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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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The Inauguration's Beautiful Call for Unity Was Undermined by the Invocation of Religion

There’s a reason religion and politics are forbidden topics in polite conversation: they’re divisive. Mixing the two is doubly so. President Joe Biden is a deeply religious man who turns to his faith…
Andrew L. Seidel
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Rep. Cleaver's 'Awoman' Prayer Enrages Christian Nationalists Who Taste Their Own Medicine and Still Miss the Point

Amen and awoman. Exclusion and inclusion. Division and diversity. Religion and nonreligion. Rep. Cleaver (D-MO) ignited these flammable dichotomies delivering the House’s opening prayer for this…
Andrew L. Seidel
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Inevitable Megachurch Abuse of PPP Funds is Coming to Light — Private Jet Included

“The federal government can’t take our money and give it to Joel Osteen or Robert Jeffress or Paula White—even in the wake of a pandemic,” I wrote back in May. But that’s exactly what Trump’s Small…
Andrew L. Seidel
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