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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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Christian Nationalist Judge Strikes Down FDA-Approved Abortion Pill for Brazenly Ideological Reasons

Mifepristone is safer than aspirin. Much safer . The FDA approved the drug for early abortions in 2000, after fully —and carefully—vetting it over four-and-a-half years (more than triple the time such…
Andrew L. Seidel
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Religion Dispatches

Christian Nationalist Legislator Introduces Anti-Trans 'Millstone Act' Suggesting Biblical Retribution

A biblical death sentence. In America, in 2023, a legislator has proposed The Millstone Act, which he openly confesses “was named in reference to Matthew 18:6, ‘but whoever causes one of these little…
Andrew L. Seidel
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Religion Dispatches

What Protests and Executions in Iran Can Tell us About America and the Fall of Roe v. Wade

The separation of religion and government is a basic human right. The protests in Iran and the theocratic regime’s lethal attempts to suffocate the spark of human freedom are a case study proving this…
Andrew L. Seidel
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