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

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

January 5, 2021

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Religion Dispatches

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

December 15, 2020

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Religion Dispatches

With This Thanksgiving Bombshell SCOTUS Began Implementation of an Ultraconservative Agenda

The unsigned, midnight opinion dropped like a bombshell on Thanksgiving. Five ultraconservative members of the Supreme Court, including Amy Coney Barrett, issued an emergency opinion in Roman Catholic…

Andrew L. Seidel

November 30, 2020

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