Un-American was burned by a Tennessee preacher. His latest book is American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom. Find Andrew on social media: @AndrewLSeidel

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Religion Dispatches

*Die Hard* Is a Christmas Movie

Finally, a resolution to 2025's defining question
Spoiler alert: The following commentary includes minor spoilers. But you can’t worry too much about a movie released in 1988, can you? Our lone hero, cheeky yet tough, defends an opulent edifice from…
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John McClane on his tummy, holding a lighter, backed by vintage wrapping paper
Religion Dispatches

Want to Know What Public Education Would Look Like Under Project 2025? Just Take a Look at Oklahoma

UPDATE (12:03 pm ET on 8/20/24): This piece has been updated to include information on a recently released undercover video. - eds ” Project 2025 is not some far off possibility for Oklahomans, it has…
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An Interview with Rep. Jamie Raskin on the Feminist and Abolitionist Founder Who Has Slipped into a Memory Hole

He named our country the “United States of America.” The failed corset maker sailed to the nation he would name at nearly 40 years old, with nothing but an introduction from Benjamin Franklin. He went…
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